Footprints of London

A journey along the Thames from East London to the Sea in the comfort of your own living room This fifty minute virtual tour explores the fascinating Thames Estuary , starting in East London and following the river to the sea. Along the way, your guide Rob Smith will tell you some of the stories…

Stonehenge is the world’s most famous structure from the Stone Age, but it is not the only prehistoric survivor you can visit from London Stonehenge has fascinated people for hundreds of years, and yet there is still so much that we don't know about it. This 50 minute Virtual tour looks at theories of who…

Find out what you can see of Roman London on this virtual tour While the remains of Roman London might not be as spectacular as those of Rome itself, they do crop up in interesting places. This one hour virtual tour will show you where to look for Roman remains, and tell you of the…

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…

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…

From Tudor times to the era of steam, Wollwich was a place for building ships for the Royal Navy. Woolwich Arsenal built guns and ammunition Woolwich was once home to two vast military production sites – the Woolwich Dockyard and the Woolwich Arsenal. Both founded in the time of Henry VIII, the dockyard built ships…

One of a series of walks visiting the highest point in each London borough. This one climbs 92m to Wakemans Hill Avenue in Kingsbury The summit of the London Borough of Brent is in the middle of surburban streets in Kingsbury. But these streets are quite unusual – containing some houses designed by Ernest Trobridge,…

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…

A literary odyssey along the Thames from Vauxhall to Barking Reach The River Thames has inspired writers for generations. On this journey along the Thames, Rob will be reading from books set on or about the Thames. Starting at Vauxhall the tour travels by Uber Boat eastwards, with readings along the way of extracts from…

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…