Footprints of London

This walk follows the events of Daniel Defoe’s classic account of the plague of 1665   This walk follows the events of Daniel Defoe’s classic account of the plague of 1665. Although Defoe was writing many years after the event, his account captures the many emotions of the people living in London at the time…

This two hour walk looks at the exteriors of very different buildings, all built during the 20th Century. From the Edwardian splendour of This two hour walk looks at the exteriors of very different buildings, all built during the 20th Century. From the Edwardian splendour of the former public baths, a school designed by Erno…

This walk looks at the different ways that Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period  This walk looks at the different ways that Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period – whether it was a slice of the celebrated currant cake from Thomas’s or dancing at Henry’s Assembly Rooms, a Christmas…

The 2nd of 4 walks telling the story of the Port of London, looks at the docks built for the East India Company and ruthless sugar traders. This series of walks tells the story of the Port of London through four guided walks. Led by Footprints of London guide Rob Smith, each walk covers a…

A look at how Christmas was celebrated in the 18th and early 19th centuries At the start of the Georgian period , Christmas was something of a private, polite celebration, with none of the rowdiness of the previous century. The upper classes believed in elegant entertaining at the Christmas season. Not that there weren’t traditions…

A two hour walk about espionage and counter intelligence that tells the true stories that inspired spy fiction. A two hour walk about espionage and counter intelligence that tells the true stories that inspired spy fiction. On the walk you will hear about the reasons the British security services were set up, how they are…

A tour about things under the ground, featuring a church crypt, Roman remains, underground shops and other places under London’s streets There is so much under the streets of London and most of it we take for granted. This walk is about things underground. We’ll visit some underground spaces – a church crypt, the remains…

A virtual tour through South Wales from Chepstow to Worm’s Head looking at industrial history that sits among a more ancient landscape South Wales was transformed by the industrial revolution, and its mines and factories equipped the world and made towns like Cardiff and Swansea rich. But South Wales has its own beautiful coast with…

Walk along the Stour Estuary and hear about a 17th-century witch-craze and the women targeted, as well as an early bathing spa in Mistley F irst of a new series of walks along Essex Estuaries. On this walk along part of the Stour Estuary Rob is joined writer and guide Laura Agustin who’ll tell the…