Footprints of London

Woolwich Dockyard was where Henry VIII’s ship The Great Harry was built in 1514. This walk explores the site of shipbuilding for 350 years    In 1514 the warship Great Harry was constructed at Woolwich – the pride of Henry VIII’s fleet. For nearly 350 years after this ships were built and repaired at Woolwich…

Up and Down The City Road, In and Out The Eagle – the rhyme is known to many people but what’s the real story of City Road  Up and Down The City Road, In and Out The Eagle   “Up and Down the City RoadIn and Out The EagleThat’s the way the money goesPop Goes the Weasel”…

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…

The New River was an ambitious 17th century scheme to supply London with water by digging a canal from Hertfordshire to London     The New River was an ambitious 17th century scheme to supply London with water by digging a canal from Hertfordshire. While the New River still flows as far as Stoke Newington,…

Spy stories from the streets of London during World War One and Two A 50 minute talk about espionage and counter intelligence that tells the true stories that inspired spy fiction. You will hear about the reasons the British security services were set up, how they are organised, their role in two world wars and…

A look at some of the buildings in London that didn’t get built – some a missed opportunity, some a close shave for London! With so many architects having plans for London it is no surprise that not all of the buildings that are planned get built. This fifty minute talk on Zoom looks at…

Ebenezer Howard had a vision for building a new kind of city with the best elements of town and country. His dream became real at Letchworth In 1898 Ebenezer Howard wrote the book “Garden Cities of Tomorrow” – a bold vision of a new kind of living incorporating the best elements of Town and City…

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…

This diamond shaped island off the South coast of England is full of historical treasures and natural beauties Take an online journey around the fabulous Isle of Wight with tour guide Rob Smith. The Isle of Wight is a few miles off the coast of Hampshire but a journey there feels like a step back…

In the series Peaky Blinders the Brummie gang take on the Sabini mob. This walk tells the real story and visits some of the Sabini’s haunts   In series two of Peaky Blinders, the BBC series based around the Birmingham gangs that ruled the racecourses after World War One, Tommy Shelby and his boys head…