Virtual Tours of London – Bring a London Walk Home
Virtual Tours
The Lockdowns of 2020 had an unexpected side effect. Unable to show people around in the usual way, out in the streets, London Walks’ guides adapted and expanded their material into virtual format. This became not only a way of continuing to work, but a way of reaching people all over the world who have an interest in London. Since then, the virtual tours continue to be joined by ‘walkers’ who don’t know London but want to discover it; people who haven’t been to London in a while but would like to revisit it; others who, for various reasons, can’t attend a walk in person; and some who missed a particular walk last time round but now have a chance to sample it from home. London Walks has welcomed virtual walkers from the United States, Canada, India, Japan, Australia and Europe to share in the joy of discovering more of the infinite stories of London.
To go on a London Walks Virtual Guided Tour just click through to the Eventbrite link and register. Cometh the hour we’ll all gather round the Zoom ‘fireplace’ and off we’ll go. Into London at its fascinating best. An online tour lasts about an hour. It’s interactive, there’s Q & A afterward and, more often than not, some socialising (people from all over the world are round that ‘online fireplace’).
Ok, that’s enough lead-in, enough drum roll. Here. We. Go.
The London of Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol
Sunday, 01 December 2024 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
An affectionate celebration of the real places behind this timeless classic. A revealing virtual tour of the City Dickens knew so well.
Lionel Bart's London! – Virtual Tour
Sunday, 08 December 2024 @ 7 pm
In search of the composer of Oliver! He made and squandered a fortune.. and the Greek chorus of tabloid middle England thrilled to his Icarus fall.
Christmas with Jane Austen Virtual London Tour
Monday, 09 December 2024 @ 7.30 pm
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Jane Austen devotee must be in want of this virtual tour"
A Charles Dickens Christmas Virtual Tour – his life, his work & his London
Monday, 16 December 2024 @ 7.30 pm
Weaves an exploration of Victorian London with Dickens's London Life and writing...
The London Winter Solstice Virtual Tour
Saturday, 21 December 2024 @ 7.30 pm
we use ancient methods to divine what is in store for us in 2024
Virtual Walk: Sherlock Holmes & Conan Doyle at Christmas
Sunday, 22 December 2024 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
An affectionate Yuletide offering from the glory days of the Great Detective and his creator...
The Monday Night Music History Club
Monday, 30 December 2024 @ 7.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
A brand NEW series of six monthly virtual tours for autumn & winter 2024/25. Hosted by Adam
Ring in the New Year Virtual Tour
Wednesday, 01 January 2025 @ 7 pm
How London has celebrated the New Year over the past 2000 years – and some crystal ball action for 2025
P G Wodehouse in London - Virtual Tour
Sunday, 19 January 2025 @ 7 pm
On the trail of Jeeves, Bertie Wooster, Lord Emsworth and many other classic Wodehouse characters in Mayfair and Piccadilly. Guided by Richard IV
Agatha Christie & Dorothy L. Sayers – the Virtual Tour
Sunday, 26 January 2025 @ 7 pm
On the trail of Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and Lord Peter Wimsey... Guided by Richard IV
Alfred Hitchcock in London – Virtual Tour
Sunday, 02 February 2025 @ 7 pm
The Master of Suspense worked with many great stars, and here we visit one of his all-time favourites: London! Guided by Richard IV
CHARLES DICKENS’ LONDON: LOST AND FOUND: a London Walks virtual tour
Sunday, 09 March 2025 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
"Dickens' London was a place of the mind, but it was also a real place. Much of what we take today to be the marvelous imaginings of a visionary novelist turn out on inspection to be the reportage of a great observer"
Spies & Spymasters of London – Virtual Tour
Sunday, 16 March 2025 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Top Secret London. Cambridge Five. ‘C’. Secret Service Bureau. OSS & SOE. Le Carré & Smiley. Somerset Maugham & Ashenden. Guided by Richard IV For Your Eyes Only.