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
Nadeem Khan –
Engaging, enthused and erudite. David is an excellent guide.
A delightful walk and historical narrative. Expertly woven, with some wonderful examples of pioneering thought and action.
Linda and Fred –
Highly recommended. David has a great way of imparting interesting and quirky tidbits of history. This is a hidden Westminster brought vividly to life. He is a brilliant storyteller.
Neil –
David was a fantastic guide – great knowledge, great walk and delivered with style. Thanks
Jessica –
We absolutely loved this walking tour, David was truly brilliant. My whole family said how fantastic he was not just at guiding but also at story-telling, bringing it all to life etc, and the 2 hours absolutely flew by. Thank you so much!
Claudia Rosani –
Fantastic walk! David was great, full of knowledge, charm, and humor. He had us engaged the entire walk and was incredibly knowledgeable. The walk itself was incredibly interesting and it introduced me to some gamechangers that I thought I knew, along with some new ones and even new perspectives on more famous ones. Fantastic walk, highly recommended.
Wesley Hewett –
David Gollancz was a terrific guide, his knowledge and charm expertly cut through the deluge of rain as he entertained us throughout. The consummate professional – even following up after the tour by email to a question I had. I would have happily continued listening and learning from him for a lot longer, no matter how soggy I became!! Thank you David.
Elaine –
I liked the fact we stopped at places I’m familiar with but heard a new and different story associated with them. David is a natural story teller and I appreciated the personal links to stories shared.
Ursula –
Great walk – you shouldn’t miss it. Very entertaining and easy to follow also for non-native speakers (with a good level of English). We very much enjoyed the walk and would recommend it to other tourists any time.
Jem Bowen –
I went on this walk yesterday, 23rd February 2024, and it was one of the best London Walks i’ve been on (and i’ve been on dozens over the years).
David was fascinating and really knowledgeable, and this walk is so eclectic! Brilliant!
I’d really recommend this one!
Richard and Trish Jones –
Brilliant walk with David who is erudite, eloquent and entertaining.
Our fellow tour-ists were great company and knew lots of interesting facts themselves.
The weather was dismal, it is rarely this wet, however, our umbrella did its job.
Afterwards we raced to the Westminster arms to get warm and dry and enjoy a pint of Spitfire !
Thank-you David. Hope to be a guest on another one of your walks.