Rob Smith
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Rob is a member of Clerkenwell & Islington Guiding Association.
“Despite my 35 years in London” he says “I’m always amazed how you can find a new street that’s got an amazing story to tell. The thing I like best about London is how a tiny thing, like a decoration on a building can tell a big story. When you’re walking you are following in the footsteps of Londoners from the past, it makes the history come to life much more than just reading about it”
Rob is most interested in social history, and the way that inventions have changed people’s lives, but he always makes room in his walks to tell the stories of his London heroes.
Rob’s walks take him all over London, and beyond with a series of walks along the River Thames heading out East of London towards the Thames Estuary. You can also join him on day trips out of London to places like Rochester, Reading and St Albans.
He has written a book The Industrial History of the Lower River Lea based upon one of his tours.
He has worked on TV with The Hairy Bikers on The Pubs that Made Britain, featured in a film about Barking Power Station, and appeared on a programme about the East India Company for Iran International TV, featured in a documentary about the Great Smog on French TV and worked with ITN News reporter Sally Williams. Rob has appeared on the Radio 4 programme Screenshot with Mark Kermode and on History Hit Podcast with Dan Snow.
When not out walking, Rob also teaches London History courses at Morley College, South Thames College and Bishopsgate Institute.
His current Footprints of London walks and online virtual tours are:
Virtual Tour – On The Trail of the Peasants Revolt
In 1381 protests against the Poll Tax led to a violent uprising in Essex and Kent - and then the reb...
Walking Tour – Il Quartiere – Tales From Italian Clerkenwell
Tales of love, bravery, crime and friendship from Italian Clerkenwell 1830-1950 From the mid 19th...
Walking Tour – Francisco de Miranda – a South American in London
Francisco de Miranda was the founder of modern Venezuela. But he spent a lot of his life in London p...
Walking Tour – London’s Port History – Part 1 the Roman and Medieval Port
The first of four walks telling the story of the Port of London. The walk starts with the Romans wal...
Virtual Tour – Churches, Castles and Country Towns – a Lincolnshire Journey
A history filled tour of one of England's largest counties Take a break from London for a virtu...
Virtual Tour – Made in London – A Tour of The British Museum
Treasures from the British Museum that were either made or found in London The British Museum is ful...
Walking Tour – 20th Century Buildings in Hoxton and Haggerston
This two hour walk looks at the exteriors of very different buildings, all built during the 20th Cen...
Walking Tour – The Makers of Modern London
A walk looking at some of the people who transformed London into the worlds first modern city If you...
Virtual Tour – Christmas in Georgian London
A look at how Christmas was celebrated in the 18th and early 19th centuries At the start of the Geor...
Walking Tour – The Spa Fields Riots of 1816
In the autumn of 1816 London simmered with discontent, which came to a head with violent disturbance...