Westminster
Footprints of London runs regular guided walks in Westminster throughout the year. Our walking tours will show you the hidden side streets of Soho, the elegant streets of St James as well as the background story behind all the well known sights. All our walks are led by qualified guides who really love their subject.
Here are the walks in Westminster that we have coming up
City of Westminster
Wed 24 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Jen Pedler
Description: Explore an area that Dickens knew well and immortalised in David Copperfield.
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 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.
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
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
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.
