Criminal negligence. That’s what not going on this walk amounts to. Heading in here, it’s like finding a secret compartment in a wall, opening it and “OMG, look what’s back here.” Secret passageways. Hidden vault where Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon feasted. Little Italy. Bleeding Heart Yard. Medieval ceiling masterpiece. Windows ablaze with diamonds (“there comes a day in every woman’s life when she wakes up wanting diamonds”). Ragged schools. Oliver Twist. The heist. That cherry tree. London’s most hidden pub. Rare breed. Honey Dew. Fab street-food market. Ancient sacred place the visiting of which is “like a screeching handbrake turn in your day.” Bizarro, a bit of Cambridgeshire (gated of course but we get in). Superstar Guides Kim, Rex and Hilary, OBE.
DIAMOND-STUDDED LONDON – THE PRACTICALS
Diamond-Studded London takes place at 10.45 am every* Tuesday morning. The meeting point is just outside exit 3 of Chancery LaneTube. N.B. the walk ends near Chancery Lane and Farringdon Tube Stops.
*Every Tuesday morning in the Summer 2019 London Walks programme, which kicked in on May 1 and runs through October 31. Diamond-Studded London does NOT run in the Winter London Walks programme.
LONDON WALKS REVIEWS
“London’s best city tours” The Telegraph
“The best walking tours are organized by London Walks” USA Today
“by far the most impressive series of walks that I have ever encountered are those offered by London Walks” Travel and Enjoy
LONDON WALKS PRIVATE WALKS
If you can’t make one of the regularly scheduled, just-turn-up, public Diamond-studded London walks do think about booking one as a private tour. If you go private you can have the Diamond-studded 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 Noel or Mary on 020 7624 3978 or email us at privatewalks@walks.com 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.
GIVE THE GIFT OF LONDON WALKS
A private London Walk makes a wonderful and unusual gift – be it a birthday or anniversary or Christmas present or whatever. Merchandise schmerchandise (gift wrapped or not) – but giving someone an experience, now that’s special. Memories make us rich.