Footprints of London

A walk between the little Kent port of Queenborough and the seaside town of Sheerness via the docks The walk starts at Queenborough – a town planned around a castle built by Edward III. While the castle is no longer there, the charming harbour town remains, with many historic buildings remaining and we will look…

The Prime Minister lives at 10 Downing Street of course! But where have they lived before and after they were in office? This walk takes in the exterior of the homes of 12 British Prime Ministers. Some of them more well known ones like Churchill, Gladstone, and Disraeli – others ones that have made less…

This virtual tour on Zoom looks at the scariest, most gruesome , most creepy objects in the British museum This 45 minute virtual tour looks at the scariest, most gruesome , most creepy objects in the British museum – including scary skeletons, mummies, grotesque gods and frightening finds. You'll see pictures of the objects and…

This online looks at the how Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period with readings from newspapers of the time This Virtual Tour looks at the different ways that Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period – whether it was a slice of the celebrated currant cake from Thomas's or dancing…

A walk looking at some of the locations from the film The Long Good Friday and how the story in the film ties in with real events. This walk visits many of the East London locations from the film The Long Good Friday, some of which are recognisable, some of which have changed a lot…

This walk looks at the different ways that Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period  This walk looks at the different ways that Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period – whether it was a slice of the celebrated currant cake from Thomas's or dancing at Henry's Assembly Rooms, a Christmas…

This online looks at the how Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period with readings from newspapers of the time This Virtual Tour looks at the different ways that Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period – whether it was a slice of the celebrated currant cake from Thomas's or dancing…

The 4th of 4 walks telling the story of the port of London looks at home the Surrey Commercial Docks were transformed into part of Docklands This series of walks tells the story of the Port of London through four guided walks. Led by Footprints of London guide Rob Smith, each walk covers a different…

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…