London Walks by Date
Sunday, 19 January 2025
10 am
10 am
Thames Sightseeing, Brunel’s River Cruise – "not just a good walk, a perfect walk" (Lawrence Fox's review)
Running
Embankment underground station, London (river exit) | Map
Guided by Andy W. or Maribeth or Martin or Robert
“I have been on several London walks but this was simply the best, with a boat ride thrown in and an amazing surprise at the end!”
10.15 am
The Old Jewish Quarter
Running
Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) | Map
Guided by Isabelle or Shaughan or Steve F.
10.30 am
10.30 am
Hampstead Village & Heath Walking Tour
Running
Hampstead Underground station, London
Guided by David or Peter G. or Richard III
“the jewel in the London Walks crown” The New York Times
10.45 am
Classic London Mews & Hidden Passageways
Running
Earl's Court Tube, Earl's Court Road exit | Map
Guided by Stephanie
Urban oases, havens of 19th-century tranquillity
10.45 am
Hampstead Spies – Philby & Comrades
Running
Belsize Park tube station, London
Guided by Stewart Purvis CBE
Guided by former ITN Editor Stewart Purvis CBE. “You got Stewart Purvis to guide Hampstead Spies? That’s like getting Dan Rather to guide Dealey Plaza”
10.45 am
The East India Company – Guided by a Distinguished Diplomat
Running
Monument Tube, Fish Street Hill exit | Map
Guided by Lisa
“London Walks puts you into the hands of an expert on the particular area and topic of a tour” The New York Times
11 am
Beatles Magical Mystery Tour
Running
Tottenham Court Road Station, Exit 1 opposite The Flying Horse Pub
Guided by Richard P
“Richard Porter’s personal kinship with John, Paul, George and Ringo makes his tours some of the most popular in the city”, USA Today
11 am
1.45 pm
Westminster at War
Running
Embankment underground station, London (river exit) | Map
Guided by Aaron or Steven Sz or Tom
“the nerve-centre of the entire war, it was a city transformed: sandbagged tombs in the Abbey; a pillbox & barbed wire in Parliament Square, machine-gun nests…”
2 pm
Bizarre London
Not Running
Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) | Map
Guided by Sue
2 pm
Little Venice – the pursuit of pleasure
Running
Warwick Avenue underground station, London
Guided by Claire or Peter G. or Richard III or Shaughan
“Shaughan was something else with his jokes and songs and obvious knowledge of the area…”
2 pm
The Street Art Tour
Running
Liverpool Street Station, the Bishops Gate West Exit at the top of the escalator ( which starts from Platform 14) near to Eataly.
Guided by Fabrizio or Jackie or Leo
“a corkscrew of a route that pops cork after cork of east London’s vibrant, heady, dynamic street art scene”
2.30 pm
The Unknown East End
Running
Whitechapel underground station, London (Whitechapel Road exit) | Map
Guided by Adam or Matthew or Steve F.
Paradigm of London paradoxes – the worst slum in London and London at its richest
2.30 pm
Limehouse - Thames - Docklands
Running
Westferry Docklands Light Railway (DLR), by Cycle Hire Point | Map
Guided by Canal Guides
“part gentrified, part solidly working class”
2.30 pm
Ahoy! Mayflower & the Ships of Rotherhithe
Running
Bermondsey tube station, London
Guided by Maribeth or Martin or Robert or Tim
“this place still looks like – feels like – what it once was”
2.30 pm
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
Running
Embankment underground station, London (Villiers Street exit) | Map
Guided by Corinna or Fiona-Jane Weston or Richard IV
Grab your deerstalker and magnifying glass, we’re going sleuthing…
2.45 pm
Shakespeare's and Dickens' Old City
Running
St. Paul's underground station, London (exit 2)
Guided by Andy or Corinna or David or Stephen
A walk, a performance, a clinic in how Shakespeare’s lines should be delivered
7 pm
Virtual
P G Wodehouse in London - Virtual Tour
Running
On the trail of Jeeves, Bertie Wooster, Lord Emsworth and many other classic Wodehouse characters in Mayfair and Piccadilly. Guided by Richard IV
7 pm
Secret Soho & Its Pubs
Not Running
Leicester Square underground station, London (exit 1, by Wyndham's Theatre)
Guided by Peter G. or Richard III
See buzzing Soho with a stylish, whip-smart guide. Sunday night at 7 pm.
7.30 pm
7.30 pm
Gruesome London, Ghostly London
Not Running
Monument Underground station, London (Fish Street Hill exit)
“deliciously spooky” San Francisco Chronicle Halloween Season Special on Saturday afternoon