Footprints of London

Twelve underground places in London that you can visit Londoners are used to going underground, being home to the world’s first underground metropolitan railway, we have perhaps become a little blasé about entering subterranean spaces. However there is more underneath London than the Tube, and in this virtual tour on Zoom, Rob will tell you…

This walk visits places where people who appeared in the paintings of John Singer Sargent lived.   During the late Victorian and Edwardian period, American painter John Singer Sargent created beautiful portraits of members of London society. This two hour walk looks at the people who he painted and tells their story and why John…

Many Londoners cross the River Fleet every day without realising it. This walk traces the route of the river from Kings Cross to Blackfriars Kings Cross to Blackfriars   Qualified London Guide Rob Smith will take you on a two hour walk following the last part of the largest of London’s hidden rivers, the River Fleet. His…

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 walk around the former sites of the Elstree studios in Borehamwood, where some of the most famous films in history were made. Some of the most famous films in cinema history were made at the Elstree studios in Borehamwood. Star Wars, The Shining, The Dam Busters, Ice Cold in Alex, The Masque of the…

Bazalgette is famous for his work on London's sewer system, but he worked on many other projects that Londoners still use today This fifty minute virtual tour explores the works of Victorian engineer extraordinaire Joseph Bazalgette. He was the grandson of a Huguenot refugee, and had a troubled early career which brought him to the…

This Virtual Tour looks at life in Georgian Bath – which was a place to come for health reasons but also for leisure. Bath takes its name from the famous Roman Baths, which were rediscovered during the 18th Century. The health giving properties of the spring waters in Bath caused a surge in visitors, and…

London has some of the most famous markets in the world – Smithfield, Spitalfields and Covent Garden. This virtual tour looks at their story Keeping London supplied with food has been a constant effort since Roman times and markets have been an important part of the process. This one hour virtual tour on Zoom tells…

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…