Footprints of London

Islington was a place of pleasure for Londoner's to escape from the City in the 1700s. Rob will read old newspaper stories about that time.   Islington is famous for its bars and restaurants but its been a place for merrymaking and entertainment for hundreds of years. This walk looks at the tea rooms, pleasure…

Places in London you can visit that owe their roots to the East India Company, one of the most powerful companies in history In 1601 Sir James Lancaster left London on a journey to what is now Indonesia – the first voyage of the East India Company. Over the following 250 years the East India…

This one hour walk around the Angel area of Islington will visit the locations that feature in five paintings by very different artists. This one hour walk around the Angel area of Islington will visit the locations that feature in five paintings by very different artists – Canaletto,  Walter Sickert, Francis Hayman, Thomas Rowlandson and John O’Conner. Clerkenwell and Islington Guide and art history enthusiast…

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…

One of a series of walks visiting the highest point in each London borough. This walk is on the edge of Surrey and London Borough of Sutton The summit of the London Borough of Sutton may not be the most impressive peak in London, but the walk up from Chipstead Station will take in some…

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…

The adventures of Francisco de Miranda who helped found modern Venezuela but who spent much of his life in London Francisco de Miranda was a remarkable man, being involved in the American War of Independence, the French Revolution and the Spanish and American Wars of Independence, but he spent much of his life in 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…

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…