Join City of Westminster Guide Joanna Moncrieff on a virtual tour of the best Christmas lights and shop decorations of 2024 and the last few years whilst finding out about the UK’s Christmas food and traditions along the way. We will follow a mapped route so you can visit yourself if you’re able to do so.

The tour starts in Marylebone and will virtually meander along the back streets of the West End, through Mayfair, St James’s and into Soho. The tour includes hidden passages, superbly decorated posh shops and lots of historical snippets along the way. As with many of Joanna’s real life walks there is a food/drink theme plus Christmas traditions and decorations throughout!

Draw up a chair, pour yourself something warming with a mince pie on the side and join Joanna for a Christmas tour with a difference.

Scroll down for lots of great comments received since launching this virtual tour in 2020. The image below was taken in November 2020.

This is a live virtual tour hosted via Zoom video conferencing where your guide will give an illustrated presentation of the tour route with an accompanying talk. There will be opportunities for questions and interaction both during and after the virtual tour.

This virtual tour is also being offered as a real life guided walk. Dates for both versions can be found on the following link. All walks and virtual tours are available to private groups on dates to suit and can be adapted to some extent. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/joanna-moncrieff-footprints-of-london-6750753789

Some of the wonderful comments received after one of my virtual tours in 2023.

“So interesting! Thank you so much!”

“Wonderful talk. Thank you!”

“Thank you very much! That was very interesting and beautiful to see!”

“Thank you. Very entertaining. Gets me in the Christmas mood.”

“Thank you. Really enjoyed it.”

“Very interesting, thank you.”

“Thank you, really interesting and things I didn’t know!”

“Great tour! Thanks! “

“Very interesting, thank you”

“It works so well as virtual! Thanks”

Other comments received since launching this tour during Christmas 2020

“Thank you so much. This is such a great way to see the lights when I can’t get there!!”

“Thank you very much, Joanna, very enjoyable. Have a happy Christmas!”

“Thank you Joanna. Very interesting talk, especially as I can’t visit London anymore”.

“… That was a great and very well researched tour, much enjoyed!!”

“That was brilliant Joanna – wish we could go on a real tour with you.”

“That was SO interesting, thank you so much. I look forward to joining you for real, hopefully next year. I learned a lot of things tonight.”

“Such a pleasure, Jo! Thank you so much for the wonderful tour.”

“Thanks so much! That was Terrific”

“Joanna, we did this tour in person with you last year on Dec 24, enjoyed it then and even more today since we are stuck in northern New England USA. Followed along with our pictures from last year’s walk. Thank you, always good!!”

“That was very well done thanks Jo 😊 👍”

“Thanks, Jo. Very interesting! x”

“Great job! Enjoyed it immensely”

“Thanks Joanna – that was great virtually as well as the walking tour .Lovely photos”