Tours

We add new tours almost daily. Our talented and qualified guides provide a variety of tours that cover a wide range of subjects. You can also choose your own date and time for any of the tours you see on our website by booking it as a private tour.

05Jun
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – Booze and the Borough

Come celebrate a world of inns, hops and beer!Photo: Site of Barclay Perkins Brewery - © David Charn...

06Jun
11:00 - 13:00
Shoreditch High Street Overground Station - Braithwaite Street, London, E1 6GL

Walking Tour – Huguenots and Other Weavers

Come discover the East End's weaving industry!Photo: Former Weavers' Cottage, Cheshire Street - © Da...

06Jun
11:00 - 13:00
Green Park tube (Victoria, Picadilly, Jubilee lines) outside Stratton Street exi...

Walking Tour – Prime Ministers’ Homes

The Prime Minister lives at 10 Downing Street of course! But where have they lived before and after...

06Jun
14:00 - 16:00
Canada Water Station - Deal Porter Way Surrey Quays, London, SE16 2YS

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...

06Jun
17:00 - 18:30
National Portrait Gallery - Saint Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

Gallery Tour – Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery

From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...

07Jun
11:00 - 13:00
Westminster Pier - Victoria Embankment, London, SW1A 2JH

Walking Tour – Warrior Women

A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...

07Jun
13:00 - 15:00
Putney Bridge Station - Outside Putney Bridge Station, London, SW6 3UH

Walking Tour – Putney & Fulham : more than just a Boat Race!

A wander around Putney and Fulham - More than just a Boat Race!This walk will be perfect for those w...

07Jun
15:00 - 17:00
Meet on the green opposite the Woodman Pub - The green opposite the Woodman Arch...

Walking Tour – A Walk through Highgate Experiments in Urban Living

Discover the experimental 20th century architectural homes in a stroll through Highgate Village, Wat...

08Jun
11:00 - 13:00
The Blackfriar - 174 Greater, London, EC4V 4EG

Walking Tour – Legal London from Inn to Bar

Get to the heart of London's Legal Life!Photo: Royal Courts of Justice (exterior) - © David Charnick...

08Jun
13:00 - 15:30
Shadwell Overground Station - Outside exit on Cornwall Street, London, E1 2QE

Walking Tour – Shadwell Sailortown: Pirates, Seamen, Slaves and Local Girls

From the 17th century Shadwell heaved with ​the licit and illicit buying and selling of everything r...

08Jun
14:00 - 15:30
Broad Sanctuary, outside the Westminster Abbey Bookshop - Broad Sanctuary Westmi...

Behind Westminster Abbey

The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...

09Jun
14:00 - 16:00
Meet in the forecourt outside Wagamamma - 58-62 Heath Street, London, NW3 1EN

Walking Tour – Constable’s Hampstead – 250

Discover the Georgian and Regency Hampstead that Constable walked, painted and wrote aboutFrom 1819...

09Jun
16:00 - 17:30
National Portrait Gallery - Saint Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

Gallery Tour – History Makers at the National Portrait Gallery

From the Tudors to the Suffragettes, hear tales from behind the portraits from regicide, gothic horr...

09Jun
19:00 - 20:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – East Sussex Uncovered

Discover the history, dramatic landscapes, architectural treasures and literary connections of East...

10Jun
11:00 - 12:30
Broad Sanctuary, outside the Westminster Abbey Bookshop - Broad Sanctuary Westmi...

Walking Tour – Behind Westminster Abbey

The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...

11Jun
16:00 - 17:30
National Portrait Gallery - Saint Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

Gallery Tour – Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery

From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...

11Jun
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – The Battle of Waterloo Remembered

This Virtual Tour looks at how the news of the Battle of Waterloo reached London and how Londoners r...

12Jun
11:00 - 13:00
Church of Saint Magnus-the-Martyr - Lower Thames Street (Meet in the church porc...

Walking Tour – A Settlement Called Londinium

Follow the rise of Roman London to become capital of Britannia!Photo © 2019 David Charnick – Porch,...

12Jun
13:15 - 16:15
Rochford Railway Station - West Street, Rochford, SS4 1AU

Walking Tour – Essex Estuaries – Rochford: A Hotbed of Dissent

Saltmarshes, weatherboard houses, Nonconformist churches, Marian martyrs, a derelict mill and abunda...

12Jun
14:30 - 16:30
Westminster Pier - Victoria Embankment, London, SW1A 2JH

Walking Tour – Warrior Women

A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...

12Jun
17:00 - 18:30
National Portrait Gallery - Saint Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

Gallery Tour – History Makers at the National Portrait Gallery

From the Tudors to the Suffragettes, hear tales from behind the portraits from regicide, gothic horr...

13Jun
11:00 - 12:30
Green Park tube (Victoria, Picadilly, Jubilee lines) outside Stratton Street exi...

Walking Tour – The Americans of Mayfair

A chance to explore one of London's most exclusive neighbourhoods and discover the Americans who cal...

13Jun
14:00 - 16:00
St Mary Aldermanbury Garden - Love Lane, London, EC2P 2NQ

Walking Tour – Literary City of London: From Shakespeare to Wilde

Explore the haunts of writing luminaries and the evolution of publishing freedoms through the centur...

13Jun
17:00 - 18:30
National Portrait Gallery - Saint Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

Gallery Tour – Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery

From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...

14Jun
11:00 - 13:00
Westminster Pier - Victoria Embankment, London, SW1A 2JH

Walking Tour – Warrior Women

A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...

14Jun
14:00 - 16:30
Bankside Pier - Bankside, London, SE1 9DT

Walking Tour – Wars of the Roses in the City of London

15th century London boils with political strife as the great houses of Lancaster and York battle to...

15Jun
12:00 - 13:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – Much Ado About Trading

Celebrate the City through the words of Shakespeare and Co!Photo: Thomas Gresham depicted at the Roy...

15Jun
19:00 - 20:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – Brighton Breezy – an outing to London by the Sea

Brighton is not just the sea front, pier and pavilion. Let Stephen show you the many sides of the ci...

15Jun
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – Subterranean London

Twelve underground places in London that you can visitLondoners are used to going underground, being...

15Jun
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – The Thames Estuary

A journey along the Thames from East London to the Sea in the comfort of your own living roomThis fi...

15Jun
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – The Russells of Russell Square

The story of the family that gives its name to Russell SquareEver wonder how the streets around Russ...

15Jun
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – In Search of Churchill

Explore the political career of one of Britain's greatest statesmen!Photo: Churchill Statue by Ivor...

16Jun
11:00 - 13:00
Tower Gateway DLR Station (Minories exit) - 67 Minories, London, EC3N 1DD

Walking Tour – Downriver from the City

Uncover traces of the Pool of London east of the City!Photo © 2014 Leigh Stanford – Custom House, Lo...

16Jun
14:00 - 16:00
Outside Kings Cross Underground Station (Euston Road exit) - Euston Road, London...

Walking Tour – The Hidden River Fleet Kings Cross to the Thames

Many Londoners cross the River Fleet every day without realising it. This walk traces the route of t...

16Jun
16:00 - 17:30
National Portrait Gallery - Saint Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

Gallery Tour – History Makers at the National Portrait Gallery

From the Tudors to the Suffragettes, hear tales from behind the portraits from regicide, gothic horr...

16Jun
16:00 - 17:30
National Portrait Gallery - Saint Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery

From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...

16Jun
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – Woolwich Dockyard and Woolwich Arsenal

From Tudor times to the era of steam, Wollwich was a place for building ships for the Royal Navy. Wo...

17Jun
11:00 - 12:30
Broad Sanctuary, outside the Westminster Abbey Bookshop - Broad Sanctuary Westmi...

Behind Westminster Abbey

The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...

17Jun
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – Exploring Roman London

Find out what you can see of Roman London on this virtual tourWhile the remains of Roman London migh...

18Jun
16:00 - 17:30
National Portrait Gallery - Saint Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

Gallery Tour – Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery

From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...

19Jun
11:00 - 13:00
The entrance to Crystal Palace railway station - Crystal Palace railway station...

Walking Tour – Hitting the Heights: the history of Crystal Palace

The dramatic development, characters and events of one of the highest and most attractive south Lond...

19Jun
11:00 - 13:00
Hanwell Station - Station Approach Hanwell, London, W7 3EB

Walking Tour – Historic Hanwell

A walk looking at the engineering marvels of Hanwell in West London - including two projects by Brun...

19Jun
12:00 - 13:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – Legal London from Inn to Bar

Explore the inner workings of Legal London!Photo: Royal Courts of Justice (exterior) - © David Charn...

19Jun
14:00 - 16:30
Meet outside the front of St Botolph's Church, Aldgate - Aldgate High Street, Lo...

Walking Tour – Diverse London – City Public Art by Refugees and Immigrants

Walking across the City, we discover the stories behind the people and sculptures of public art by i...

19Jun
14:00 - 16:00
Greenwich Foot Tunnel South - Greenwich Foot Tunnel, London, SE10 9HT

Walking Tour – Historic Greenwich: home of royals, science and exploration

Tales of heroism, dark deeds and big characters as we walk through Greenwich Park, past historic bui...

19Jun
14:30 - 16:30
Westminster Pier - Victoria Embankment, London, SW1A 2JH

Walking Tour – Warrior Women

A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...

20Jun
14:00 - 16:00
Elstree and Borehamwood Station - Allum Lane, Borehamwood, WD6 3LS

Walking Tour – Elstree Remember Me – Borehamwood’s Film History

A walk around the former sites of the Elstree studios in Borehamwood, where some of the most famous...

20Jun
17:00 - 18:30
National Portrait Gallery - Saint Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

Gallery Tour – Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery

From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...

21Jun
11:00 - 13:00
Westminster Pier - Victoria Embankment, London, SW1A 2JH

Walking Tour – Warrior Women

A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...

21Jun
14:00 - 16:00
Covent Garden station - James Street, London, WC2E 9JT

Walking Tour – Roaring Twenties Through Writers’ Eyes

Jazz, cocktails, fast cars and the Bright Young Things through the eyes of Waugh, Coward, Christie,...

22Jun
13:00 - 15:30
Outside Exit 3 Leicester Square Station - Charing Cross Rd east side Corner Grea...

Walking Tour – From Gin Lane to the Fatal Tree: The Life of Jack Sheppard

Thief and escape-artist Jack Sheppard sparred with thief-taker Jonathan Wild in streets thronged wit...

22Jun
14:00 - 15:30
Broad Sanctuary, outside the Westminster Abbey Bookshop - Broad Sanctuary Westmi...

Behind Westminster Abbey

The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...

23Jun
14:00 - 16:00
Meet outside Blackfriars Tube station on the north bank - Blackfriars Road, Lond...

Walking Tour – Trains, Drains and Remains

Discover what largely lies under-foot in the City including drains, sewage pipes, water conduits, bu...

24Jun
14:30 - 16:30
Outside entrance gates to Dulwich Old College by the George Webster drinking fou...

Walking Tour – London’s Last Toll Road and Other Dulwich Stories

A walk from Dulwich Village to South Dulwich passed grand college buildings and villas, historic cot...

24Jun
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – Stonehenge and other Prehistoric Mysteries

Stonehenge is the world's most famous structure from the Stone Age, but it is not the only prehistor...

26Jun
11:00 - 14:30
Queenborough Station - Main Road, Queenborough, ME11 5DB

Walking Tour – Queenborough and Sheerness – Two Kent Ports

A walk between the little Kent port of Queenborough and the seaside town of Sheerness via the docksT...

26Jun
12:00 - 13:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – To Blackwall and Beyond

Come explore the beginnings of London's dockland story!Photo: The Virginia Settlers Memorial (detail...

26Jun
14:00 - 16:00
Greenwich Train Station - 187 Greenwich High Road, London, SE10 8JA

Walking Tour – Greenwich Highlights: Monarchs, Martyrs and Mariners

A stroll in beautiful, historic Greenwich – from fishing and hunting to a naval powerhouse and centr...

27Jun
11:00 - 13:00
Outside Citizen M hotel, next to Tower Hill underground station - Tower Hill, Lo...

Walking Tour – Green Spaces and Hidden Places in the City

Discover the hidden gardens, rooftop terraces and ancient alleyways of the City of LondonTucked away...

28Jun
14:00 - 16:15
The Blackfriar Pub - (Meet Outside the Pub) 174 Queen Victoria Street, London, E...

Walking Tour – Henry VIII and the Supremacy

Get the inside stories of a major Tudor power struggle!Photo: Gatehouse, Charterhouse - © Fayita Bon...

30Jun
18:00 - 20:00
Oxford Circus tube station, outside exit 3, South West corner of Regent Street,...

Walking Tour – A Great Political Maze: Mayfair in the Eighteenth Century

The tumultuous politics of the eighteenth century seen through Mayfair's Squares, grand buildings, P...

01Jul
14:00 - 16:30
Meet in the forecourt outside East Finchley Tube station - High Road, London, N2...

Walking Tour: Trains, Tracks , Palaces, and Parades

Walking from East Finchley to Muswell Hill we discuss the developments of the areas, from trains , s...

06Jul
14:00 - 17:00
Uber Boat by Thames Clippers - Vauxhall (St. George Wharf) Pier - St Georges Wha...

Walking Tour – Literature on the Thames

A literary odyssey along the Thames from Vauxhall to Barking ReachThe River Thames has inspired writ...

07Jul
14:30 - 16:30
St. James’s Park Station - Broadway, London, SW1H 0DB

Walking Tour – London, the War and 1916

Exploring the central sites and events reled to World War One, especially the infamous Battle of the...

10Jul
11:00 - 13:00
Letchworth Garden City Station - Station Road, Letchworth, SG6 3AN

Walking Tour -The First Garden City – A Walk Around Letchworth

Ebenezer Howard had a vision for building a new kind of city with the best elements of town and coun...

11Jul
11:00 - 13:00
Limehouse Town Hall - 646 Commercial Road, London, E14 7HA

Walking Tour – Peter Ackroyd’s Monstrous East End

Explore Peter Ackroyd's shadowy East End!Photo: St Anne Limehouse (detail) - © 2018 Alan TuckerPeter...

11Jul
11:00 - 13:00
Outside Citizen M hotel, next to Tower Hill underground station - Tower Hill, Lo...

Walking Tour – Green Spaces and Hidden Places in the City

Discover the hidden gardens, rooftop terraces and ancient alleyways of the City of LondonTucked away...

12Jul
11:00 - 12:30
Wyndham's Theatre - Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DA

Walking Tour – Crime and Punishment in the West End

A stroll around the Strand to discover some of London's notorious criminals and their fate.Take a wa...

13Jul
13:00 - 15:30
Pavement outside Holborn station - Kingsway, London, WC2B 6AA

Walking Tour – London’s Sex Industry and the Stage in the Long 18th Century

When the Puritan Protectorate ended in 1660, London's sex industry grew wildly public and was linked...

13Jul
14:00 - 16:00
West Drayton Station - Station Approach West Drayton, London, E16 1DQ

Walking Tour – A West Drayton Wander

West Drayton in the borough of Hillingdon has a Tudor Gateway hidden away among its modern housing,...

14Jul
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – Shipwrecks in the Thames

Stories of sunken ships in the Thames from Roman times to the present dayWith so many ships visiting...

15Jul
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – London’s East India Company Legacy

Places in London you can visit that owe their roots to the East India Company, one of the most power...

16Jul
14:30 - 16:30
Oxford Circus tube (Victoria, Central and Bakerloo lines), outside exit 4, North...

Walking Tour – 1966: The Year of Swinging London

A Tour featuring the music clubs, fashion shops, galleries and protest sites of Swinging London.It w...

18Jul
11:00 - 13:00
William Morris Gallery (outside front entrance) - 531 Forest Road Walthamstow, L...

Walking Tour – From Monoux and Morris to Beer and Bacon Jam

Explore the ups and downs of Walthamstow's history on this guided walk with Joanna MoncrieffThere’s...

18Jul
13:00 - 15:30
Farringdon Station - Cowcross Street Pavement outside station, London, EC1M

Walking Tour – Working-class Migrations: Irish, Italian, African, Jewish

Diamond-polishing, ice-cream selling, pocket-picking, writing memoirs: Migrants to London have done...

20Jul
14:00 - 16:00
Kingsbury Station - Kingsbury Road, London, NW9 9EG

Walking Tour – The Heights of London – Brent

One of a series of walks visiting the highest point in each London borough. This one climbs 92m to W...

24Jul
14:00 - 15:30
Vauxhall Underground station - Vauxhall, London, SW8 1SS

Walking tour – The Lambeth Walk: art and entertainment south of the river.

A chance to explore what was once a thriving part of London's entertainment scene; home of Charlie C...

25Jul
11:00 - 14:15
Covent Garden station - James Street, London, WC2E 9JT

Walking Tour – In Vincent’s Footsteps: from Covent Garden to Stockwell

Vincent Van Gogh lived in Stockwell for a year from August 1873. We follow his likely walk home from...

27Jul
14:30 - 16:30
Woolwich Dockyard Station - Belson Road, London, SE18 5JY

Walking Tour – Uncovering Woolwich Dockyard

Woolwich Dockyard was where Henry VIII's ship The Great Harry was built in 1514. This walk explores...

30Jul
14:30 - 17:00
Temple tube station - Temple Place, London, WC2R 2PH

Walking Tour – The Devil to the Old King: Pubs on and around Fleet Street

We find some of London's legendary pubs, finest pub buildings, with stories of great writers, disgra...

01Aug
14:00 - 16:00
Farringdon Underground - 39 Cowcross St, London, EC1M

Walking Tour – Il Quartiere – Tales From Italian Clerkenwell

Tales of love, bravery, crime and friendship from Italian Clerkenwell 1830-1950  From the mid 19th C...

03Aug
13:00 - 15:30
Rotherhithe Station - Brunel Road, London, SE16 4LF

Walking Tour – Jack Tar in the Age of Sail, from Mayflower to HMS Temeraire

Seamen were cosmopolitan world travellers during the Age of Sail, and Rotherhithe was a centre for b...

05Aug
11:00 - 13:00
Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia - 70 Lincoln's Inn Fields (In Front of Church...

Walking Tour – Peter Daubeny’s World of Theatre

Celebrate the man who brought the world to the London stage!Photo: Aldwych Theatre canopy - © David...

07Aug
11:00 - 15:00
Oxted Train Station - Southern Railway - 60 Station Road West, Oxted, RH8 9EU

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...

08Aug
11:00 - 12:30
Canning Town Station - Silvertown Way, London, E16 1DQ

Walking Tour – Thames Ironworks FC – the Roots of West Ham

This walk takes in some of the locations connected to Thames Ironworks FC - the football club that w...

08Aug
13:00 - 16:30
Richmond Station - The Quadrant, Richmond, TW9 2NA

Walking Tour – Wind in the Willows – the Thames from Richmond to Twickenham

Richmond is Sir David Attenborough's favourite place on the planet, and the stretch of the river to...

10Aug
12:00 - 13:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – Helping Hands in the City

Celebrate selflessness in the heart of the City of London!Photo: Plaque at St Stephen, Walbrook - ©...

12Aug
11:00 - 13:00
Palace Theatre - 113 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 5AY

Walking Tour – Secret Writing

Celebrate the secret world in words!Photo: Cambridge Circus Sign - © David Charnick 2020What's your...

12Aug
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – Secret Writing

Celebrate the secret world in words!Photo: Cambridge Circus Sign - © David Charnick 2020What's your...

15Aug
11:00 - 12:30
WATERSTONES PICCADILLY - PICCADILLY, London, W1J 9HD

Walking Tour – Piccadilly – Out On The Town

A stroll round London's party capital where all walks of life continue to search for a great time ou...

17Aug
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – Around The Kent Coast

Kent's coast is full of history. This online talk will take you on a journey from Dungeness to Sheer...

18Aug
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – London’s Food Factories

It was hard work keeping Victorian London supplied with food. This Virtual Tour looks at the factori...

18Aug
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – Castles Around London

The story of twelve medieval castles that are a short journey from LondonLondon is home to one of th...

28Aug
13:30 - 17:30
Wivenhoe Station - Station Road, Wivenhoe, CO7 9DJ

Walking Tour – Essex Estuaries – Wivenhoe on the Luminous Coast

Once shipbuilding centre for Colchester, now sailing-cum-commuter village, with bohemian and gay his...

29Aug
11:00 - 12:30
WATERSTONES PICCADILLY - PICCADILLY, London, W1J 9HD

Walking Tour – Style and Scandal in St James’s

A stroll through one of the most stylish parts of London to discover its bohemian history.From the l...

22Sep
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – London’s Historic Markets

London has some of the most famous markets in the world - Smithfield, Spitalfields and Covent Garden...

23Sep
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – The Pleasures of Bath

This Virtual Tour looks at life in Georgian Bath - which was a place to come for health reasons but...

29Sep
20:00 - 21:00
Online Event

Virtual Tour – Joseph Bazalgette – London’s Great Engineer

Bazalgette is famous for his work on London's sewer system, but he worked on many other projects tha...

03Oct
11:00 - 12:30
Temple London Underground Station - Temple Place, London, WC2R 2PH

Walking Tour – Aldwych – before and beyond

Aldwych and Kingsway are a bit of an aberration in London. How did they come about? And what was the...

03Oct
14:00 - 16:30
Tower Hill Tube Station - Trinity Square , London, EC3N 4DJ

Walking Tour – The Long Good Friday Revisited

A walk looking at some of the locations from the film The Long Good Friday and how the story in the...

 

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