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 – Hertfordshire – Countryside on London’s Border
Hertfordshire may be one of the smaller counties in Britain, but it has so much to see and all so cl...
Walking Tour – London’s Port History – Part 4 The Surrey Docks and Dockland
The 4th of 4 walks telling the story of the port of London looks at home the Surrey Commercial Docks...
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...
Walking Tour – Exploring Margate
Margate has long been a favourite with Londoners. This walk looks at visitors to Margate from George...
Walking Tour – Around Tripcock Ness – The History of the Thamesmead Area
A walk that tells the story of the Woolwich Arsenal, Thamesmead and a dangerous bend in the river Th...
Walking Tour – Industrial History of Dagenham Dock
Dagenham is instantly associated with the huge Ford factory that opened in 1931, but many other indu...
Walking Tour – Czech Shoes and Mucking Flats – the Thames at East Tilbury
This walk visits the village that was built around the Bata shoe factory in the 1930s, then follows...
Walking Tour – A Visit to Herne Bay
Herne Bay is little sea side town on the North Kent coast overlooking the Thames Estuary that is fil...
Walking Tour – The Heights of London – Bromley
This is the big one - a climb up to Westerham Heights standing at 245 m above sea level - the highes...
Walking Tour – The War of the Worlds in Woking
A visit to the sandpit on Horsell Common near Woking - the place where Martians landed in HG Wells...