Tours
We add new tours almost daily. Our talented and qualified guides provide a variety of tours that cover a wide range of subjects. You can also choose your own date and time for any of the tours you see on our website by booking it as a private tour.
Please be sure to read our FAQ page for general terms and conditions of booking and cancellation/refunds policy.
Fri 29 Mar 11:00 am
Your guide: Sue McCarthy
Description: A walk through the Bloomsbury exploring where novelist Dorothy L Sayers lived, worked and took inspiration for her detective fiction.
Sat 30 Mar 2:00 pm
Your guide: Sue McCarthy
Description: A walk through the Bloomsbury exploring where novelist Dorothy L Sayers lived, worked and took inspiration for her detective fiction.
Sat 30 Mar 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: First in a series of walks along the River Lea. Starting at the source of the River you'll visit stone age Waulud's Bank, a moated farmhouse and a Victorian mansion as the Lea wends its way through meadows in North Luton
Sun 31 Mar 2:00 pm
Your guide: Marilyn Greene
Description: Follow in Charles Dickens’ footsteps in a walk from Highgate to the hamlet of North End on the border with Hampstead and Hampstead Garden Suburb. We will discover places he stayed, buildings he was familiar with and aquaintences he made.
Mon 1 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Joanna Moncrieff
Description: On Easter Monday explore the lesser known parts of Covent Garden with City of Westminster Guide Joanna Moncrieff
Sat 6 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
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Sat 6 Apr 2:30 pm
Your guide: Marilyn Greene
Description: Walking between Temple Bar monument and the original Temple Bar, will learn of the history of the area, survey the great variety of architectural styles dating from the 17th century onwards and discover signs, reliefs and sculptures which add to the buildings' stories.
Mon 8 Apr 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: See where you can find Roman remains on this Virtual Tour that tells the story of Londinium
Tue 9 Apr 6:00 pm
Your guide: Richard Watkins
Description: Tracing the social history of this elevated area from an historic wood to fashionable commercial and cultural district.
Wed 10 Apr 6:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Explore the mean streets of Clerkenwell that were run by the gangster Sabini - a real person portrayed by Noah Taylor in the TV series Peaky Blinders
Fri 12 Apr 1:30 pm
Your guide: Marilyn Greene
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Fri 12 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Richard Watkins
Description: Plotting remains of the Crystal Palace High Level line: station sites, arches, tunnel portals, the track bed and other great features.
Sat 13 Apr 11:00 am
Your guide: Marilyn Greene
Description: Discover modernist home and flats in Hampstead built in the 1930s along with striking examples of other 20th-century architecture and more traditional striking buildings to contrast them with.
Sat 13 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Continuing a series of walks along the River Lea this one starts at Luton Airport and ends in the Hertfordshire town of Harpenden
Sun 14 Apr 2:00 pm
Tue 16 Apr 11:00 am
Your guide: David Charnick
Description: This is a celebration of Peter Daubeny’s achievement in bringing international performance to the post-War British stage. It is illustrated with readings from Daubeny's 1971 book of reminiscences 'My World of Theatre'.
Tue 16 Apr 9:00 pm
Your guide: David Charnick
Description: This is a celebration of Peter Daubeny’s achievement in bringing international performance to the post-War British stage. It is illustrated with readings from Daubeny's 1971 book of reminiscences 'My World of Theatre'.
Wed 17 Apr 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Part of a series on the best buildings in each London borough. Hackney has historic churches, fine Georgian Houses, examples of 20th century civic pride and modern regeneration.
Thu 18 Apr 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Hertfordshire is one of England's smaller counties, but it has lots to see, and all within easy reach of London. This virtual tour will give you inspiration for country walks in bluebell woods, and old pubs near ancient churches.
Fri 19 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Jen Pedler
Description: A literary romp round Mayfair; the playground of the Bright Young Things in the 1920s. On this walk you will hear how their outrageous exploits were portrayed by writers of the era.
Fri 19 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Michael Duncan
Description: Scandal and intrigue have always been lurking in this most stylish part of London. Courtiers, courtesans, poets and politicians have been driven by ambition, lust and the need for attention to get ahead. In this walk we'll meet those who succeeded as well as those who failed.
Sat 20 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Stories of love, crime, bravery and friendship from Clerkenwell's Italian Community 1820-1950
Sat 20 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Oonagh Gay
Description: Explore radical history of Newington Green
Tue 23 Apr 6:00 pm
Your guide: Richard Watkins
Description: A canter through the historic market of Cheapside, featuring medieval riots, fabulous processions and as a centre of luxury goods.
Wed 24 Apr 2:00 pm
Thu 25 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Stories of love, crime, bravery and friendship from Clerkenwell's Italian Community 1820-1950
Fri 26 Apr 2:30 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A tour about things underground - crypts, vaults, cellars and of course the London Underground
Sat 27 Apr 10:30 am
Sat 27 Apr 11:00 am
Your guide: Stephen Benton
Description: Follow the route Vincent Van Gogh might have taken when he walked from his work in Covent Garden to his lodgings in Stockwell in the 1870s
Sat 27 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A walk following the River Lea through Hertfordshire, visiting the site where Julius Caesar is claimed to have fought an epic battle against the Catuvellauni
Sun 28 Apr 1:00 pm
Your guide: Daniella King
Description: Famous the world over with its association with the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, Putney and Fulham offers so much more in the way of history which very few people know much about.
Sun 28 Apr 2:00 pm
Fri 3 May 2:00 pm
Fri 3 May 2:30 pm
Your guide: Richard Watkins
Description: Taking in some of the great Companies, showing their all-encompassing past impact and continued relevance with some superb Hall buildings.
Sat 4 May 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Tenth in a series of walks along the Thames, this walk looks at the Bauhaus inspired Bata shoe factory built in the 1930s with a surrounding village for workers. The walk then passes Coalhouse Fort for a walk along an isolated part of the Thames to Mucking Flats, where you'll see many birds along the foreshore.
Sun 5 May 11:00 am
Mon 6 May 2:00 pm
Your guide: Joanna Moncrieff
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Thu 9 May 8:00 pm
Sat 11 May 11:00 am
Your guide: Michael Duncan
Description: Take a walk round Mayfair, London's most opulent district, to discover some of the world's best hotels - their history, and their famous guests.
Sat 11 May 1:30 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Following the River Lea on its journey through Hertfordshire, including the pretty estate at Brockett Hall
Mon 13 May 6:00 pm
Your guide: Richard Watkins
Description: Taking in some of the great Companies, showing their all-encompassing past impact and continued relevance with some superb Hall buildings.
Wed 15 May 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A virtual tour around the diamond shaped island that has everything from Roman mosaics to rare telephone boxes. You'll see why the Isle of Wight is a favorite place for Rob, and some of the less well known places on the island to visit
Sat 18 May 1:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A walk along the Stour Estuary in Essex, looking at the links with Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins, Mistley Quay a site of shipbuilding in the 18th century, and remains of a Robert Adams church.
Mon 20 May 2:30 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A tour about things underground - crypts, vaults, cellars and of course the London Underground
Tue 21 May 6:00 pm
Your guide: Richard Watkins
Description: Telling the story of how the City was transformed in Victorian times through great buildings, plaques, statuary, historic roads and vistas.
Sat 25 May 10:30 am
Your guide: Michael Duncan
Description: Mayfair: inspiration to Fleming and Le Carre. Home to real life traitors, defectors. A walk where fact meets fiction.
Sat 25 May 11:00 am
Your guide: Stephen Benton
Description: Follow the route Vincent Van Gogh might have taken when he walked from his work in Covent Garden to his lodgings in Stockwell in the 1870s
Sat 25 May 2:00 pm
Sun 26 May 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A look at the best buildings in London Borough of Brent including the domestic buildings of Metroland, old churches and Wembley Stadium. Part of a series looking at the best buildings in each London Borough
Tue 28 May 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Exploring old dry docks, store houses and chimneys that made up the Royal Navy's Woolwich Dockyard
Tue 28 May 2:00 pm
Your guide: David Charnick
Description: A literary celebration of the world of spies, moles and agents with site-specific readings!
Wed 29 May 2:00 pm
Your guide: Stephen Benton
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Sat 1 Jun 1:00 pm
Sun 2 Jun 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Part of a series looking at the best buildings in each London Borough. Barking and Dagenham is home to the ruins of medieval Barking Abbey, historic Valence House and beautiful Eastbury Manor House and lots of other interesting buildings too.
Mon 3 Jun 2:00 pm
Wed 5 Jun 6:00 pm
Sat 8 Jun 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
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Sun 9 Jun 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A virtual staycation in one of England's largest counties. From the splendour of Lincoln Cathedral to the rolling hills of the Lincolnshire Wolds, visiting historic castles and pretty market towns on the way, you'll see why Lincolnshire is such a great place to visit
Mon 10 Jun 11:00 am
Sat 22 Jun 2:00 pm
Tue 25 Jun 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: The pretty village of Otford in Kent is home to a mind blowing model of the solar system set out around the village. Come and walk the country footpaths on the way to Pluto, and see some historic medieval buildings on the way
Mon 1 Jul 2:00 pm
Sat 6 Jul 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
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Sat 20 Jul 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
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Sat 3 Aug 2:00 pm
Sun 22 Sep 8:00 pm
Sun 29 Sep 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: This Virtual Tour hosted on Zoom is about Castles that you can visit that are a short journey from London. Some still have substantial remains, some are more like bumps in the ground, but all have a story attached. Rob will talk about the sieges, the royal residents and treacherous deeds that took place in them.
Thu 5 Dec 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Christmas tradidions evolve in Georgian London - masked balls, twelth cake and celebrations on St Nicholas Day
Sun 15 Dec 2:00 pm
Thu 19 Dec 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Readings from the local newspapers of the 1870s illustrate how Christmas was reinvented by the Victorians. Hear about Christmas in islington from wealthy shoppers to Christmas Day in the workhouse
Sat 21 Dec 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A walk looking at how Christmas was celebrated between 1840-70 with readings from the Islington local newspapers of the time. What was on at Collins Music Hall? What did the Boot Black Brigade have for Christmas dinner? And what was Christmas in the workhouse like?