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Royal London
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 @ 10.15 am (This walk goes every Wednesday)
Royal Walkabout See what's behind the balcony Best guard change vantage points
On the scene at the Great Fire of London
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
We track the Great Fire from east to west, landmark by landmark...
Undiscovered London, Butlers Wharf and Shad Thames
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 @ 10.45 am (This walk goes every Wednesday)
Four words* that make my blood race: “hasn’t yet been discovered.” *Right up there with hidden places, hidden history
Little Venice – the pursuit of pleasure
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
"Shaughan was something else with his jokes and songs and obvious knowledge of the area..."
The Tower of London
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
"the most important mediaeval fortress in Europe"
Tudor London – Walking with Matthew Shardlake (and Barak)
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
"hasn’t changed in 400 years"
T. S. Eliot – The Waste Land Tour
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 @ 11.30 am (Click here for more dates)
"in 20 years of London Walks this is the best one I've ever been on"
Chelsea Odyssey - Riverside Village, Legends & Landmarks, Art, Architecture & Anecdotes
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 @ 1.45 pm (This walk goes every Wednesday)
"gnarled old village lanes and byways as clamorous with great names as rooks in a wood"
Beatles Magical Mystery Tour
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
"Richard Porter's personal kinship with John, Paul, George and Ringo makes his tours some of the most popular in the city", USA Today
Hampstead Village & Heath Walking Tour
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
"the jewel in the London Walks crown" The New York Times
Old London
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 @ 2.15 pm (This walk goes every Wednesday)
Secret places and hidden history...
British Museum Tour
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 @ 2.15 pm (This walk goes every Wednesday)
"Whoever travels without a guide needs 200 years for a 2-hour journey" Rumi
The Tate Modern Highlights Tour
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (This walk goes every Wednesday)
Guided by arts critic Rick Jones, Secretary of the Critics Circle
Hidden Pubs of Old London Town
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 @ 6 pm (This walk goes every Wednesday)
Cheek-by-jowl, higgledy-piggledy, quintessential London.
Thames Sightseeing, Brunel’s River Cruise – "not just a good walk, a perfect walk" (Lawrence Fox's review)
Thursday, 23 January 2025 @ 10 am (Click here for more dates)
“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!"
Inside Story – Covent Garden
Thursday, 23 January 2025 @ 10.15 am (This walk goes every Thursday)
Taking You Inside LONDON Gets you to places other people don't get to see.
Old Mayfair
Thursday, 23 January 2025 @ 10.45 am (This walk goes every Thursday)
"the champagne & caviar of London Walks"
The Famous Square Mile
Thursday, 23 January 2025 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
The great classic London Walk: explores the very heart of the City – the most historic part of the capital...
Kensington***** The Royal Village – 200 Five-Star Reviews
Thursday, 23 January 2025 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
"Kensington specialises in hiding the best of itself"
Ahoy! Mayflower & the Ships of Rotherhithe
Thursday, 23 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
"this place still looks like – feels like – what it once was"
Medical Tour: All Around the University – Firsts & Inventions in the History of Medicine
Thursday, 23 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (This walk goes every Thursday)
Just a little prick… from Edward Jenner to AstraZeneca
Lawyer-guided Legal London – Inns of Court Exclusive
Friday, 24 January 2025 @ 10 am (Click here for more dates)
Tom's a barrister, Joanne's a criminal defence lawyer. Small group guaranteed.
A Soho Saunter – Real, Not Virtual!!!!!!!
Friday, 24 January 2025 @ 10.15 am (This walk goes every Friday)
"noisy, bawdy, dirty and sexy, and one of the few quarters in London that has kept its character, warts and all"
The City Churches Tour
Friday, 24 January 2025 @ 10.30 am (This walk goes every Friday)
"Fan vaulting, Bow bells, a Mediterranean courtyard, a sermon timer and a mighty organ beneath Christopher Wren's most beautiful dome"
Victoria & Albert Museum Tour
Friday, 24 January 2025 @ 10.45 am (This walk goes every Friday)
"it's not what we see but what we see in it"
Rock 'n' Roll London
Friday, 24 January 2025 @ 2 pm (This walk goes every Friday)
"It's like having your own personal rock star for a tour guide" Jennifer from Austin, Texas
The National Gallery Guided Tours
Friday, 24 January 2025 @ 2.15 pm (This walk goes every Friday)
“the story of European art, masterpiece by masterpiece”
The Old Palace Quarter
Friday, 24 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (This walk goes every Friday)
"secret passageways that take you into the 16th-century"
National Portrait Gallery Friday Late – VIP, Small Group Guaranteed
Friday, 24 January 2025 @ 6 pm (Click here for more dates)
“looking at a portrait transcends time and provides a unique encounter between the viewer and the sitter”
Chilling Tales from Beyond the Grave
Friday, 24 January 2025 @ 7.30 pm (This walk goes every Friday)
"the creepiest part of London... alleyways so old they're cobwebbed with time"
Notting Hill & Portobello Market
Saturday, 25 January 2025 @ 10.45 am (This walk goes every Saturday)
"Notting Hill on market morning – curious and colourful, offbeat and yeasty"
Women of the Abyss – the Victims of Jack the Ripper
Saturday, 25 January 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
"let us not define them only by their deaths"
When Horses Ran London
Saturday, 25 January 2025 @ 10.45 am
"how much horsepower each bus route needed – amazing eye-opener into a lost city"
Old Camden Town
Saturday, 25 January 2025 @ 11 am (This walk goes every Saturday)
The London smörgåsbord par excellence...
Harry Potter Film Locations in the City
Saturday, 25 January 2025 @ 11 am (This walk goes every Saturday)
"And now, Harry, let us pursue that flighty temptress, adventure"
Old Marylebone
Saturday, 25 January 2025 @ 2 pm (This walk goes every Saturday)
"London specialises in hiding the best of itself..."
Spies' & Spycatchers' London
Saturday, 25 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
"hole and corner, cloak and dagger London...the secret places of a murky nether-world"
Pirates, Press-Gangs and Execution Dock
Saturday, 25 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
Discover the dark side of the empire...
Disastrous London
Saturday, 25 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (This walk goes every Saturday)
Fire, Plague, Bombing, Rebellion, Executions
Jane Austen's London – 250th Anniversary Walk
Saturday, 25 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Jane Austen devotee in possession of the good fortune of a couple of free hours must be in want of this walk"
Ghosts of the Old City
Saturday, 25 January 2025 @ 7.30 pm (This walk goes every Saturday)
Spooktakular. "Best Ghost walk in the UK " - Essential travel
Hello London!
Sunday, 26 January 2025 @ 10 am (This walk goes every Sunday)
"Everything you want to see in the famous heart of London can be seen on foot in two hours. Seen better. Seen up close. Guided better. Fraction of the cost."
The Old Jewish Quarter
Sunday, 26 January 2025 @ 10.15 am (This walk goes every Sunday)
"splinter-sharp guides and gripping history in 'a shtetl called Whitechapel'"
Classic London Photography Tour
Sunday, 26 January 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
The "decisive moment" and best vantage point London tour!
Westminster at War
Sunday, 26 January 2025 @ 1.45 pm (This walk goes every Sunday)
"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..."
Bizarre London
Sunday, 26 January 2025 @ 2 pm (This walk goes every Sunday)
The Unknown East End
Sunday, 26 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (This walk goes every Sunday)
Paradigm of London paradoxes – the worst slum in London and London at its richest
Charming Chiswick
Sunday, 26 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm
Old, picturesque, storied, full of character, riverine, tucked away on its isthmus, sitting pretty – that’s Chiswick.
Secret Soho & Its Pubs
Sunday, 26 January 2025 @ 7 pm (This walk goes every Sunday)
See buzzing Soho with a stylish, whip-smart guide. Sunday night at 7 pm.
Gruesome London, Ghostly London
Sunday, 26 January 2025 @ 7.30 pm (This walk goes every Sunday)
"deliciously spooky" San Francisco Chronicle Halloween Season Special on Saturday afternoon
The Changing of the Guard Tour
Monday, 27 January 2025 @ 10 am (This walk goes every Monday)
"A great walk, loads of interesting facts, an excellent friendly guide with the addition of a great singing voice. Highly recommended" Walker Brian
Westminster Abbey Tour – London's Crowning Glory
Monday, 27 January 2025 @ 10.30 am (Click here for more dates)
On Saturdays, the Westminster Abbey Tour takes place at 10.15 am year round. On Mondays, it takes place at 10.30 am until April 29. From May 7 until October 28 it takes place every Monday at 1.45 pm.
Darkest Victorian London
Monday, 27 January 2025 @ 10.45 am (This walk goes every Monday)
"Elsewhere is always surprising... " "history as a seance" "Victorian underside of modern London"
The Seven Deadly Sins – the Capital Vices
Monday, 27 January 2025 @ 11 am (This walk goes every Monday)
A historical tour de force of "the city built on sin" – "most entertaining walk ever"
Hidden London
Monday, 27 January 2025 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
"the distillation of a brilliant guide's vast experience probing the secret places of the world's most elusive city"
The Inns of Court
Monday, 27 January 2025 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
"like a clutch of Oxbridge colleges in the heart of London"
Tate Britain
Monday, 27 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (This walk goes every Monday)
the best of British painting and sculpture over 500 years – guided by professional arts critic Rick Jones
A Village in Piccadilly
Monday, 27 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (This walk goes every Monday)
"elegant arcades, secret doorways and peekaboo views" "royal chocolates (we sample them, gratis)"
London's Secret Village
Monday, 27 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (This walk goes every Monday)
"this tiny hamlet serves up brimming draughts from the deep well of its history"
Old Westminster by Gaslight
Monday, 27 January 2025 @ 7 pm (This walk goes every Monday)
The great seminal London Walk. Miss it and you've missed London...
Jack the Ripper Walking Tour
Monday, 27 January 2025 @ 7.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
“London Walks tells us why the case matters – unlike sensationalist competitors"
Apparitions, Alleyways & Ale
Monday, 27 January 2025 @ 7.30 pm (This walk goes every Monday)
"this part of London is like a haunted house... gas-lit alleyways, film-set perfect Georgian streets"
St. Paul's Cathedral
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 @ 10.30 am (This walk goes every Tuesday)
"Afloat upon ethereal tides St. Paul's above the city rides"
The Lure of the Underground
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
"subterranean London...London created the Underground and the Underground created London"
Revolting London – 2000 years of rebellion and retribution
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 @ 10.45 am (This walk goes every Tuesday)
N.B. Guides Ian and David G. donate all of their fees to charities! The beneficiary charity for each walk will be announced at the start of the walk.
Shakespeare's and Dickens' Old City
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
A walk, a performance, a clinic in how Shakespeare's lines should be delivered
The Beatles "IN MY LIFE"
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
“A splendid time is guaranteed for all” Toronto Globe and Mail
Bohemian Bloomsbury
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
Unexpected, uncommon, unforgettable, undiscovered Bloomsbury...
Old Westminster Walking Tour
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
"the cornerstone walk – miss it and you've missed London"
Jewish London
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 @ 2.15 pm (This walk goes every Tuesday)
N.B. Guides Ian and David G. donate all of their fees to charities! The beneficiary charity for each walk will be announced at the start of the walk.
Past the Palace – Our Most Controversial Walk!
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (This walk goes every Tuesday)
"This one isn't on the balcony – it's through the keyhole. It's royal hideaways, boltholes, nooks and crannies..." Not suitable for under 12's
Decoding the City – Secret Stories & Symbols
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
"I never knew this was here" London
The Ancient City at Night
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 @ 6.30 pm (This walk goes every Tuesday)
"it's like moving, stunned, through the crevasses of a mountain glacier"
Foodies' London - The West End
Wednesday, 29 January 2025 @ 10.45 am
"the King's nickname was Tumtum, he had a 47" waist, and every night a cold roast chicken was placed beside his bedside..."
Christopher Wren 300th Anniversary
Wednesday, 29 January 2025 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
A celebration of the works of Sir Christopher Wren 1632-1723
Golden Hour, Blue Light & London at Night Photography Tour
Wednesday, 29 January 2025 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
"Some of the best – and most famous – night-time views in Europe"
The Wallace Collection
Thursday, 30 January 2025 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
A visual – and historical – feast...
Charles I and the Civil War – the Martyrdom Anniversary Walk
Thursday, 30 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm
The transformative events of that unforgettable day...
The Civil War, Restoration & Great Fire of London Virtual Tour
Thursday, 30 January 2025 @ 7.30 pm
Civil War, beheading of the King, a Republic, the Restoration, the last great plague outbreak in the UK, the Glorious Revolution and the Great Wind.
The Seven Deadly Sins in the City of London
Friday, 31 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
"we meet the biggest sinner of all"
British Museum Friday Late – VIP, Small Group Guaranteed
Friday, 31 January 2025 @ 6 pm (Click here for more dates)
"the procession – a long movement of incomparable grace and skill"
The London of Oscar Wilde Tour
Saturday, 01 February 2025 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
The Oscar of our literary walks. "I can resist everything except temptation" Oscar Wilde.
Spies & Special Forces
Saturday, 01 February 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
The glittering whirl of Knightsbridge conceals a shadowy world of modern-day assassins, spies, and special forces.
Classic London Mews & Hidden Passageways
Sunday, 02 February 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
Urban oases, havens of 19th-century tranquillity
Bankside, Brothels & the Bard
Sunday, 02 February 2025 @ 10.45 am
taverns, gambling dens, bear baiting, brothels and theatres
The Street Art Tour
Sunday, 02 February 2025 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
"a corkscrew of a route that pops cork after cork of east London's vibrant, heady, dynamic street art scene"
The Regent's Canal: King's Cross-Granary Square-Camden
Sunday, 02 February 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
The London of a couple of centuries ago. A London of tunnels and bridges and narrowboats and locks.
The Actress and the King
Tuesday, 04 February 2025 @ 11.30 am (Click here for more dates)
"the first great comedienne..."
How the City Got Rich
Tuesday, 04 February 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
Why here, why London. How London did it. The great historical mystery solved. Solved (guided, often) by a London Mayor.
The East India Company – Guided by a Distinguished Diplomat
Friday, 07 February 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
"London Walks puts you into the hands of an expert on the particular area and topic of a tour" The New York Times
Hampstead Spies – Philby & Comrades
Saturday, 08 February 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
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"
Geology and Building Stones in the City of London
Saturday, 08 February 2025 @ 2.30 pm
Award-winning geologist guides "stones ingrained with geological and historical memories"
Empire in a Cup: the History of Tea
Sunday, 09 February 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
The history of tea is hidden amongst the City streets and alleyways...
Brook Green – the Secret Side of Hammersmith
Sunday, 09 February 2025 @ 10.45 am
the fun, the delight of getting to know a London neighbourhood that's a complete revelation
Roman London – A Literary & Archaeological Walk
Sunday, 09 February 2025 @ 11.30 am (Click here for more dates)
Archaeologist-guided!
How the West End Was Won
Sunday, 09 February 2025 @ 2.30 pm
How a capital city emerged fit to rule the greatest empire the world had ever known...
The Huguenot Silk Weavers of Spitalfields – Riches to Rags
Sunday, 09 February 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
Explores Spitalfields, chronicles the lives and times of the Huguenot silk weavers...
A Virtual Tour of Jane Austen's Bath
Monday, 10 February 2025 @ 7.30 pm
As good as it gets: the world’s most perfect Georgian city and scenes from Jane Austen's life and fiction
Fabulous Fitzrovia & Its Medical Marvels
Wednesday, 12 February 2025 @ 1 pm (Click here for more dates)
"hear about growing mini eyes to understand blindness among other medical marvels..." These and other tales make the scales fall from our eyes.
Matthew Shardlake's Tudor London
Wednesday, 12 February 2025 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
Through Tudor London in the footsteps of C.J Sansom’s dogged, melancholy ‘hero’ Matthew Shardlake and his ‘sidekick’ Barak
The Power of the Thames – Battersea to Westminster
Saturday, 15 February 2025 @ 2.30 pm
"with a space-age American embassy tucked in behind it"
London's Spymasters
Saturday, 15 February 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
"a murky world of treason & treachery, betrayal & murder"
The Regent's Canal - King's Cross, Granary Square, St. Pancras
Sunday, 16 February 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
"unseen, untrodden, unexplored, unknown London beckons"
Foodies London in the City – Biscuits & Banquets
Wednesday, 19 February 2025 @ 10.45 am
"People who love to eat are always the best people" Julia Child
Notting Hill – the Photography Tour
Saturday, 22 February 2025 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
this one's the amazing technicolour dream strobe of a photography course and tour
Geology and Building Stones in the City of Westminster
Saturday, 01 March 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
Guided by a distinguished, award-winning Geologist
The Regent's Canal – Mile End to Limehouse
Sunday, 02 March 2025 @ 2.30 pm
"from the Age of Canals to cutting edge, 21-st century London"
William Morris & Friends
Sunday, 09 March 2025 @ 2 pm
"special not least because we'll be walking along one of the loveliest stretches of the Thames"
CHARLES DICKENS’ LONDON: LOST AND FOUND: a London Walks virtual tour
Sunday, 09 March 2025 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
"Dickens' London was a place of the mind, but it was also a real place. Much of what we take today to be the marvelous imaginings of a visionary novelist turn out on inspection to be the reportage of a great observer"
Epicurean, Gourmets', Foodies' London
Wednesday, 12 March 2025 @ 10.45 am
Streets Ahead, Treats Ahead...
Grosvenor Canal & Battersea Power Station
Sunday, 16 March 2025 @ 2.30 pm
Combines the hidden byways of London's most secret canal and the Thames' mightiest cathedral.
Spies & Spymasters of London – Virtual Tour
Sunday, 16 March 2025 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Top Secret London. Cambridge Five. ‘C’. Secret Service Bureau. OSS & SOE. Le Carré & Smiley. Somerset Maugham & Ashenden. Guided by Richard IV For Your Eyes Only.
Bloomsbury's Brilliant Women
Saturday, 22 March 2025 @ 2.30 pm
What is it about Bloomsbury and brilliant women?
Foodies' London – Pie Crust to Upper Crust
Wednesday, 02 April 2025 @ 10.45 am
"People who love to eat are always the best people" Julia Child
The Heart of the City
Saturday, 05 April 2025 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
History haunted. Secretive in the extreme.
Highgate Village – "a place apart"
Sunday, 06 April 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
Make a day of it? 1) the walk 2) Kenwood House for lunch 3) visit Highgate Cemetery?
Chaucer's Medieval London
Sunday, 06 April 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
Your boon companions on this tour of London in the Middle Ages are a former London Museum archaeologist and the greatest medieval poet of them all.
Chaucer's London to Beckett's Canterbury – a Virtual Pilgrimage
Friday, 18 April 2025 @ 7.30 pm
"the robust independence with which the English led their lives following the Black Death"
Oxford & the Cotswolds
Monday, 21 April 2025 @ 9 am (Click here for more dates)
"the most perfect place in Europe to live" (Forbes Magazine)
Cambridge - "can such places be?"
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 @ 9 am (Click here for more dates)
"Miraculum orbis. Wonder of the world, annexe to heaven..."
The Cotswolds
Saturday, 26 April 2025 @ 9 am (Click here for more dates)
The achingly beautiful Cotswolds...
Building and Rebuilding the Thames Embankment
Saturday, 26 April 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
"From The Thames to Eternity" guided by a distinguished, award-winning Geologist
Bath & Avebury
Friday, 02 May 2025 @ 9 am (Click here for more dates)
Back 250 years...and then 5,000 years
The Regent's Canal – River Tyburn to Little Venice
Sunday, 04 May 2025 @ 2.30 pm
"we step into a different world here, a different world bouquet’d with incidental delights – 'The Upside Down House', for example..."
THE MONUMENT, THE MOON AND MALTA: URBAN GEOLOGY ON EASTCHEAP
Saturday, 10 May 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
"one of the best places for spotting fossils in the City"
Four Hundred Years of the New River
Sunday, 18 May 2025 @ 2.30 pm
It's not new and it's not a river...
The Regent's Canal - Little Venice to Camden Town
Sunday, 25 May 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
Life's better by water...
Highbury – Grand Houses & Grander Stadiums
Sunday, 22 June 2025 @ 2.30 pm
History, architecture, films, the Gunners, a Ripper candidate and for good measure, a short nature walk
Islington Between the Wars
Sunday, 20 July 2025 @ 2.30 pm
This unusual, highly original walk – indeed, it's sui generis...
London, A Heart of Stone
Sunday, 24 August 2025 @ 2.30 pm
"a feast of stunning art and architecture"
Elizabethan Clerkenwell
Sunday, 19 October 2025 @ 2.30 pm
Now a chic London neighbourhood but then 'a haunt of thieves and whores'
Eating Christmas
Wednesday, 17 December 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
"geese had a handy second career as security guards"
Christmas Morning, 1660 - Samuel Pepys' London
Thursday, 25 December 2025 @ 11 am
The Christmas Day Charles Dickens London Walk
Thursday, 25 December 2025 @ 2 pm
Tours available upon request
We run a ton of private walks. If you to go on any of the walks below, it’s eezy peezy as well. Just give Fiona, Peter, Niamh or Mary a ring on 020 7624 3978 – or email us at [email protected] and we’ll set it up for you and make it happen.
London & the Nutcracker – the Ballet that Changed Christmas
The Russians came, they saw, they Nutcrackered (danced), they conquered.
Suffragists, Suffragettes, 'Deeds not Words' – Isobel's New Walk!
History Lost, Found & Decoded...
Justice Miscarried – Let's Deliver for the Postmasters
"the first duty of society is justice"
The Children of Outcast London
It’s a terrible story, it’s a moving story, it will grip you.
River Wandle & Wandsworth Canal
"there's no lovelier piece of lowland scenery in South England..."
Curtain Up: Theatreland with a Distinguished Actor – Read the Reviews!
"really entertaining"
The Leap Year Walk
A strange amazing day – and walk – that comes only once every four years. For the rest of the time it does not "exist."
Gamechangers! The people and events that changed Westminster – and the world.
turning points in history
Urban Geology in St Giles
"particularly exotic and colourful stones" guided by a distinguished, award-winning Geologist
Covent Garden Pub Walk
‘where is there such another maze of streets, courts, lanes and alleys?’ asked Dickens
A Charles Dickens Christmas Virtual Tour – his life, his work & his London
Weaves an exploration of Victorian London with Dickens's London Life and writing...
Sherlock Holmes in the City
We go on the trail in the Square Mile, seeing a surprising amount that Holmes and Watson would still recognise.
The Christmas Tree(s) Walk
London adazzle – its most glorious constellation of Christmas trees...
Roman London
What did the Romans ever do for us? We know what guide Ian does for the Ukraine and earthquake crisis appeals – he donates his fee.
London's Three Historic Jewish Quarters
Combines highlights of our “Old Jewish Quarter” and “Jewish London” Walks N.B. Guide Ian donates his fee to the World Jewish Relief’s Ukraine and Turkey/Syria earthquake Crises appeals!
Sculpture and Architecture in SW1
A fascinating Walk in SW1
Architecture and Sculpture in SW1
A fascinating walk in SW1
A Literary Odyssey – Ink & Inspiration in Mayfair & St James's
This walk has been specially created for the Mayfair Times Literary Festival. The charge for this walk is £20 (there are no concessions).
The Peasants' Revolt Anniversary – 'Summer of Blood'
follows the events of the Revolt as the Peasants move through London in June 1381
Mountain Building & Meteorites – the City a professional geologist sees
Rocks of Ages – Urban Geology in the City (guided by a professional geologist)
Myths & Legends of London – a May Eve Special
Led by Kevin Flude, a former London Museum archaeologist...
The Bridge to London
"most of what has passed has left plenty of traces"
Pioneering Paddington
"from the deep past to a vision of the future"
The Coronation Walk
This Walk is sold out on Saturday April 29th
My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, please be upstanding for… THE CORONATION WALK!
The Quack Doctor's Tour
"the general rule in medicine in Stuart England is ‘better out than in’"
The Rugby Tour – to Accompany the Six Nations Tournament
"with a fine disregard for the rules"
Queen Anne's Gate
One of best preserved 18th Century Streets in London
The Decline and Fall of Roman London
What is the evidence? And can we trust it? Archaeologist-guided.
London Before London – Prehistoric London Virtual Tour
henges, barrows, hill forts, hut circles and genetic evidence
The London Winter Solstice Virtual Tour
we use ancient methods to divine what is in store for us in 2024
19th Century East End – Jews, Anarchists & Workers' Rights
...incendiary publications, industrial strife, revolutionary trade unions, soup kitchens, housing charities and shelters for the homeless.
Hampstead's Other Half
"more about those forgotten than those remembered"
Grand Surrey Canal – Rotherhithe, Russia Dock Woodland, Greenland Dock
We could be in 1620. Or May 28, 1940. Or June 6, 1944.
The Regent's Canal – King's Cross to the New River
a stretch of London – a secret way across London – you won't have seen before
The Regent's Canal – River Tyburn to Camden
Bucolic to huzzah and colour and panache and buzz
The Grand Union Canal – Uxbridge to Little Britain and West Drayton Walk
...a well-concealed World War II pillbox
The Clerkenwell Pub Walk - Monks, Malt and Mayhem
"radical and revolutionary past to modern media & designer present" + pubs
The Lost Palace of Downing Street
Take a walk through the most magical corner of the kingdom. Guided by Dan Parry
Royal Victoria Dock to East India Dock Towpath Walk
A new towpath walk created by the London Walks team of Regent's Canal guides (in conjunction with the IWA – Inland Waterways Association)
The London Equinox and Solstice Walk
As the Sun and Moon move around our skies we look at how Londoners organised and celebrated their year throughout history. Guided by Kevin
St David's Day Welsh Walk – by the distinguished Welsh author Rick Jones
"where they sang, wrote poetry and played rugby"
A Virtual Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain – York
From Legionary Fortress to Medieval Castle
A Virtual Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain – Conwy
castle, wall, historic buildings, great pubs and 'the smallest house in Great Britain'
International Women's Day Charity Walk
Trailblazers of the East End – Guided by Laura
Platinum Jubilee - Through the Decades Virtual Tour
On the Queen's birthday, take a virtual tour of London through the decades of Queen Elizabeth II's reign from her coronation up to today. Guided by Chris
Legends & Myths – the Archaeology of London Walking Tour
"...we also look at the evidence for 'Celtic' origins of London" No Need To Book
The History & Archaeology of London Bridge
"London bridge is the key to much of the history of London"
Myths & Legends – the Halloween Virtual Tour
"and we do some serious archaeology – attend to the legend-archaeology 'fit'"
Myths, Legends & Celtic Festivals – the London Virtual Tour
"...we also look at the evidence for 'Celtic' origins of London"
Diamond Dogs Virtual Walk
A new virtual tour around London, recognising and celebrating our canine companions. Guide by Isobel
Liquid London - the Capital's Waterways, 8 part Virtual Tour Series
The brand new Virtual Tour series from The Story of London team. Live on Sunday evenings (and Thursday mornings). This time we're going with the flow ! Guided by the Story of London Team - Simon W, Russell, Karen, Adam and Fiona
Liquid London - the Capital's Waterways, 8 part Virtual Tour Matinee series
The brand new Virtual Tour series from The Story of London team. Live on Thursday mornings (and Sunday evenings). This time we're going with the flow ! Guided by the Story of London Team - Simon W, Russell, Karen, Adam and Fiona
How the British Fell in Love with Curry
"The national dish is no longer fish and chips, it's curry"
Get Back to Let It Be – The Full Story Behind the Beatles' Documentary
"how ladies' tights saved the 'Rooftop Concert'"
London – 1066 and All That
1. "we explore the London that William conquered" 2. "we lay bare how he changed England for all time"
Christmas in the Capital – London Walks Virtual Tour
Simon’s seasonal mix of festive facts, fun & frolics...
City of Water, Wells and Springs
An undiscovered and fascinating part of Central London.
The Beatles' Christmas in London
"For 3 years running they had both the Christmas number one single and album in the UK"
Christmas with Jane Austen Virtual London Tour
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Jane Austen devotee must be in want of this virtual tour"
The Women of World War I – Lest we forget, lest we forget
"intriguing nuggets of information at every step" The Times
The Men who made Menswear
The story of menswear over the past 200 years. guided by Russell
Richmond- Upon-Thames: Royalty to Rock N Roll
Discover Richmond upon Thames, the happiest place to live in London. Home to royalty, writers, broadcasters and rock stars. Guided by Anna
A Paris Walk – Père Lachaise Cemetery
We will take a virtual stroll through this atmospheric cemetery. Guided by Brad
Musical Belgravia & Westminster – A Virtual Tour
A virtual tour from Noel Coward to Henry Purcell, Guided by Adam.
Musical Hampstead – A Virtual Tour
A virtual tour of musical Hampstead from classical to rock. Guided by Adam.
Musical Southwest London
A virtual tour of musical southwest London – from Bowie in Brixton to Handel in Barnes. Guided by Adam
Musical Camden – The Virtual Tour
A virtual tour of musical Camden from Britpop to Cecil sharp and beyond. Guided by Adam.
Underground Overground – A Virtual Tour Series Exploring London by Tube
The brand new Virtual Tour series from The Story of London team...
The Story of London Virtual tour Series - Tuesday Matinee Edition
A series of eight Virtual Tours presented & curated by four top flight Blue Badge Tourist Guides- Simon W, Russell, Karen and Fiona
Montmartre - a Village in the City
Picasso, Van Gogh, Renoir lived here. Piaf sang on its streets. Toulouse- Lautrec immortalised its wicked nightlife- eternal Montmartre! Guided by Chris Spence.
London's Burning – The Anniversary Walk
The blaze illuminated the streets like the sun at noon. Even the night sky bore a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven. The trailing column of smoke extended 50 miles in length.
An American in London: Famous Visitors from Across the Pond
Guided by the author of The Lonely Planet Guide to London
6 NEW VIRTUAL TOURS! London Calling: The Story Of London Through Music Series 3
London history through its musical sounds & stars. The Thames, SW London, Westminster & Belgravia, Hampstead, SE London & Camden
Hidden Hackney -A walk through Hipster Central
One of the most ethnically diverse boroughs in London. Guided by Steve F.
Immigration and Food Walk
Almost a third of all Londoners are now foreign-born, representing 270 different nationalities and 300 languages. Guided by Steve F
The Tudors: Power, Politics & Propaganda
the evolution of the codpiece & the origin of ‘pin money’
The Sumptuous Stuarts: Decoration, Disorder & Decadence
"what to wear to an execution"
Jewish East London: A Journey through the Heart and Soul of a Culture
East London was the epicenter of Jewish life and culture for over a century, and vestiges of its heart and soul lurk around every corner. Guided By Steve Fallon
Divas, Rebels & Junkies: Women In Music
From Maria Anna Mozart to Peggy Seeger, Siouxsie Sioux to Judy Garland.
London Myths, Legends & Halloween Virtual Walk – Archaeology Rules OK!
“Tis the night—the night. Of the grave's delight"
The Beatles' Homes in London
from the Beatles' humble Liverpool origins to the splendour of their London homes...
Graveyards to die for
"it was a rat's delight and a health emergency"
Brave and Brilliant Women of Bloomsbury
Beautiful Bloomsbury with its garden squares, Georgian architecture, hidden corners and reputation for world-class education, has been a magnet for exceptional and trailblazing women.
Van Gogh - The last 70 days
Vincent thought himself a failure, selling only 1 canvas in his lifetime. Today his works and life story both captivate and fascinate. Guided by Chris Spence
Horses Past, Horses Present – Horse Power in London Society
"reveals the vast importance of horses in asserting the position of those in power"
Harlots & Bawds - the Georgian sex trade.
Alex takes a look at the world of the 18th Century sex and brothel trade.
London A - Z – A Virtual Tour Series
An eight-part series of virtual tours… London From A-Z! Hosted by Adam, Fiona, Karen, Russell & Simon W.
Wimbledon: Village, Common, Parks and Tennis
Wimbledon. It's a village. It's a Common. It's parks. It's – needless to say – tennis. Guided by Anna
Hemingway's Paris in the Jazz Age
The Lost Generation still haunt the Paris Latin Quarter. Let's explore the extraordinary Jazz Age together on a virtual tour. Guided by Chris Spence
Shakespeare Birthday Walk with Lute
"Harry Hunks’ place of work..."
Introduction to the East India Company
The East India Company - What was it? And what are its traces in London and across the world today? Guided by Leila
Entertaining London Virtual Tour
A 2,000 year story of how Londoners have been entertained. Guided by Russell
Ring Out the Bells
Joyous celebration of London's bells in sight and sound. Guided by Rick Jones
Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Feminist
The life and times of Elizabeth Newcomen, Shakespeare's milkmaid, benefactor and founder of a girl's school. Guided by Rick Jones
London Walks 5 Km History Run
London 5 Km evening runs with historical guided commentary with Andrew Hallett of London Walks
Secrets of Marylebone – Bentinck Street's Dance of the Seven Veils
"an oasis, a stone’s throw from gaudy roaring Oxford Street"
Oxford - Virtual Day Trip
The City of 'dreaming spires' and academe. Students and bicycles. And the motor car... Guided by Chris
Slavery in the City
A story showing people at their worst and best, tells the horrors of the slave trade, the extreme cruelties and yet contains seeds of hope. Guided by Isobel
Rolling Stones London
The Rolling Stones were very much a London Band. Richard can guide you around the Stones major London hangouts in the Soho area. Guided by Richard P
Saints, Sinners and Sisters
Tradeswomen, writers, lawyers, feminists, martyrs, muses and murderers: women’s stories aren’t always nice, nor are they niche.
The Making of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Album - London Connections
"Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album could only have been made in London"
Hampstead & The Heath – the Paragon of London Villages
"the paragon of London villages"
The British Library: A Virtual Walk through the World's Collective Memory
Our tongue's cathedral is the British Library. Guided by Steve
Wren's City Churches
Explore some of the most beautiful buildings in London, the Churches of the City designed by Wren and his colleagues, a London Walks tour. Guided by Fiona
Coronation Special: Royal Bastards, England's true life game of thrones
Ever since William the Conqueror (aka William the Bastard) hit the scene in 1066, legitimacy has been a life or death issue for the Royals. Guided by Ian
Anna visits the Amalfi Coast and Bay of Naples
One of the most beautiful areas of Italy. Sparkling waters, colourful scenery and glamorous resorts take your breath away! Guided by Anna
London on Film Part 1: Frozen in Time in the Square Mile
The old City of London has been a haven for moviemakers for over a century, and here are some of the glorious highlights. Guided by Richard IV
The Who In London – A Virtual Tour
The Stones had the swagger. The Beatles had the tunes. The Yardbirds had the chops. But the only band to blend these basics with a full-blown artistic manifesto and a killer look was The Who.
This is The Who's London. Guided by Adam
The French Revolution - 1789
1789 sounded the death knell for the Old Regime. Key events played out in Paris and this tour brings a fascinating period to life. Guided by Chris S. from Paris Walks
The Beatles Live in London
"from playing in front of 18 people to playing in front of 10,000"
Naples, Pompeii and Paestum
A virtual tour of Naples to see to the home of pizza, Pompeii and Paestum. Places preserved in time from the eruptions of mount Vesuvius. Guided by Chris
Stand & Deliver! The Outlaws & Highwaymen of Merrie England
A wild ride through the romance and the reality of 'The Knights of the Road' Led by Richard Walker
The Crystal Palace Dinosaur Safari
Explore the World's first Dinosaur Models hidden in a south London park, created in the middle of the 19th century. Guided by Aaron
The Krays In London - A Virtual Tour
The East End Gangland & The Dark Side Of The Swinging 60s
1066 & All That: A Tour of the Bayeux Tapestry
The world's oldest 'comic strip' tells the engaging story of the Norman Conquest of England in action-packed scenes of pageantry and mayhem. Guided by Steve F
All Around the University – Firsts and Inventions in the History of Medicine
"reputation for medicine is second to none in the world" Guided by Rick Jones (do click on the Rick link, you'll like what's there)
The Decline & Fall of Roman London – Archaeology Virtual Tour
"The first British Brexit?"
Lost London
"visionary masterplans and bizarre statues that never got built" Guided by Russell
RSC Actor Nick Day's Virtual Tour of Stratford upon Avon
"a strong cast headed by the immensely impressive Nicholas Day" Guided (and performed) by Nick Day
How the West End Was Won – Virtual Tour
"Essential viewing for understanding the way London works" Guided by Charlie
Treasures of the British Museum – Virtual Tour
Join Chris for a focused virtual walk through the exhibits. Guided by Chris
Athens and the Acropolis
A wonderful trip to Ancient Greece. Guided by Chris
London Calling: The 1960s - Pink Floyd
London Calling! The 1960s In Music - Pink Floyd
Our series ends in a blaze of psychedelia
• Drugs and music
• Syd Barrett – unravelling the myth
• Origins in Cambridge & Regent Street Polytechnic
• Looking ahead to the 1970s… and more
London Calling: The 1960s – The Kinks
London Calling! The 1960s In Music – The Kinks Guided by Adam
The long, strange career of the Davies brothers Ray & Dave and the original cult band The Kinks
• Music, suburbia & the war
• Tales of drunkenness and cruelty!
• Musical sibling rivalry
• LIVE music… and more
London Calling: The 1960s - Beatlemania!
London Calling! The 1960s In Music - Beatlemania!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! It's the rise, rise & RISE of The Beatles!
• Their first visit - in obscurity – back in 1961
• Smoking at Buckingham Palace!
• Playing for Royalty
• Beatles as movie stars… and more
London Calling: The 1960s - The Beatles vs The Rolling Stones
London Calling! The 1960s In Music - The Beatles vs The Rolling Stones
The BIG two…
• Their clubs
• The drug busts
• The music… and beyond
Bob Dylan 80th Birthday Virtual Tour
From 1962 – 1966 we'll see how Dylan changed music – and how London changed Dylan
Zeppelin Nights – A Virtual Walk for Remembrance Sunday
the 1915 flight path and bomb run through World War I London
The Spring Equinox – Archaeologist-Guided
London at the Equinox – its calendars, folklore and events associated with the beginning of Spring
London Stately Homes - an evolution
500 years of homes of nobility – fabulous London mansions and how they developed over time... Guided by Anna
Chaucer's Medieval London
Your boon companions on this tour of London in the Middle Ages are a Museum of London archaeologist and the greatest medieval poet of them all... Guided by Kevin
The Rebirth of Saxon London – Archaeology Virtual Tour
"...although the Anglo-Saxons have a rich history how much of it can be trusted?" Find out on this tour. Guided by Kevin
Virtual Walk: Love in London
From love-struck lovers to royal romances to dangerous liaisons – love in London in all its many forms. Guided by Simon
Abbey Road – The Beatles and Beyond
Inside Abbey Road Studios`– how this ordinary townhouse became the cradle of rock music...
Beatles Recording Sessions – Get Back!
Abbey Road wasn't the whole story, you know...
George Harrison in London
On the trail of 'the quiet one'
Chelsea – where London was Swinging in the 60s
where Rock and Roll royalty mixed with actors and models, artists and the aristocracy...
Following in the Footsteps of Matthew Shardlake
We rediscover those ‘lost’ streets like a Tudor Rebus cutting through ‘the religious and political chaos of the 1540s with sinister élan’ Guided by Andy
Bless me! deliver me, help, hold me! it's Ian's Valentine's Day Special!
"tiny gas-lit alleyways, unknown even to many Londoners..." N.B. Guide Ian donates all of his fee to charities!
Beatles in Swinging London
Beatles Meet-up. The Fabs, Swinging London, "the Pied Piper of Beatlemania" and fans from all over the world. Guided by Richard P.
John Lennon in London
Join John Lennon in London – the unique interactive experience, from the comfort of your own home
A Hard Day's Night with the Beatles in Marylebone
"a splendid time is guaranteed for all" Guided by Richard P., "the pied piper of Beatlemania"
Anna visits Venice... a tour of this magical city
Revisiting this magical city – The Grand Canal, St Mark's Square and even a visit to the islands.... Guided by Anna
Beatles London Film Locations
A ticket to ride. Beatles film locations here we come. Guided by Richard P.
Treasures of Ancient Britain – Stonehenge to Saxons
Prehistoric stone circles, Roman houses and a Saxon grave fit for a king...
New Year's Eve Drinks : A Thames River Pub Crawl
"Liquid history and liquid refreshment, camaraderie, sightseeing, virtual exercise, perfect weather, London's finest riverside taverns..."
Ring in the New Year Virtual Tour
How London has celebrated the New Year over the past 2000 years – and some crystal ball action for 2025
Canada Water Unearthed
The interwoven waterways, lakes, docks and woodlands of an area bristling with history & eyeing the future. You'll be hooked! Guided by Jackie
Saints Sinners Sisters
To mark International Women's Day
Musical Chelsea
London Calling! The Story Of London Through Its Music… Guided by Adam In Chelsea we meet: The Rolling Stones, Judy Garland, Arthur Sullivan, Bohemian London, Marianne Faithfull, King Charles II and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
London Calling: Musical Kensington
London Calling! The Story Of London Through Its Music…
One neighbourhood at a time. In Kensington we will find:
• The Royal Albert Hall
• The Royal College of Music
• The Music of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert
• Freddie Mercury
• Jimi Hendrix… and more
London Calling: Musical St James's & Mayfair
London Calling! The Story Of London Through Its Music…
One neighbourhood at a time. In St James's & Mayfair we will find:
• The musical history of Buckingham Palace
• George Frideric Handel
• David Bowie
• The Beatles… and more
London Calling: Musical Marylebone
London Calling! The Story Of London Through Its Music…
One neighbourhood at a time. It's Marylebone tonight... Guided by Adam
Notting Hill and Holland Park
The carnival, the market and the movie... Guided by Richard III
London Calling: The Story Of London Through Music
London Calling! The Story Of London Through Its Music… a series of six online tours looking at London history through its musical sounds & stars.
Mayflower in London, the Untold Story
Take a virtual walk through London to hear the untold story of Mayflower in London. A story of money, worship, execution and everyday life. Guided by Chris
The Famous Square Mile – the Virtual Tour
London labyrinth. London highlights. London shaping past. Elite London guide. Guided by Chris
London Calling – The 1960s In Music
A look at London's history through music. Series One: The 60s - The Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones & more. Guided by Adam
Guy Fawkes – Remember, Remember the 5th of November!
It’s a tale of patriotism, extremism and a country divided. Sound familiar?
London Lights – Christmas in the Capital
No place out-Christmases London!
The Story of London – Beginnings (Episode 1)
Elephants in Trafalgar Square and mammoths at King's Cross and Romans in Londinium
The Story of London – the Full Monty
Follow the London trail through the centuries...
Legal London – the Inns of Court
"the legal equivalent of Buckingham Palace, but unlike the royal residence we can get inside, explore it, wander around the Inns Court..." Guided by Richard III
The Archaeology and Culture of Roman London
"We walk to what has been called the ‘the Pompeii of the North’..."
Myths, Legends and the Origins of London – An Archaeology Virtual Tour
"both the archaeological evidence and the myths and legends of the origins of London"
Virtual Walk: Alleyways of the Old City
Why is this one of the best virtual tours you'll ever experience? Award-winning guide exploring London's capillaries, that's why. Guided By Fiona
Curtain Up! The Story of Theatreland
"from soaring successes to first night flops to stage door secrets..."
Hidden London – Virtual Tour
"London specialises in hiding the best of itself"
London's Burning – The Anniversary Virtual Tour
The blaze illuminated the streets like the sun at noon. Even the night sky bore a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven. The trailing column of smoke extended 50 miles in length.
Mozart in London – Virtual Tour
the life, the career, the London of history’s most mythologised composer Guided by Adam
Handel in London – Virtual Tour
"What does English history sound like?" Guided by Adam
Radio Days – The Science & Show Business Virtual Tour
The science and show business virtual tour... Guided by Adam
Lionel Bart's London! – Virtual Tour
In search of the composer of Oliver! He made and squandered a fortune.. and the Greek chorus of tabloid middle England thrilled to his Icarus fall.
Jimi Hendrix in London – Virtual Tour
For Jimi Hendrix the wind whispered London. Here he could ride the breeze. Here he made it big.
Musical St. James' & Mayfair
Madness performing on top of Buckingham Palace alongside the Queen guitarist Brian May… Mick Jagger at the Ritz… FDR and the first political campaign song… Paul Simon, Handel & Nipper The Dog. They’re all in Musical St James’s & Mayfair…
Musical St. James' & Mayfair – Virtual Tour
Madness performing on top of Buckingham Palace alongside the Queen guitarist Brian May… Mick Jagger at the Ritz… FDR and the first political campaign song… Paul Simon, Handel & Nipper The Dog. They’re all in Musical St James’s & Mayfair…
Musical Marylebone – Virtual Tour
Medicine and cricket… that's Marylebone. Isn't it? Where showbiz and performing arts types are elbowed off centre stage by nurses, doctors and sportsmen. This tour puts the musicians back where they belong.
Musical Kensington – Virtual Tour
"All music is here in Kensington!"
Beatles & Rolling Stones in 60s London – Virtual Tour
Let's get back. Beatles and Stones in 60s London. The biggest names in Rock’n’Roll. Made right here in London.
The Kinks in London – Virtual Tour
Ready, Steady, Go… Guided by Adam
5 years that changed the face of pop & rock 1964-69
4 of the unlikeliest pop stars of all-time
3 number one hits
2 warring brothers
1 unique story
The Magic of London – Virtual Tour
Watch the video. It’s a small miracle – works wonders in 154 seconds. It’s an utterly charming introduction to our Virtual Tours generally and to this walk specifically. It's the handiwork of Magic of London guide Richard Walker. So it’s a chance to meet Richard. And let him tell you a little bit about the Magic of London tour – what it is and how it works. Let him show you a bit of it: magical landmarks, Tower Bridge, the London Eye, secret passageways you won’t have heard of, etc.
Sick London - Virtual Tour
Not for the faint-hearted. From the Sweating Sickness, Leprosy and the Plague of medieval times, through the Victorian traumas of Tuberculosis and Cholera to the Coronavirus today. Guided by Russell
Rock n Roll London - Virtual Tour
The history of Rock & Pop in London – Beatles, Stones, Hendrix THE Greatest Hits tour! Guided by Adam
Pink Floyd in London - Virtual Tour
Pigs WILL fly as we hit Regent Street Polytechnic, Battersea, Tottenham Court Road, Covent Garden in search of the band’s genesis and 1970s pomp.
East London Street Art – Virtual Tour
exciting corner of the capital...best street art in London Guided by Leo
Natural History Museum - Virtual Tour
From Dinosaurs and Jurassic Marine Reptiles to Hope the Blue Whale. Guided by Cambridge University Paleontologist Aaron
The Lure of the Underground - Virtual Tour
Reveals the secrets of the oldest underground railway in the world...ranges across engineering, design, architecture and social history. Guided by Fiona
Disastrous London - Virtual Tour
So it’s historical alleyways, centuries-old architecture, the Tower of London and, yes, ahem, filthy street names. What more from an online history walk? Violence, mayhem, fire, sedition and sex. The virtual London Walk that just keeps on giving. Guided by Andrew
OLD LONDON VIRTUAL TOUR
It's the secret places and hidden history that make this virtual walk so compelling. Guided by Russell
Bob Dylan in London Virtual Tour
Bob Dylan in 1960 London – three visits that changed the course of popular culture
Ghosts of the Old City – Virtual Tour
At midnight London time at Halloween - join us for Ghosts of the Old City THE Virtual Tour Guided by Adam
Jack the Ripper Virtual Tour
“Theories! We were almost lost in theories – there were so many of them” – Chief Inspector Aberline Guided by Richard
The Archaeology of London
This walk tells the epic tale of the uncovering of London's past by Archaeologists...
Salisbury & Stonehenge Tour From London
"Best guided tour in Britain" Daily Mail
Great Balls of Fire
Temperatures of more than 1000° meant everything was consumed in the inferno...
Tower to Rotherhithe Riverside Walk
The great London mix: the City, Southwark, Bermondsey and Rotherhithe – pearls on the Thames necklace
London – City of Scientific Discovery
Guided by a Cambridge University Paleontologist
Grand Surrey Canal, Rotherhithe, Mayflower, Surrey Water, Greenland Dock
"We've got an old canal here. And a dock. And memories. And traces..."
London's East End
Peasants' Revolt to Street Art
Myths, Legends Archeology & Origins of London
"compare the legends with the archaeological discoveries"
Natural History Museum Tour
Guided by a Cambridge University Paleontologist.
The Wonderful Women of Marylebone
"Marylebone – a magnet for so many inspiring women"
Shakespeare in the City
"William the Conqueror!" N.B. Guide Ian donates 100 percent of his fee to the Horizon Scandal Fund! And London Walks donates 75 percent of its commission to the Fund.
Slow-Speed Trail of High-Speed Rail
Whoa! Wow! Peekaboo HS2 & Javelin
The Arsenal Story
Walk the same streets as Colin Firth in Fever Pitch...
Women in Music
Where are the rebels? The mavericks? The writers? The virtuosi? They’re on this tour.
Christmas Lights Photography Tour
London at night in its Christmas finery – preserve those memories Photography Walkshop: fun, companionable and skill-sharpening
Tom Lehrer's London
The wild card in the London Walks deck. Guided by a London Mayor. "no sense of taste or decorum"
THE CROWN
“several London Walks guides have been inside, met the Queen and Prince Philip. One has a contact who worked on the series...”
Streets Paved with Gold
Golden words in London's heart of gold.
Radical Islington – Conflict, Riot & Murder
"...mayhem, Marx, marks, martyrs and mishaps"
William Shakespeare's London – Guided by honey-voiced Lance
Now sits expectation in the air (Henry V)
MEDICAL SOUTHWARK
Doctor-guided.
St. Albans - An England in Miniature
Timing is everything. Nov. 17 is Christmas Lights Switch-on; Dec. 15 is traditional Christmas Market Day
London 1902 - 1916: Seedbed of the Russian Revolution
St. Petersburg on Thames – the cradle of the Russian Revolution. Guided by a fetching young Russian historian.
Sunday Afternoon Tour de Force
Leading Actor + Theatreland = Ovation Award for Outstanding New Walk. This Sunday. Includes a major "special access" treat
The Dark Side of Celebrities' London – Scandal, Skulduggery & Conspiracy
"Conspiracy, scandal & skulduggery in Celebrities' London"
Building Bloomsbury
Eye-opening. And thrilling. London will never look the same. Saturday's Urban Geology Walk. Professional Geologist guides it.
Cutting for the Stone
The Lost Hospitals of Covent Garden. Guided by a physician.
Hampstead in the Evening
Shhh! It's a secret. Hampstead is the best place to be on a Saturday evening in London.
Monarchs and Maladies
"their excesses, their maladies, their treatment, their cadres of medical attendants, their post-mortems..." Guided by a Physician
Volcanoes & Vanishing Oceans
Urban Geology – Reading the Stones
Plague, Fire, Hellfire, Revolution
Rendezvous with history
The Haunted West End – Halloween Ghostbusting
Special Edition Ghost Walk
Mountain Building & Meteorites in the City of London
Mountain building & meteorites... Zowie! London will never look the same again
The Grand Union Canal – Kensal Green to Little Venice
"the Cinderella of London's canal network"
The Grand Union Canal – Little Venice & Paddington Green
"a secret corner of London closed to the public for 200 years"
East India Docks – Thames – Docklands
"London's only lighthouse...then on to East India Dock"
Tyburnia
Tyburn tree, Baynard's water, "where they shoot soldiers", Blair, Little Beirut, the blessing of the horses, the Pets' Cemetery
The Devil's Acre
Phwoar! Wrong side of the Westminster tracks – crime, grime and where the bodies are buried
The Peasants' Revolt Anniversary Virtual Tour
"see the invisible and understand the inscrutable"
Regent's Canal – Islington to Mile End
Jollying our way along a handsome, tree-lined canal on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Perfect.
The Grand Union Canal – Uxbridge to Denham
"just what one might imagine a classic English village should look like"
Hampstead New Year's Eve Walk - See the Fireworks from the Roof of London
Watch the Fireworks from the Roof of London. Auld lang syne in auld Hampstead.
In Focus – Lincoln's Inn Fields
Lincoln's Inn Fields is the concentration of the concentration.
In Focus – Chester Square
Revelation after revelation...
The Regent's Canal – Islington to Kingsland Road
"ankle power, water power, horsepower, steam engine power, electric power, internal combustion engine power – the walk, er, runs the gamut"
The Guy Fawkes Tour – Gunpowder, Treason & 5th of November Plot
"Guy Fawkes was hanged, cut down while still alive, castrated, disembowelled... onlookers were never able to forget that he was conscious throughout the process"
A Slice of India in Holi Festival Season
"It's like walking through a Punjabi village"
Medieval London
"All things in life had about them something glitteringly and cruelly public. The lepers, shaking their rattles..."
Wapping Tales
Few places in London catapult you back in time as fast and accurately as Wapping. Guided by Steve Fallon
Eastcheap & the Tower – Reading the Stones (Urban Geology with UCL Geologist Dr Ruth Siddall)
Urban Geology < Fossils, Volcanoes, Seas, Asteroids and Time
Haunted London on Halloween
Guaranteed Ghosts!
The Pubby Purlieus of Buckingham Palace
"secret passageways; very pretty, all-of-a-piece little old residential streets; very pretty little old pubs; James Bond and real-life spymasters; tons of royal-palace stuff; Shakespeare; Little Ben; etc. etc."
Wonderful Waterloo
A Behind the Termini Walk. Runs this Sunday.
Target London – Guided by Retired Anti-Terrorist Branch Detective
The scheduling was just a horrible coincidence. Gary must be bracing himself. He's going to get a lot of questions.
Old Primrose Hill Village
Platonic ideal of a London village, stuccoed Italianate villas, best sightlines in London, local guide...
The Isle of Dogs
"there’s no other place like it in London"
Limehouse - Thames - Docklands
"part gentrified, part solidly working class"
Old Shoreditch & Hoxton
The Home of Cool in East London...
Eccentric London
"London is stranger than fiction"
The Artists' Colony
"Hello to 'the Cathedral of the Arts and Crafts Movement'."
Grand Junction & Regent's Canals
"one of London's 'lost rivers'"
The Regent's Canal – King's Cross to Hitchcock's Hackney
out of the chrysalis of old 19th-century industrial London into the buzz of a new London
Old Dulwich Village
Dulwich is a world – a hamlet – unto itself. There's no other place like it in London. Be sure to bring your camera.
Doctors' London – Guided by a Physician
Doctors' London – Pox & Plague, Leeches & Quacks. Guided by a Physician.
Merrie Islington
Antiques market, trendy restaurants, London's most important fringe theatre, famous names, Regent's Canal, village green, world's oldest droving route, stuccoed terraces, bodacious buzz, major mojo...
Strand on the Green
"London's last remaining true village" The perfect Bank Holiday Monday walk.
The Monopoly Walk – Advance to Mayfair
Ever wondered how and why the Monopoly board's streets were chosen? Here's your Get Out of Jail of Ignorance card...
Kew Gardens in Springtime!
Spring in Kew Gardens. Includes the newly opened, breathtakingly beautiful Temperate House.
Karl Marx in London – Walkers of the World Unite!
Walkers of the World Unite!
Oxford & Blenheim Palace
"it is a despair to see such a place and ever to leave it"
Avebury & Lacock
“Surpasses Stonehenge as a cathedral doth a parish church.” And the most exquisite village in England.
The Secret Village Pub Walk
Pubs that are what pubs should be – traditional, time-honoured, hearts of oak!
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Three Mills & Bow Back Rivers
An out-of-the-way, hardscrabble, forgotten corner of London is now a jaw-dropping contrast of old and new..."
Knightsbridge Pub Walk
"a collector's corner of mews, lanes and cosiness"
The Lost World of the River Fleet
London's second most important river...
The Knifeman Tour - Hunterian Museum
Follow Dr Barry Walsh in footsteps of the famous surgeon Dr John Hunter
The Great Melting Pot – Immigrants' London
"the richest strand of all in the London tapestry"
Stokey - London's Misty Village
2.30 pm on Sunday from Manor House Tube
Slavery & the City
"No country profited more from slavery and the slave trade..."
Secret London
Secret London – every Tuesday morning
St. John's Wood
Mistresses, Mystics, Mansions, Artists, Courtesans, Cricket...
Secret Islands of Green – Hidden Gardens of the City
The green in the grey – the hidden gardens of the City of London.
Royal Winchester
If this excursion were a book it'd be a must-read. Rare bloom – runs once a year. Distinguished, Queen-honoured guide.
Hampton Court & Richmond & "that" boat ride
"Best tour I've ever been on" – Hampton Court by boat on Monday, September 3
Old Hampstead Village
"the jewel in the crown of the London Walks programme" The New York Times
Walworth Old & New
Open Studios Day in 'the seriously hip artists' quarter'
Leeds Castle & Canterbury
"loveliest castle in the world"
Classic Greenwich and Boat Trip
"in Greenwich you step into a trompe-l'oeil picture, a Canaletto scene of order and majesty"
Hampstead Garden Suburb & Golders Green
Hampstead Garden Suburb & Golders Green. Rare bloom. Only runs two or three times a year. Watch this space.
Ghosts, Gaslight & Guinness
"Unutterably old, built over a fen of undisclosed horrors, believed to contain occult lines of geometry..."
Fair Maids, Feminists & Philanthropists
To mark International Women's Day
Docklands
"...the most extraordinary letter in London's alphabet"
Crime & Punishment – the City of the Gallows
"a person who is tired of crime is tired of life" Horace Rumpole
Cholera & Casanova
"Sex and death, the two subjects everybody's interested in..." Guided by a Physician
Canterbury - Across the Immense Span of Centuries
Enter another world. Step into mediaeval history. Canterbury this Saturday.
Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol & Seasonal Traditions
We'll deck the streets of London with balls of jolly...
Bohemian Fitzrovia
Fitzrovia: central London's best-kept secret
Belgravia Pub Walk
"best medley of lost lanes and hidden passageways in all of London"
The World of Belgravia – its palaces, its secrets, its hidden byways
...this place breathes money
"Somewhere Else" London
"streets that look like an old movie shot thru a vaselined lens – there's no better sense of place in London"