Darkest Victorian London
Monument Underground station, London (Fish Street Hill exit)
Guided by Karen or Richard III or Sue
Walk Times
| Day | Walk Type | Start Time | End Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Weekly | 10.45 am | 12.45 pm | Winter Summer | Reserve Online |
Short read: Elsewhere is always surprising… Especially when elsewhere is the dark side of the moon – the Victorian underside of 21st-century London.
Long read: Here’s how we get there. We poke around in forgotten corners of the real London just over the river. We make some thrilling – and chilling – “finds”. Everything from trace evidence – archaeological fragments – to the whole kit and caboodle. Stuff from the old, furtive, toil-worn, hard-scrabble, soon-to-be-passing, villainous past: a paupers’ burying ground, a ragged school, “model dwellings”, Little Dorrit’s prison, Octavia Hill’s cottages, etc. We see it. And hear the people. Really hear them. Because they speak through the guides: chimney sweeps, prostitutes, the soon-to-be-executed “Black Maria”, pickpockets, street sellers, the Body Snatching Borough Gang, etc. It’s history as a seance. As for lunch after the walk, well these two words will suffice: Borough Market. Guided by Richard III and Karen (winner of the London Tourist Board’s Guide of the Year Award*).
Walker’s read: “Darkest Victorian London is one of the best tours I have taken in any city.” Andrysharose, TripAdvisor April, 2019
DARKEST VICTORIAN LONDON – THE PRACTICALS
Darkest Victorian London takes place at 10.45 am every Monday morning. The meeting point is just outside the Fish Street Hill exit of Monument Tube Stop.
WANT A PRIVATE DARKEST VICTORIAN LONDON WALK?
If you can’t make one of the regularly scheduled, just-turn-up, public Darkest Victorian London walks do think about booking one as a private tour. If you go private you can have the Darkest Victorian London Walk – or any other London Walk – on a day and at a time that suits your convenience. We’ll tailor it to your requirements. Ring Fiona or Niamh or Peter or Mary on 020 7624 3978 or email us at [email protected] and we’ll set it up and make it happen for you. A private London Walk – they’re good value for an individual or couple and sensational value for a group – makes an ideal group or educational or birthday party or office (team-building) or club outing.
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LONDON WALKS REVIEWS
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MIND THE GAP
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE GUIDING
LONDON WALKS – STREETS AHEAD!
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Mark –
I’ve been on loads of walks with Richard and you can always guarantee a good one. He’s just a great guide. Very knowledgeable and with a great sense of humour. Highly recommended.
Elizabeth –
Excellent walk with Richard III, he was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the subject
susan –
We adored the walk “Darkest Victorian London” with Simon. He offered so many delightful facts and anecdotes about the (mostly awful) conditions in the parts of London on both sides of London Bridge, in the 19th century..
Emma Leitch –
Simon brought the walk to life with his enthusiasm and knowledge. It was a pleasure to be shown so many hidden gems of history hidden away in places we might have otherwise passed by in ignorance
Cameron Grant –
What an outstanding tour with Sue, he knowledge is amazing and the enthusiasm she delivers the details just brings the pictures of the street alive to what it was like to live in those dark Victorian times. I’ll never see Victorian London the same way through rose tinted glasses, five-star tour and guide. Thank you, and don’t miss the opportunity to hear what Sue has to deliver, amazing.
Roger –
We did the walk with Richard III. Lots of interesting facts and sights presented in a very digestible way.
Eirik Otterbu –
Dark Victoria walk with Richard III. Brilliant walk and brilliant guide!