Rob Smith
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Rob is a member of Clerkenwell & Islington Guiding Association.
“Despite my 35 years in London” he says “I’m always amazed how you can find a new street that’s got an amazing story to tell. The thing I like best about London is how a tiny thing, like a decoration on a building can tell a big story. When you’re walking you are following in the footsteps of Londoners from the past, it makes the history come to life much more than just reading about it”
Rob is most interested in social history, and the way that inventions have changed people’s lives, but he always makes room in his walks to tell the stories of his London heroes.
Rob’s walks take him all over London, and beyond with a series of walks along the River Thames heading out East of London towards the Thames Estuary. You can also join him on day trips out of London to places like Rochester, Reading and St Albans.
He has written a book The Industrial History of the Lower River Lea based upon one of his tours.
He has worked on TV with The Hairy Bikers on The Pubs that Made Britain, featured in a film about Barking Power Station, and appeared on a programme about the East India Company for Iran International TV, featured in a documentary about the Great Smog on French TV and worked with ITN News reporter Sally Williams. Rob has appeared on the Radio 4 programme Screenshot with Mark Kermode and on History Hit Podcast with Dan Snow.
When not out walking, Rob also teaches London History courses at Morley College, South Thames College and Bishopsgate Institute.
His current Footprints of London walks and online virtual tours are:
Walking Tour – Il Quartiere – Tales From Italian Clerkenwell
Tales of love, bravery, crime and friendship from Italian Clerkenwell 1830-1950 From the mid 19th...
Virtual Tour – The Russells of Russell Square
The story of the family that gives its name to Russell Square Ever wonder how the streets around Rus...
Walking Tour – The Heights of London – Bromley
This is the big one - a climb up to Westerham Heights standing at 245 m above sea level - the highes...
Walking Tour – Thames Ironworks FC – the Roots of West Ham
This walk takes in some of the locations connected to Thames Ironworks FC - the football club that w...
Walking Tour – The Hidden River Fleet Kings Cross to the Thames
Many Londoners cross the River Fleet every day without realising it. This walk traces the route of t...
Walking Tour – Beneath London’s Streets
A tour about things under the ground, featuring a church crypt, Roman remains, underground shops and...
Virtual Tour – London’s Food Factories
It was hard work keeping Victorian London supplied with food. This Virtual Tour looks at the factori...
Walking Tour – John Singer Sargent’s People
This walk visits places where people who appeared in the paintings of John Singer Sargent lived. D...
Walking Tour – Queenborough and Sheerness – Two Kent Ports
A walk between the little Kent port of Queenborough and the seaside town of Sheerness via the docks...
Walking Tour – London’s Port History – Part 1 the Roman and Medieval Port
The first of four walks telling the story of the Port of London. The walk starts with the Romans wal...