Where history happened! And the people who made it happen.
What do London’s sewers, Charles Dickens, the Charge of the Light Brigade and Oscar Wilde have in common? They all feature in this walk through London’s Westminster remembering turning points in history and the people who created, campaigned, and sometimes suffered to change not just London, not just Britain but the world.
Guide: David G.
Route starts: Meet outside Starbucks at Embankment Tube station
Route finishes: Parliament Square, near Westminster Tube station.
Duration 2 – 2.5 hours
Sample the walk
Here’s David guiding the Charge of the Light Brigade
Meet your guide
David G., the platonic ideal of a great guide
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE GUIDING
Neil Alphonso –
David is a super guide, one of a kind. Excellent walk with lots of detail and some lovely stops along the way.
Jill McDonough –
Splendid tour with David! Fascinating history compellingly presented. We could hear David above the din of heavy traffic and construction equipment, which we appreciated. Informative and enjoyable—highly recommend this tour!
Carol Davey –
Brilliant, enigmatic, informative, unforgettable. Fascinating. Thank you David G.
Carole Street –
One of the best walking tours I’ve done! David was very knowledgeable and entertaining. Every stop was really interesting – whilst I’ve walked in these areas many times I had no idea of these stories. Would highly recommend and hope to do another of David’s tours soon.
Sean Mitchell –
David – and his walking tour – were excellent! He was funny, welcoming, and eager to engage and answer questions. His tour covered a lot of really interesting, important, and under-covered moments and people in London history – would definitely recommend this tour to others and go on more tours from David in the future!
Henrik Aasbø –
I have been going on many London Walks, and this one is – together with The Brunel Walk – the best I’ve been to. The most interesting and the best conducted and explained walk.
John McAndrew –
Everything about David and his tours are five star, knowledge base, narrative style, clear delivery, with dry asides and impersonations thrown in. Hugely enjoyable and informative. All being well, my son and I will be back next year, until then good luck David.
Jacqueline –
We did this walk this morning with David. We had a wonderful time, learned lots whilst being entertained as well. Loved the stories he told and how he engaged with us. Highly recommended.
Janet Bradford –
Excellent guide who was practical, humorous and talented. I was meant to leave earlier but frankly found the walk too interesting to leave. Great part of London to explore and within relevant focus points of interest.
Y G –
Very interesting. Our guide David spoke clearly and was very informative