Monday's Walks
We are delighted to now be able to bring you selected walks – indicated below with a green tick.
Greyed out walks with a red cross are temporarily suspended but we hope to bring these back soon! Book to guarantee your place.
10 am
The Changing of the Guard Tour
Running
Piccadilly Circus Tube, meet by the Eros statue | Map
Guided by Rick Jones
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“A great walk, loads of interesting facts, an excellent friendly guide with the addition of a great singing voice. Highly recommended” Walker Brian
10.30 am
Westminster Abbey Tour – London's Crowning Glory
Running
Outside the West Front of Westminster Abbey by the Abbey shop.
Guided by Brian or Chris or Isobel or Karen or Mary or Tom
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This walk is sold out on Saturday September 30th
Photography now allowed in the Abbey!
The Abbey are strict on numbers, so it is essential to book, and you MUST let us know if you have booked but are not attending
10.45 am
Darkest Victorian London
Running
Monument Underground station, London (Fish Street Hill exit)
Guided by Karen or Richard III or Sue
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“Elsewhere is always surprising… ” “history as a seance” “Victorian underside of modern London”
11 am
The Seven Deadly Sins – the Capital Vices
Running
Covent Garden underground station, London
Guided by Ulrike
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A historical tour de force of “the city built on sin” – “most entertaining walk ever”
2 pm
The Inns of Court
Running
Holborn underground station, London (main exit, debouches onto Kingsway)
Guided by Karen or Molly or Shaughan
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“like a clutch of Oxbridge colleges in the heart of London”
2.30 pm
A Village in Piccadilly
Running
Piccadilly Circus underground station, London (exit 4, Eros exit – between the world-famous Eros statue and the Criterion Restaurant canopy)
Guided by Adam or Claire or Karen or Richard B or Simon W.
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“elegant arcades, secret doorways and peekaboo views”
“royal chocolates (we sample them, gratis)”
2.30 pm
London's Secret Village
Running
St. Paul's underground station, London (exit 2)
Guided by Aaron or Peter G. or Philip or Sue
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2.30 pm
The Quack Doctor's Tour
Running
The entrance to Southwark Cathedral
Guided by Rick Jones
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“the general rule in medicine in Stuart England is ‘better out than in’”
7 pm
Old Westminster by Gaslight
Running
Westminster Underground station, London (exit 4)
Guided by Delianne or Oliver or Peter G.
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The great seminal London Walk. Miss it and you’ve missed London…
7.30 pm
Apparitions, Alleyways & Ale
Not Running
Embankment underground station, London (river exit) | Map
Guided by Peter G.
“this part of London is like a haunted house… gas-lit alleyways, film-set perfect Georgian streets”
7.30 pm
Jack the Ripper Walking Tour
Running
Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) | Map
Guided by Adam or Andy or Andy F. or Molly or Oliver or Shaughan or Simon or Stephen
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"The specials" - Additional tours on selected Monday (Click to expand)
| Date | Time | Walk | Meeting Point |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2023 | 6 pm |
The Nell Gwyn Special
Running
outside the defunct underground station Aldwych / Strand on the corner of Surrey Street and The Strand |
outside the defunct underground station Aldwych / Strand on the corner of Surrey Street and The Strand |
| 25 December 2023 | 11 am |
Christmas Morning, 1660 - Samuel Pepys' London
Running
Trafalgar Square |
Trafalgar Square |
| 25 December 2023 | 2 pm |
The Christmas Day Charles Dickens London Walk
Running
Trafalgar Square |
Trafalgar Square |
| 1 January 2024 | 10.45 am |
The East India Company – Guided by a Distinguished Diplomat
Running
Monument Tube, Fish Street Hill exit | Map |
Monument Tube, Fish Street Hill exit |