Footprints of London

This is the big one – a climb up to Westerham Heights standing at 245 m above sea level – the highest point in Greater London This walk is part of a series visiting the highest point in each London borough – this time the big one – Westerham Heights – the highest point in…

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…

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…

The sad tales of ships that have met their fate on England's treacherous North Sea Coast With so many ships having travelled up and down the East Coast of England, it is not surprising some of them have come to grief. Footprints of London guide Rob Smith will tell the story a few of the…

A walk that tells the story of the Woolwich Arsenal, Thamesmead and a dangerous bend in the river Thames called Tripcock Ness This is part of a series of walks following the Thames from London out towards the Thames Estuary, looking at industrial, maritime and military history. The walk takes in an area that was…

In the 18th century Newington Green was home to a group of religious dissenters who discussed political ideas that are still relevant today Dissenters of Newington Green For many years Newington Green was a tiny hamlet, far from London, where radical thinkers and dissenting religious groups came to escape the constricts of the City. You…

Dagenham is instantly associated with the huge Ford factory that opened in 1931, but many other industries have been based there.   Dagenham is instantly associated with the huge Ford factory that opened in 1931. However the Dagenham Dock has an industrial history going back to the early 1800’s. This walk will look at a…

This walk takes in some of the locations connected to Thames Ironworks FC – the football club that was a forerunner to West Ham United The Thames Ironworks was a large shipbuilding yard at Bow Creek in East London. In 1895 they formed a company football team that played in the Southern League and FA…

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…

Margate has long been a favourite with Londoners. This walk looks at visitors to Margate from George IV to mods and rockers.  This is the final in a series of walks along the Medway and Kent Coast. Margate reinvented itself as a fashionable seaside resort in the 18th century. Wealthy Londoners would come to enjoy…