London Walks Suspended (Briefly) But We’re Still Guiding (Podcasting).
| Date | Time | Walk | Meeting Point |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2020 | 9 am | Cambridge - "can such places be?" | King's Cross railway station, London |
| 16 May 2020 | 8.45 am | The Cotswolds | Paddington Railway Station (meet by the main ticket office - it's near Platforms 1 & 2) |
| 23 May 2020 | 9 am | Cambridge - "can such places be?" | King's Cross railway station, London |
| 30 May 2020 | 8.45 am | The Cotswolds | Paddington Railway Station (meet by the main ticket office - it's near Platforms 1 & 2) |
| 6 June 2020 | 9.30 am | Windsor Castle & Eton | Waterloo railway station, London |
| 20 June 2020 | 8.45 am | Bath Day Trip | Paddington railway station, London |
| 4 July 2020 | 9 am | Cambridge - "can such places be?" | King's Cross railway station, London |
| 18 July 2020 | 8.40 am | Canterbury - Across the Immense Span of Centuries | St. Pancras railway station, london |
| 1 August 2020 | 8.40 am | Avebury & Lacock | Paddington railway station, London |
| 15 August 2020 | 9.30 am | Royal Winchester | |
| 29 August 2020 | 9 am | Cambridge - "can such places be?" | King's Cross railway station, London |
| 12 September 2020 | 9 am | Hampton Court & Richmond & "that" boat ride | Waterloo railway station, London |
| 26 September 2020 | 8.45 am | Bath Day Trip | Paddington railway station, London |
| 3 October 2020 | 8.45 am | The Cotswolds | Paddington Railway Station (meet by the main ticket office - it's near Platforms 1 & 2) |
| 10 October 2020 | 9.15 am | Oxford & Blenheim Palace | Paddington railway station, London |
| 17 October 2020 | 8.45 am | The Cotswolds | Paddington Railway Station (meet by the main ticket office - it's near Platforms 1 & 2) |
| 24 October 2020 | 9 am | Cambridge - "can such places be?" | King's Cross railway station, London |
| 31 October 2020 | 8.45 am | The Cotswolds | Paddington Railway Station (meet by the main ticket office - it's near Platforms 1 & 2) |
10.30 am
| Date | Walk | Meeting Point |
|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2020 | The Great Melting Pot – Immigrants' London | Liverpool Street underground station, London (Bishopsgate west exit, top of the escalator) |
| 18 April 2020 | Princes & Paupers Down Kennington Way | Kennington tube station, London |
| 25 April 2020 | The Regent's Canal King's Cross-Granary Square-Camden | King's Cross Tube (meet by the taxi rank) |
| 2 May 2020 | When Horses Ran London | Chalk Farm tube station, London |
| 9 May 2020 | Classic London Mews & Hidden Passageways | Earl's Court Tube, Earl's Court Road exit |
| 16 May 2020 | The World of Belgravia – its palaces, its secrets, its hidden byways | Hyde Park Corner Underground station, London (outside exit 3) |
| 23 May 2020 | Classic London Mews & Hidden Passageways | Earl's Court Tube, Earl's Court Road exit |
| 30 May 2020 | West Hampstead - Hampstead's Kid Brother | West Hampstead underground station, London |
| 6 June 2020 | Merrie Islington | Angel tube station, London |
| 13 June 2020 | Sorting the Slums of Victorian London | Victoria Tube, the Cardinal Place exit on Victoria Street |
| 20 June 2020 | Classic London Mews & Hidden Passageways | Earl's Court Tube, Earl's Court Road exit |
| 27 June 2020 | Churches of High Society | Green Park underground station, London (Green Park exit, by the fountain) |
| 4 July 2020 | Classic London Mews & Hidden Passageways | Earl's Court Tube, Earl's Court Road exit |
| 11 July 2020 | Princes & Paupers Down Kennington Way | Kennington tube station, London |
| 18 July 2020 | Fables, Fashion & Feasts | Caledonian Road tube station, London |
| 25 July 2020 | Whitehall Affray – Statues of Discord | Charing Cross Underground station, exit 5 (front of mainline station) |
| 1 August 2020 | The Regent's Canal King's Cross-Granary Square-Camden | King's Cross Tube (meet by the taxi rank) |
| 8 August 2020 | What the Dickens! | Embankment underground station, London (Villiers Street exit) |
| 22 August 2020 | An East End Village – Mile End & Stepney | Mile End tube station, London |
| 29 August 2020 | Brexit – Brexit means walking | St. James' Park underground station, London (Westminster Abbey/Broadway exit, opposite 40 Broadway) |
| 5 September 2020 | Radical Islington – Conflict, Riot & Murder | Farringdon station, London |
| 12 September 2020 | The Lost World of the River Fleet | Blackfriars underground station, London |
| 19 September 2020 | Roaming Down by the River | Monument Underground station, London (Fish Street Hill exit) |
| 26 September 2020 | When Horses Ran London | Chalk Farm tube station, London |
| 3 October 2020 | London 1902-1916 – Seedbed of the Russian Revolution | Russell Square underground station, London |
| 24 October 2020 | The Weird & Wonderful Women of Marylebone | Baker Street Underground station, London (Baker Street North exit) |
| 31 October 2020 | The Artists' Colony | Sloane Square tube station, London |
10.45 am
Holland Park underground station, London
Guided by Brian or Richard III or Tom
“Notting Hill on market morning – curious and colourful, offbeat and yeasty”
11 am
Marylebone tube station, London
Guided by Richard P
“A splendid time is guaranteed for all” Toronto Globe and Mail
11 am
11 am
Camden Town Underground station, London
Guided by Judith
The London smörgåsbord par excellence…
11 am
1.45 pm
Barbican Underground station, London
Fire, Plague, Bombing, Rebellion, Executions. Plus a pub.
2 pm
Warwick Avenue underground station, London
Guided by Peter G. or Richard III or Shaughan
“Shaughan was something else with his jokes and songs and obvious knowledge of the area…”
2 pm
2 pm
Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) | Map
Guided by Ann or Chris or Judy or Richard III
“Higgledy-piggledy. History haunted. Secretive in the extreme. Aggressively modern but preserving features – like so many geological strata – of its earlier selves…”
2 pm
High Street Kensington underground station, London (meet by the Wasabi restaurant at the end of the shopping arcade that links the station with the High Street)) | Map
Guided by Adam or Corin or David
Europe’s most select residential street. Soigné lanes. London’s most delightful cul de sac. Its Nuremberg. Its most expensive house. Kensington Palace. Centuries-old barracks…
| Date | Walk | Meeting Point |
|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2020 | The Arsenal Story | Highbury & Islington tube station, London |
| 18 April 2020 | Archaeologist-guided Mediaeval London | Liverpool Street underground station, London (Bishopsgate west exit, top of the escalator) |
| 25 April 2020 | The Lost World of the River Fleet | Blackfriars underground station, London |
| 2 May 2020 | Karl Marx in London – Walkers of the World Unite! | |
| 2 May 2020 | Myths, Legends & the Origins of London | Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) |
| 9 May 2020 | Westminster Rocks – Urban Geology in SW1 | Westminster tube station, London |
| 16 May 2020 | London 1902-1916 – Seedbed of the Russian Revolution | Russell Square underground station, London |
| 23 May 2020 | The Monopoly Walk – Advance to Mayfair | Embankment underground station, London (Villiers Street exit) |
| 30 May 2020 | The Arsenal Story | Highbury & Islington tube station, London |
| 6 June 2020 | Old & New Walworth | Kennington tube station, London |
| 13 June 2020 | Blooming Regency | Great Portland Street tube station, London |
| 13 June 2020 | The Peasants' Revolt Anniversary Walk | Aldgate East tube station, London |
| 20 June 2020 | Criminal London | Blackfriars underground station, London |
| 27 June 2020 | Stokey - London's Misty Village | Manor House tube station, London |
| 4 July 2020 | Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley in Somers Town | Euston Tube Stop (meet in the ticket hall of Euston Underground Station) |
| 18 July 2020 | William Morris & Friends | Stamford Brook tube station, London |
| 25 July 2020 | Brook Green – the Secret Side of Hammersmith | Hammersmith Tube, Broadway exit |
| 1 August 2020 | How the West End Was Won | Charing Cross Underground station, exit 5 (front of mainline station) |
| 8 August 2020 | Doctors' London – Guided by a Physician | Blackfriars underground station, London |
| 15 August 2020 | Old Primrose Hill Village | Chalk Farm tube station, London |
| 22 August 2020 | The Monopoly Walk – Advance to Mayfair | Embankment underground station, London (Villiers Street exit) |
| 5 September 2020 | The World of Belgravia – its palaces, its secrets, its hidden byways | Hyde Park Corner Underground station, London (outside exit 3) |
| 12 September 2020 | Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley in Somers Town | Euston Tube Stop (meet in the ticket hall of Euston Underground Station) |
| 19 September 2020 | The London Wall Walk | Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) |
| 26 September 2020 | Viva Vauxhall! | Vauxhall Tube station, exit 2, London |
| 10 October 2020 | Belsize Park Village - Exploring the White Cliffs of NW3 | Belsize Park tube station, London |
| 17 October 2020 | William Morris & Friends | Stamford Brook tube station, London |
| 24 October 2020 | The Greatest Multicultural City | Whitechapel tube station, London |
| 31 October 2020 | The Haunted West End – Halloween Ghostbusting | Embankment underground station, London (Villiers Street exit) |
| 31 October 2020 | The Archaeology of London | St. Paul's underground station, London (exit 2) |
2.30 pm
Embankment underground station, London (river exit) | Map
Guided by Richard
Ah, film locations! Where the ephemeral image on the screen turns into reality! Underfoot and right before our very eyes.
2.30 pm
Russell Square underground station, London
Guided by Gillian or Hilary or Tom
“Whoever travels without a guide needs 200 years for a 2-hour journey” Rumi
2.30 pm
Piccadilly Circus underground station, London (exit 4, Eros exit – between the world-famous Eros statue and the Criterion Restaurant canopy)
Guided by Richard IV or Sue
“hole and corner, cloak and dagger London… the secret places of a murky nether-world”
3 pm
| Date | Walk | Meeting Point |
|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2020 | Chelsea Pub Tour | Sloane Square tube station, London |
| 18 April 2020 | Belgravia Pub Walk | Hyde Park Corner Underground station, London (outside exit 3) |
| 25 April 2020 | The Hitchcock & Holmes Pub Walk | Holborn underground station, London (main exit, debouches onto Kingsway) |
| 23 May 2020 | Smugglers & Sailors, Pirates & Pubs | Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) |
| 30 May 2020 | Bohemian Fitzrovia | Goodge Street tube station, London |
| 13 June 2020 | The Secret Village Pub Walk | St. Paul's underground station, London (exit 2) |
| 20 June 2020 | Smugglers & Sailors, Pirates & Pubs | Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) |
| 27 June 2020 | The Dark Side of Celebrities' London – Scandal, Skulduggery & Conspiracy | Marble Arch Tube, exit 1 |
| 4 July 2020 | Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia Arts & Crafts | Holborn underground station, London (main exit, debouches onto Kingsway) |
| 18 July 2020 | London 1902-1916 – Seedbed of the Russian Revolution | Russell Square underground station, London |
| 1 August 2020 | The Old Mayfair Pub Walk | Green Park underground station, London (north exit, on the corner) |
| 8 August 2020 | Belgravia Pub Walk | Hyde Park Corner Underground station, London (outside exit 3) |
| 22 August 2020 | Smugglers & Sailors, Pirates & Pubs | Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) |
| 29 August 2020 | Tom Lehrer's London | Marble Arch Underground station, London (exit 2, the Park Lane exit) |
| 5 September 2020 | London 1902-1916 – Seedbed of the Russian Revolution | Russell Square underground station, London |
| 3 October 2020 | In the Shadows of the Past | Piccadilly Circus underground station, exit 2 |
| 10 October 2020 | Secret St. James's | Green Park underground station, London (north exit, on the corner) |
| 24 October 2020 | The Pubby Purlieus of Buckingham Palace | Victoria Underground station, London (outside Wilton Road exit, opposite Apollo Victoria Theatre) |
7.30 pm
St. Paul's underground station, London (exit 2)
Guided by Adam or Karen or Shaughan
“prowling shadows, sense of dread, the dark negative of the sunny snapshots of tourist London”
7.30 pm
| Date | Time | Walk | Meeting Point |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2020 | 10.45 am | Foodies' London – Pie Crust to Upper Crust | Embankment underground station, London (Villiers Street exit) |
| 2 May 2020 | 10.30 am | Docklands | Canary Wharf underground station, London (meet outside the main Jubilee Line exit – NOT the East exit) |
| 9 May 2020 | 10.45 am | Foodies' London - The West End | Green Park underground station, London (Green Park exit, by the fountain) |
| 30 May 2020 | 10 am | Epicurean, Gourmets', Foodies' London | Monument Underground station, London (Fish Street Hill exit) |
| 27 June 2020 | 10.45 am | Biscuits & Banquets | Cannon Street underground station, London |
| 11 July 2020 | 10.45 am | Foodies' London – Pie Crust to Upper Crust | Embankment underground station, London (Villiers Street exit) |
| 8 August 2020 | 10.45 am | Foodies' London - The West End | Green Park underground station, London (Green Park exit, by the fountain) |
| 29 August 2020 | 10 am | Epicurean, Gourmets', Foodies' London | Monument Underground station, London (Fish Street Hill exit) |
| 19 September 2020 | 10.45 am | Biscuits & Banquets | Cannon Street underground station, London |
| 10 October 2020 | 10.45 am | Foodies' London – Pie Crust to Upper Crust | Embankment underground station, London (Villiers Street exit) |
| 17 October 2020 | 10.45 am | The Regent's Canal - King's Cross, Granary Square, St. Pancras | King's Cross Tube (meet by the taxi rank) |
| 31 October 2020 | 10.45 am | Foodies' London - The West End | Green Park underground station, London (Green Park exit, by the fountain) |