Footprints of London

The River Lea was home to innovative industries during and after the industrial revolution. This walk looks at the industries that were here   While a certain sporting event in 2012 has transformed the area west of Stratford, the Lower Lea Valley between Stratford and the Thames still retains a post industrial feel. In this…

Tales of love, bravery, crime and friendship from Italian Clerkenwell 1830-1950   From the mid 19th Century  to the Second World War the streets of Clerkenwell around Saffron Hill were known as Il Quartiere to the Italian residents. This walk will explore every day life in London’s Little Italy, introducing the characters who made up…

Rob talks about his favourite buildings in the London Borough of Hounslow, from Osterley House to Brentford Community Stadium Newer buildings This sixty minute virtual tour explores the buildings of London Borough of Hounslow Hounslow is one of London’s most varied boroughs stretching from the edge of central London to the border with Surrey. It…

Hillingdon is one of London’s biggest boroughs and one of the most architecturally varied – from Harmondsworth Barn to Heathrow Terminal 5 This sixty minute virtual tour explores the buildings of London Borough of Hillingdon Hillingdonis one of the largest and most architectually varied boroughs in London. Traces of the rural area that once bounded…

A walk looking at the engineering marvels of Hanwell in West London – including two projects by Brunel and London’s longest canal lock. Join Footprints of London guide Rob Smith for a walk looking at the engineering marvels of Hanwell in West London. On the three mile walk you’ll get a close up look at…

This tour is the 2nd of a series exploring the Medway and Kent Coast. The walk explores the defences of Chatham and its Royal Navy docks.  This tour is the second of a series exploring the Medway and Kent Coast Chatham was first associated with the Royal Navy during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I…

Hertfordshire may be one of the smaller counties in Britain, but it has so much to see and all so close to London. If you are looking for an escape from the crowds of London this summer, you don’t have to travel too far to find rolling countryside, historic houses, market towns, ancient woodland, Roman…

London Borough of Hackney has a wonderful variety of buildings from Tudor Sutton House to modern Bridge Academy This sixty minute virtual tour explores the buildings of London Borough of Hackney. For a long time Hackney was a village outside London, with its parish church, houses of the wealthy like Sutton House and its old…

A walk from Peckham to Elephant and Castle taking in part of the famous Old Kent Road Old Kent Road might be the cheapest property on the board, but there is a lot of interesting things in the area. In this walk from Queens Road Peckham to Elephant and Castle, you’ll see London’s largest alms-houses,…

During the 1780s Thomas Gainsborough painted nearly everyone who was rich and famous in London. This walk is about the people he painted.   During the 1780s Thomas Gainsborough was the leading portrait painter of his age, and his works are enjoyed by thousands of people in galleries around the world each year. This two…