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 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: David Charnick
Description: Starting with a piece of wood and ending with a wall, join me to trace the rise of Londinium to become the new capital of Roman Britain!
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 11:00 am
Your guide: David Charnick
Description: Tune in to echoes of Shakespeare through his own words in the City of London
Wed 24 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Jen Pedler
Description: Explore an area that Dickens knew well and immortalised in David Copperfield.
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
Thu 25 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: David Charnick
Description: Celebrate aspects of Samuel Johnson’s life and character with site-specific quotes from his works and from Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson!
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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Wed 8 May 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A look at the best buildings in London Borough of Hounslow, including Osterley House, Syon House and Chiswick House as well as some impressive industrial buildings and modern business parks. Part of a series looking at the best buildings in each London Borough
Thu 9 May 2:00 pm
Your guide: David Charnick
Description: Come explore William Cubitt’s groundbreaking development on the Isle of Dogs!
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
Sat 11 May 2:00 pm
Your guide: Marilyn Greene
Description: Weave through the history of business and trading in the City of London from Roman, Medieval, 17th century and more modern times. We will also learn of the 1990s bombing attempts to destroy the financial infrastructure and we will se how building for business architecture reflects changing times.
Sun 12 May 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A walk from Peckham to Elephant and Castle winding our way around London's famous cheapest property on the board
Sun 12 May 2:00 pm
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.
Tue 14 May 2:00 pm
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
Thu 16 May 2:00 pm
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.
Sat 18 May 1:30 pm
Your guide: Marilyn Greene
Description: Discover how Hampstead's war-time artistic scene supported and helped save refugee artists from Nazi Europe enabling them to come to live safely in London
Sun 19 May 2:00 pm
Sun 19 May 2:00 pm
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 2:00 pm
Your guide: David Charnick
Description: Cross some boundaries and explore the interface between the City and the East End by going In and Out of the Aldgate!
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.
Tue 21 May 7:00 pm
Your guide: Stephen Benton
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Thu 23 May 2:00 pm
Your guide: David Charnick
Description: Join me in an exploration of the secret world that uncovers stories of spy rings, assassination attempts, and other covert activities!
Fri 24 May 2:00 pm
Your guide: David Charnick
Description: Lift the lid on MI5, MI6, SO12 and the SOE on a stroll through the Intelligence community!
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!
Tue 28 May 7:00 pm
Your guide: Stephen Benton
Description: There are a surprising number of closed railway lines and stations in London. Join Stephen to explore some of London's lost and forgotten railways.
Wed 29 May 2:00 pm
Your guide: Stephen Benton
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Wed 29 May 5:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A food history of Islington from the dairy farms of Medieval London to Italian ice cream parlours
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 5:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A walk about some of the many people who featured in the paintings of John Singer Sargent, visiting places they lived and worked
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
Mon 10 Jun 8:00 pm
Tue 11 Jun 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A walk through the West End looking at the lives of some of the people painted by the artist Thomas Gainsborough. You can see some of the paintings in the National Gallery - but who were the people in the paintings? And how did they fit into the complex world of Georgian politics and society.
Sat 15 Jun 11:00 am
Your guide: Stephen Benton
Description: Come and explore the route of a forgotten railway line which used to run from Merton Park to Tooting
Sat 22 Jun 2:00 pm
Sun 23 Jun 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: London owes so much to Joseph Bazalgette - the sewer system, bridges, roads. Hear about his projects and where you can find them in this virtual tour
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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Mon 8 Jul 2:30 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A tour about things underground - crypts, vaults, cellars and of course the London Underground
Sat 20 Jul 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
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Sat 20 Jul 2:00 pm
Your guide: Stephen Benton
Description: Join Stephen to follow the route of the old railway line from Finsbury Park to Alexandra Palace which last saw passenger trains in July 1954
Tue 30 Jul 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A walk around the Garden City that was built as a response to the ideas of social reformer Ebenezer Howard, and was a forerunner of many other schemes like Hampstead Garden Suburb
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.
Mon 30 Sep 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Sixth in a series of walks East along the Thames, this walk looks at the industrial area of Dagenham Dock. Home to London's first aircraft factory, the Ford works and a fertiliser plant, the area is now being transformed into Barking Riverside. The walk ends at the lost village of Creekmouth.
Sat 5 Oct 11:00 am
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A walk around what was once a huge military base, looking at the remaining historic buildings. The walk ends near the Chatham Historic Dockyard Museum
Sun 6 Oct 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A virtual tour about some of the people the artist John Singer Sargent painted - including, poets, generals, actresses, writers, politicians and womens suffrage campaigners
Sat 19 Oct 2:00 pm
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?
