Rob Smith


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Tour guide Rob Smith at a riverside pub in London
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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. Rob has appeared on the Radio 4 programme Screenshot and on

History Hit Podcast

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:


Feb 10
Walking Tour – Up The Cally
Outside Kings Cross Station - Euston Road, London, N1 9AL
Feb 13
Walking Tour – Vine Street – West End Crime Stories
Outside Charing Cross Station - The Strand, London, WC2N 5HF
Mar 03
Walking Tour – Industrial History of Dagenham Dock
Dagenham Dock Station - Chequers Lane, London, RM9 6PR
Mar 07
Walking Tour – The Heights of London – Greenwich
Falconwood Station - Lingfield Crescent, London, SE9 2RN
Mar 21
Walking Tour – The Heights of London – Croydon
Sanderstead Station - Station Approach Sanderstead, London, CR2 0PL
Apr 03
Walking Tour – The Heights of London – Sutton
Chipstead Station Parade - Chipstead Station Parade, Chipstead, CR5
Apr 04
Walking Tour – The Edge of Oil City – A Walk in Canvey Island
Benfleet Station - South Benfleet, Benfleet, SS7 1NF

 

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