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.
Behind Westminster Abbey Walk
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
Walking Tour – Rumpole and the Legal Life
Celebrate the great defender - Rumpole of the Bailey!Photo: The Recording Angel, Central Criminal Co...
History Makers at the National Portrait Gallery
Discover the inspiring and exciting life stories behind some of the people who have shaped British h...
Virtual Tour – Churches, Castles and Country Towns – a Lincolnshire Journey
A history filled tour of one of England's largest countiesTake a break from London for a virtual sta...
Walking Tour – Shakespeare for All in All
Celebrate Shakespeare the Londoner!Photo © 2020 David Charnick – Site of Shakespeare's Globe, Park S...
Behind Westminster Abbey Walk
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
Virtual Tour – Passengers No More: lost and forgotten railways of London
There are a surprising number of closed railway lines and stations in London. Join Stephen to explor...
Virtual Tour – Made in London – A Tour of The British Museum
Treasures from the British Museum that were either made or found in LondonThe British Museum is full...
Virtual Tour – Shakespeare and Love
Celebrate aspects of love in Shakespeare's words!Photo - St Paul's Churchyard (quote: Sonnet 116) ©...
Walking Tour – Shakespeare and Love
Celebrate aspects of love in Shakespeare's words!Photo - St Paul's Churchyard (quote: Sonnet 116) ©...
Warrior Women Walk Tour
A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...
History Makers at the National Portrait Gallery
Discover the inspiring and exciting life stories behind some of the people who have shaped British h...
Walking Tour – The Scandals of Belgravia
Join Michael as he looks at the scandals that have shaken ultra-posh Belgravia.Walking Tour: the sca...
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...
Behind Westminster Abbey Walk
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery
From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...
Behind Westminster Abbey Walk
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
History Makers at the National Portrait Gallery
Discover the inspiring and exciting life stories behind some of the people who have shaped British h...
Virtual Tour – Letchworth – The First Garden City
Letchworth is where social reformer Ebenezer Howard put his idea of the Garden City into practice -...
History Makers at the National Portrait Gallery
Discover the inspiring and exciting life stories behind some of the people who have shaped British h...
Virtual Tour – True Spy Stories
Spy stories from the streets of London during World War One and TwoA 50 minute talk about espionage...
Virtual Tour – Shipwrecks in the Thames
Stories of sunken ships in the Thames from Roman times to the present dayWith so many ships visiting...
Behind Westminster Abbey Walk
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
History Makers at the National Portrait Gallery
Discover the inspiring and exciting life stories behind some of the people who have shaped British h...
Walking Tour – The New River – Islington’s Lost Waterway
The New River was an ambitious 17th century scheme to supply London with water by digging a canal fr...
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...
Walking Tour – Chelsea – Family, Fame and Infamy
Despite the compact geographical footprint, the walk is packed with a more varied social history tha...
Walking Tour – Arts and Crafts of Hampstead Garden Suburb
Discover Henrietta Barnett's vision for a Garden Suburb for all classes in the early development of...
Walking Tour – Borough and Bankside – From Bard to Brothels
Borough and Bankside has an incredible, and at times shocking, history shaped by its’ proximity to b...
Walking Tour – A Bath Promenade
This afternoon stroll around Georgian Bath features readings from 18th century guide books and newsp...
Walking Tour – Bread, Milk, Fish and Gold: Cheapside’s Great Market
This walking tour canter through the commercial history of Cheapside, including magnificent processi...
Walking Tour – Blitz and Beyond in Bethnal Green
Come explore the impact of World War Two on Bethnal GreenPhoto: Bethnal Green Tube Disaster Memorial...
Virtual Tour – A Journey Along The Northumberland Coast
A virtual journey visiting the castles , country houses, beautiful beaches and ancient abbeys along...
Walking Tour – The Heights of London – Wandsworth
Part of a series of walks taking in the highest points of each London Borough. This walk takes in Pu...
Walking Tour – London’s Port History – Part 3 The Royal Docks
The 3rd of 4 walks telling the story of the port of London looks at the huge docks built for steamsh...
Warrior Women Walk Tour
A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...
Walking Tour – Stealing the Common from the Goose: Kennington Enclosed
An 1848 Chartist rally scared government into taking away rights to the common. Now we have a park a...
Walking Tour – Beneath London’s Streets
A tour about things under the ground, featuring a church crypt, Roman remains, underground shops and...
Virtual Tour – Entertaining Islington – theatres, cinemas and music venues.
A tour to explore Islington's entertainment venues -past and presentThis is a virtual tour conducted...
Walking Tour -Discover Albertopolis
Discover the history of the Great Exhibition in 1851 and how land in South Kensington was developed...
Virtual Tour – London Windmills and Watermills
A look at the windmills and watermills in London, from ones which have been restored to those that e...
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 – Palaces, Potteries, Pubs and a Pleasure Garden: In Vauxhall
Tracing the development of this village by the river, covering: Doultons, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens,...
Virtual Tour – Unbuilt Buildings in London
A look at some of the buildings in London that didn't get built - some a missed opportunity, some a...
Walking Tour – A Day On The Kent Coast
A day exploring the Kent coast from Dover to Dungeness. A series of short walks linked by bus.Enjoy...
Walking Tour – Essex Estuaries – Along the Sea from Dovercourt to Harwich
Laura walks with Rob Smith along the cliffs exploring naval histories and the lives of seamen and wo...
Walking Tour – Palaces, Potteries, Pubs and a Pleasure Garden: In Vauxhall
Tracing the development of this village by the river, covering: Doultons, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens,...
Walking Tour – Borough and Bankside – From Bard to Brothels
Borough and Bankside has an incredible, and at times shocking, history shaped by its’ proximity to b...
Walking Tour – Chelsea – Family, Fame and Infamy
Despite the compact geographical footprint, the walk is packed with a more varied social history tha...
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 – Secret Writing
Celebrate the secret world in words!Photo: Cambridge Circus Sign - © David Charnick 2020What's your...
Virtual Tour – Historic London Pubs
A look at some of London's most historic pubs, and a vain attempt to answer the age old question - W...
Walking Tour – A Walk around Whitstable
A walk around this seaside town on the Thames Estuary, which also has an industrial pastThe historic...
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...
Walking Tour – The City of London’s Forgotten Transformation
Tracing the epoch defining changes to the City of London in the nineteenth century, featuring great...
Virtual Tour – Up The Cally
Caledonian Road is far from London's tourist trail but that doesn't mean there's nothing to see. Ca...
Walking Tour – Prime Ministers’ Homes
The Prime Minister lives at 10 Downing Street of course! But where have they lived before and after...
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 – Constable’s Hampstead – 250
Discover the Georgian and Regency Hampstead that Constable walked, painted and wrote aboutFrom 1819...
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...
Walking Tour – Essex Estuaries – Rochford: A Hotbed of Dissent
Saltmarshes, weatherboard houses, Nonconformist churches, Marian martyrs, a derelict mill and abunda...
Walking Tour – The Americans of Mayfair
A chance to explore one of London's most exclusive neighbourhoods and discover the Americans who cal...
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...
Walking Tour – Historic Hanwell
A walk looking at the engineering marvels of Hanwell in West London - including two projects by Brun...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Virtual Tour – Scary Things from The British Museum Collection
This virtual tour on Zoom looks at the scariest, most gruesome , most creepy objects in the British...
Virtual Tour – Christmas in Georgian London
A look at how Christmas was celebrated in the 18th and early 19th centuriesAt the start of the Georg...
Virtual Tour – A Victorian Christmas in Islington
This online looks at the how Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period with...
Virtual Tour – Christmas in Edwardian London
In the first years of the 20th century Christmas traditions started by the Victorians evolved for a...
Walking Tour – A Victorian Christmas in Islington
This walk looks at the different ways that Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victoria...
Virtual Tour – A Victorian Christmas in Islington
This online looks at the how Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period with...
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