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.
Gallery Tour – History Makers at the National Portrait Gallery
From the Tudors to the Suffragettes, hear tales from behind the portraits from regicide, gothic horr...
Virtual Tour – Engineering Change
Celebrate how engineering helped shape the City of London!Photo: London Bridge - Underside © David C...
Gallery Tour – History Makers at the National Portrait Gallery
From the Tudors to the Suffragettes, hear tales from behind the portraits from regicide, gothic horr...
Virtual Tour – Booze and the Borough
Come celebrate a world of inns, hops and beer!Photo: Site of Barclay Perkins Brewery - © David Charn...
Walking Tour – Huguenots and Other Weavers
Come discover the East End's weaving industry!Photo: Former Weavers' Cottage, Cheshire Street - © Da...
Walking Tour – Prime Ministers’ Homes
The Prime Minister lives at 10 Downing Street of course! But where have they lived before and after...
Walking Tour – Piccadilly – Out On The Town
A stroll round London's party capital where all walks of life continue to search for a great time ou...
Walking Tour – Greenwich Highlights: Monarchs, Martyrs and Mariners
A Sunday stroll in beautiful, historic Greenwich – from fishing and hunting to a naval powerhouse an...
Walking Tour – London’s Port History – Part 4 The Surrey Docks and Dockland
The 4th of 4 walks telling the story of the port of London looks at home the Surrey Commercial Docks...
Gallery Tour – Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery
From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...
Walking Tour – Warrior Women
A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...
Walking Tour – Putney & Fulham : more than just a Boat Race!
A wander around Putney and Fulham - More than just a Boat Race!This walk will be perfect for those w...
Walking Tour – A Walk through Highgate Experiments in Urban Living
Discover the experimental 20th century architectural homes in a stroll through Highgate Village, Wat...
Walking Tour – Legal London from Inn to Bar
Get to the heart of London's Legal Life!Photo: Royal Courts of Justice (exterior) - © David Charnick...
Walking Tour – Shadwell Sailortown: Pirates, Seamen, Slaves and Local Girls
From the 17th century Shadwell heaved with the licit and illicit buying and selling of everything r...
Behind Westminster Abbey
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
Walking Tour – Constable’s Hampstead – 250
Discover the Georgian and Regency Hampstead that Constable walked, painted and wrote aboutFrom 1819...
Gallery Tour – History Makers at the National Portrait Gallery
From the Tudors to the Suffragettes, hear tales from behind the portraits from regicide, gothic horr...
Virtual Tour – East Sussex Uncovered
Discover the history, dramatic landscapes, architectural treasures and literary connections of East...
Walking Tour – Behind Westminster Abbey
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
Gallery Tour – Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery
From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...
Virtual Tour – The Battle of Waterloo Remembered
This Virtual Tour looks at how the news of the Battle of Waterloo reached London and how Londoners r...
Walking Tour – A Settlement Called Londinium
Follow the rise of Roman London to become capital of Britannia!Photo © 2019 David Charnick – Porch,...
Walking Tour – Essex Estuaries – Rochford: A Hotbed of Dissent
Saltmarshes, weatherboard houses, Nonconformist churches, Marian martyrs, a derelict mill and abunda...
Walking Tour – Warrior Women
A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...
Gallery Tour – History Makers at the National Portrait Gallery
From the Tudors to the Suffragettes, hear tales from behind the portraits from regicide, gothic horr...
Walking Tour – The Americans of Mayfair
A chance to explore one of London's most exclusive neighbourhoods and discover the Americans who cal...
Walking Tour – Literary City of London: From Shakespeare to Wilde
Explore the haunts of writing luminaries and the evolution of publishing freedoms through the centur...
Gallery Tour – Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery
From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...
Walking Tour – Warrior Women
A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...
Walking Tour – Wars of the Roses in the City of London
15th century London boils with political strife as the great houses of Lancaster and York battle to...
Virtual Tour – Much Ado About Trading
Celebrate the City through the words of Shakespeare and Co!Photo: Thomas Gresham depicted at the Roy...
Virtual Tour – Brighton Breezy – an outing to London by the Sea
Brighton is not just the sea front, pier and pavilion. Let Stephen show you the many sides of the ci...
Virtual Tour – Subterranean London
Twelve underground places in London that you can visitLondoners are used to going underground, being...
Virtual Tour – The Thames Estuary
A journey along the Thames from East London to the Sea in the comfort of your own living roomThis fi...
Virtual Tour – The Russells of Russell Square
The story of the family that gives its name to Russell SquareEver wonder how the streets around Russ...
Virtual Tour – In Search of Churchill
Explore the political career of one of Britain's greatest statesmen!Photo: Churchill Statue by Ivor...
Walking Tour – Downriver from the City
Uncover traces of the Pool of London east of the City!Photo © 2014 Leigh Stanford – Custom House, Lo...
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...
Gallery Tour – History Makers at the National Portrait Gallery
From the Tudors to the Suffragettes, hear tales from behind the portraits from regicide, gothic horr...
Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery
From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...
Virtual Tour – Woolwich Dockyard and Woolwich Arsenal
From Tudor times to the era of steam, Wollwich was a place for building ships for the Royal Navy. Wo...
Behind Westminster Abbey
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
Virtual Tour – Exploring Roman London
Find out what you can see of Roman London on this virtual tourWhile the remains of Roman London migh...
Gallery Tour – Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery
From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...
Walking Tour – Hitting the Heights: the history of Crystal Palace
The dramatic development, characters and events of one of the highest and most attractive south Lond...
Walking Tour – Historic Hanwell
A walk looking at the engineering marvels of Hanwell in West London - including two projects by Brun...
Virtual Tour – Legal London from Inn to Bar
Explore the inner workings of Legal London!Photo: Royal Courts of Justice (exterior) - © David Charn...
Walking Tour – Diverse London – City Public Art by Refugees and Immigrants
Walking across the City, we discover the stories behind the people and sculptures of public art by i...
Walking Tour – Historic Greenwich: home of royals, science and exploration
Tales of heroism, dark deeds and big characters as we walk through Greenwich Park, past historic bui...
Walking Tour – Warrior Women
A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...
Walking Tour – Elstree Remember Me – Borehamwood’s Film History
A walk around the former sites of the Elstree studios in Borehamwood, where some of the most famous...
Gallery Tour – Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery
From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...
Walking Tour – Warrior Women
A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...
Walking Tour – Roaring Twenties Through Writers’ Eyes
Jazz, cocktails, fast cars and the Bright Young Things through the eyes of Waugh, Coward, Christie,...
Walking Tour – From Gin Lane to the Fatal Tree: The Life of Jack Sheppard
Thief and escape-artist Jack Sheppard sparred with thief-taker Jonathan Wild in streets thronged wit...
Behind Westminster Abbey
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
Walking Tour – A West Drayton Wander
West Drayton in the borough of Hillingdon has a Tudor Gateway hidden away among its modern housing,...
Walking Tour – Trains, Drains and Remains
Discover what largely lies under-foot in the City including drains, sewage pipes, water conduits, bu...
Walking Tour – London’s Last Toll Road and Other Dulwich Stories
A walk from Dulwich Village to South Dulwich passed grand college buildings and villas, historic cot...
Virtual Tour – Stonehenge and other Prehistoric Mysteries
Stonehenge is the world's most famous structure from the Stone Age, but it is not the only prehistor...
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 docksT...
Virtual Tour – To Blackwall and Beyond
Come explore the beginnings of London's dockland story!Photo: The Virginia Settlers Memorial (detail...
Walking Tour – Green Spaces and Hidden Places in the City
Discover the hidden gardens, rooftop terraces and ancient alleyways of the City of LondonTucked away...
Walking Tour – Henry VIII and the Supremacy
Get the inside stories of a major Tudor power struggle!Photo: Gatehouse, Charterhouse - © Fayita Bon...
Walking Tour – A Great Political Maze: Mayfair in the Eighteenth Century
The tumultuous politics of the eighteenth century seen through Mayfair's Squares, grand buildings, P...
Walking Tour: Trains, Tracks , Palaces, and Parades
Walking from East Finchley to Muswell Hill we discuss the developments of the areas, from trains , s...
Walking Tour – Literature on the Thames
A literary odyssey along the Thames from Vauxhall to Barking ReachThe River Thames has inspired writ...
Walking Tour – London, the War and 1916
Exploring the central sites and events reled to World War One, especially the infamous Battle of the...
Walking Tour -The First Garden City – A Walk Around Letchworth
Ebenezer Howard had a vision for building a new kind of city with the best elements of town and coun...
Walking Tour – Peter Ackroyd’s Monstrous East End
Explore Peter Ackroyd's shadowy East End!Photo: St Anne Limehouse (detail) - © 2018 Alan TuckerPeter...
Walking Tour – Green Spaces and Hidden Places in the City
Discover the hidden gardens, rooftop terraces and ancient alleyways of the City of LondonTucked away...
Walking Tour – Crime and Punishment in the West End
A stroll around the Strand to discover some of London's notorious criminals and their fate.Take a wa...
Walking Tour – London’s Sex Industry and the Stage in the Long 18th Century
When the Puritan Protectorate ended in 1660, London's sex industry grew wildly public and was linked...
Virtual Tour – Shipwrecks in the Thames
Stories of sunken ships in the Thames from Roman times to the present dayWith so many ships visiting...
Virtual Tour – London’s East India Company Legacy
Places in London you can visit that owe their roots to the East India Company, one of the most power...
Walking Tour – 1966: The Year of Swinging London
A Tour featuring the music clubs, fashion shops, galleries and protest sites of Swinging London.It w...
Walking Tour – From Monoux and Morris to Beer and Bacon Jam
Explore the ups and downs of Walthamstow's history on this guided walk with Joanna MoncrieffThere’s...
Walking Tour – Working-class Migrations: Irish, Italian, African, Jewish
Diamond-polishing, ice-cream selling, pocket-picking, writing memoirs: Migrants to London have done...
Walking Tour – The Heights of London – Brent
One of a series of walks visiting the highest point in each London borough. This one climbs 92m to W...
Walking tour – The Lambeth Walk: art and entertainment south of the river.
A chance to explore what was once a thriving part of London's entertainment scene; home of Charlie C...
Walking Tour – In Vincent’s Footsteps: from Covent Garden to Stockwell
Vincent Van Gogh lived in Stockwell for a year from August 1873. We follow his likely walk home from...
Walking Tour – Uncovering Woolwich Dockyard
Woolwich Dockyard was where Henry VIII's ship The Great Harry was built in 1514. This walk explores...
Walking Tour – The Devil to the Old King: Pubs on and around Fleet Street
We find some of London's legendary pubs, finest pub buildings, with stories of great writers, disgra...
Walking Tour – Il Quartiere – Tales From Italian Clerkenwell
Tales of love, bravery, crime and friendship from Italian Clerkenwell 1830-1950 From the mid 19th C...
Walking Tour – Jack Tar in the Age of Sail, from Mayflower to HMS Temeraire
Seamen were cosmopolitan world travellers during the Age of Sail, and Rotherhithe was a centre for b...
Walking Tour – Peter Daubeny’s World of Theatre
Celebrate the man who brought the world to the London stage!Photo: Aldwych Theatre canopy - © David...
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 – Wind in the Willows – the Thames from Richmond to Twickenham
Richmond is Sir David Attenborough's favourite place on the planet, and the stretch of the river to...
Virtual Tour – Helping Hands in the City
Celebrate selflessness in the heart of the City of London!Photo: Plaque at St Stephen, Walbrook - ©...
Walking Tour – Secret Writing
Celebrate the secret world in words!Photo: Cambridge Circus Sign - © David Charnick 2020What's your...
Virtual Tour – Secret Writing
Celebrate the secret world in words!Photo: Cambridge Circus Sign - © David Charnick 2020What's your...
Walking Tour – Piccadilly – Out On The Town
A stroll round London's party capital where all walks of life continue to search for a great ti...
Virtual Tour – Around The Kent Coast
Kent's coast is full of history. This online talk will take you on a journey from Dungeness to Sheer...
Virtual Tour – London’s Food Factories
It was hard work keeping Victorian London supplied with food. This Virtual Tour looks at the factori...
Virtual Tour – Castles Around London
The story of twelve medieval castles that are a short journey from LondonLondon is home to one of th...
Walking Tour – Essex Estuaries – Wivenhoe on the Luminous Coast
Once shipbuilding centre for Colchester, now sailing-cum-commuter village, with bohemian and gay his...
Walking Tour – Style and Scandal in St James’s
A stroll through one of the most stylish parts of London to discover its bohemian history.From the l...
Virtual Tour – London’s Historic Markets
London has some of the most famous markets in the world - Smithfield, Spitalfields and Covent Garden...
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