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August 2021 will mark the 10th anniversary of the founding of our guided tours company Footprints of London (FPoL). But how did it all start? In 2011, the recent graduates of the Clerkenwell & Islington Guiding Course had just completed their exams and were wondering what the next step might be. How could they venture…
Read moreToday, 3rd April is the 300th anniversary of the coming to office of Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. To commemorate this, we asked our Footprints guides to write about a Prime Minister of their choice who has a connection with a particular London building or buildings they know. The ten Prime Ministers discussed…
Read moreOur Footprints guides have chosen 10 of their favourite London Bridges. Not all of them number among London’s most famous bridges, nor are they all bridges across the River Thames, but they all hold a fascination for the guides in question. For some guides, the bridge they describe is part of their neighbourhood. For others,…
Read moreIf you’re looking for a Dickens and Christmas fix with a bit of a difference this year, never fear. As luck would have it, a number of our guides have virtual tours across the Christmas season that feature various aspects of the man and his work. Efforts to revive the fortunes of the festive season…
Read moreHave you seen what has been going on with London’s bridges? llluminated River is a long-term art installation on an unprecedented scale; a scheme to light up central London’s bridges and transform nocturnal views of the city. An orchestrated series of light works that evolve at the stately pace of the river itself, Illuminated River…
Read moreLiterary Footprints 2020, the annual running of our celebration of all things literary London is under way, you can check this year’s full programme here. Jill Finch will be running two walking tours as part of the festival; Shardlake’s London on 5th October and a new tour for this year, Rivers of London Book 1:…
Read moreThe Literary Footprints Festival, the eighth annual running of our celebration of all things literary London starts tomorrow. You can check this year’s full programme here, but to get us all in the mood Oonagh Gay shares a snippet from her Conrad’s The Secret Agent: Anarchism in Fitzrovia Virtual Tour the she will be running…
Read moreThis blog celebrates the many connections London has with India. There are, of course, many memorials, buildings and institutions which are relevant to Britain’s colonial connections with India, but there are also currently thriving religious and other institutions which serve London’s considerable population with South Asian roots. The Top Ten blog can only provide a…
Read moreJune 9th 2020 is the 150th anniversary of the death of one of our greatest storytellers, Charles Dickens. Claire Tomalin in her book Charles Dickens: A Life hails Dickens as the greatest creator of characters after Shakespeare: “Dickensian characters, especially so because of their typically whimsical names are amomgst the most memorable in English literature….
Read moreGiven the ongoing restrictions on public gatherings (and because we miss you all!), we are going virtual and taking a number of our tours online. These virtual tours will be conducted via Zoom conferencing and will be hosted live by our guides who will talk you through their tour assisted by an illustrated presentation of…
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