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.
Walking Tour – Rose Macaulay’s Wilderness
Rose Macaulay's 'The World My Wilderness' conjures up the devastation of the post-war City.Rose Maca...
Walking Tour – Literary Women of the City
Walking Tour - Literary Women of the CityOn today’s walks – we will wander around the City of London...
Warrior Women Walk Tour
A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...
Walking Tour – Peter Ackroyd’s Monstrous East End
Explore Peter Ackroyd's shadowy East End!Photo: St Anne Limehouse (detail) - © 2018 Alan TuckerPeter...
Virtual Tour – The Heights of Dickens
Follow in a virtual tour in Charles Dickens’ footsteps in a walk from Highgate to the hamlet of Nort...
Walking Tour – The Liberty of Romford
This walk around Romford celebrates the Liberty Line - the new name for the London Overground betwee...
Walking Tour – Constable’s Hampstead
Discover the Georgian and Regency Hampstead that Constable walked, painted and wrote aboutFrom 1819...
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 – Americans in London: how they changed and influenced things
Many people who have made a difference here were American. In this tour we look at some of the Ameri...
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...
Behind Westminster Abbey Walk
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
Walking Tour – Radical Works, Turbulent Lives: Great Kensington Writers
A tour of historic homes of writers to the north of Kensington High Street who created ground-breaki...
Walking Tour – A Journal of the Plague Year
This walk follows the events of Daniel Defoe's classic account of the plague of 1665 This walk follo...
Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery
From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...
Walking Tour – Kenley’s Battle of Britain Heroes
Telling the stories of the men and women who served at RAF Kenley - the best preserved of London's B...
Walking Tour – Barnaby Rudge and the Gordon Riots
Relive Dickens's dramatic retelling of the 1780 anti-Catholic riots that consumed London.Barnaby Rud...
Walking Tour – Roaring Twenties Through Writers’ Eyes
Jazz, cocktails, fast cars and the Bright Young Things through the eyes of Waugh, Coward, Christie,...
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 Ashes of London
Step back in time to the turbulent events of 1666 as we visit scenes from Andrew Taylor's historical...
Walking Tour – Alexander Pope’s The Dunciad
Alexander Pope's 18th century satirical poem The Dunciad, highlights the stupidity and lack of taste...
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...
Behind Westminster Abbey Walk
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
Walking Tour – Literary City of London: From Shakespeare to Wilde
Explore the haunts and homes of London's writing luminaries through the centuries in the ancient Cit...
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 – The Rich and Poor of Marylebone
Take a walk round Marylebone, the affluent village in the centre of London where extreme poverty and...
Warrior Women Walk Tour
A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...
Old Poplar : In the footsteps of Call the Midwife and Dickens
It has existed for hundreds of years and for much of this time it was an area of squalor and violenc...
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...
Virtual Tour – Legal London from Inn to Bar
Explore the inner workings of Legal London!Photo: Royal Courts of Justice (exterior) - © David Charn...
Warrior Women Walk Tour
A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...
Behind Westminster Abbey Walk
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
Walking Tour – The Trollopes of Bloomsbury
Both Anthony Trollope and his mother Fanny were proliflc and successful writers. Discover their real...
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 – Dickens After Dark: In the Steps of the Night Walker
Join me to follow the footsteps of Dickens on his epic night walks as he sought inspiration for his...
Walking Tour – Samuel Johnson of Fleet Street
Celebrate Dictionary Johnson with his own words!Photo: Samuel Johnson by Percy Fitzgerald (detail),...
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 – Around The Kent Coast
Kent's coast is full of history. This online talk will take you on a journey from Dungeness to Sheer...
Walking Tour – Radical Works, Turbulent Lives: Great Kensington Writers
A tour of historic homes of writers to the north of Kensington High Street who created ground-breaki...
Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery
From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...
Walking Tour – Literary Soho
Visit the home of the creator of the vampire in literature, the birthplace of a visionary writer and...
Virtual Tour – Exploring Roman London
Find out what you can see of Roman London on this virtual tourWhile the remains of Roman London migh...
Walking Tour – Convent Garden: A Magnet for Artists and Artistic Practice
Discover how Covent Garden became as a centre for art, socializing, learning and the production of a...
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 – Tracing the Tudors: The real London of Wolf Hall
Join me on this walking tour to track down the locations that tell the stories behind the events of...
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...
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 "...
Warrior Women Walk Tour
A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...
Walking Tour – Slow Horses : London Rules
Based on the Slough House series of books by Mick HerronSlough House is where MI5 sends its losers (...
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 Trollopes of Bloomsbury
Both Anthony Trollope and his mother Fanny were proliflc and successful writers. Discover their real...
Warrior Women Walk Tour
A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...
Walking Tour – Peter Daubeny’s World of Theatre
Celebrate the man who brought the world to the London stage!Photo: Aldwych Theatre canopy - © David...
Behind Westminster Abbey Walk
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
Virtual Tour – Reach for the Sky, Trading and Business in the City
Discover what trades and businesses have been associated with different buildings from Roman times t...
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 – Literature on the Thames
A literary odyssey along the Thames from Vauxhall to Barking ReachThe River Thames has inspired writ...
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 – The Pleasures of Bath
This Virtual Tour looks at life in Georgian Bath - which was a place to come for health reasons but...
Walking Tour – A Stretch in the Scrubs
This walk takes in the open space of Wormwood Scrubs, then gives a view of the work on the new HS2 s...
Virtual Tour – Wandsworth’s Best Buildings
Rob talks about his favourite buildings in the London Borough of Wandsworth, including the former Yo...
Behind Westminster Abbey Walk
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
Walking Tour – Industrial History of Dagenham Dock
Dagenham is instantly associated with the huge Ford factory that opened in 1931, but many other indu...
Warrior Women at the National Portrait Gallery
From Elizabeth I to wartime spies, meet the extraordinary women who changed history over 400 years.A...
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...
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 – Il Quartiere – Tales From Italian Clerkenwell
Tales of love, bravery, crime and friendship from Italian Clerkenwell 1830-1950 From the mid 19th C...
Warrior Women Walk Tour
A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...
Walking Tour – Greenwich Highlights: Monarchs, Martyrs and Mariners
An afternoon stroll in beautiful, historic Greenwich – from fishing and hunting to a naval powerhous...
Warrior Women Walk Tour
A walk through Westminster meeting extradordinary and inspirational women who changed history. Be gr...
Behind Westminster Abbey Walk
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
Walking Tour – Gravesend – Arrivals and Departures
Gravesend is where the Thames narrows from its wide estuary - a place where sea journeys have starte...
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 – Subterranean London
Twelve underground places in London that you can visitLondoners are used to going underground, being...
Behind Westminster Abbey Walk
The best views and stories of historic Westminster away from the crowdsRight in the heart of histori...
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...
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 – The Thames Estuary
A journey along the Thames from East London to the Sea in the comfort of your own living roomThis fi...
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...
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...
Walk Tour – Love in Hyde Park – A Soldier’s Girl in Knightsbridge Barracks
Poor pay, nowhere to meet, forbidden to marry: Loving a Horse Guard was not easy. Meanwhile courtesa...
Crystal Palace: Walking the Historic High Level Railway
Plotting remains of the Crystal Palace High Level line: station sites, arches, tunnel portals, the t...
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 – Modernist Hampstead
In this walking tour we'll discover the revolutionary Modernist homes and idealistic architecture bu...
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...
Walking Tour – Exploring Margate
Margate has long been a favourite with Londoners. This walk looks at visitors to Margate from George...
Walking Tour – Booze and the Borough
Come celebrate a world of inns, hops and beer!Photo: Site of Barclay Perkins Brewery - © David Charn...
Virtual Tour – The First Voyages of The East India Company
Stories of the fragile beginnings of the East India Company with their first journeys to Indonesia,...
Walking Tour – Wandsworth Industrial History
Wandsworth, at the mouth of the River Wandle was once one of London's busiest manufacturing areas. T...
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...
Walking Tour – Mayfair’s Bright Young Things
A literary romp round Mayfair in the company of Michael Arlen, Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell and Nanc...
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 – Peter Daubeny’s World of Theatre
Celebrate the man who brought the world to the London stage!Photo: Aldwych Theatre canopy - © David...
Walking Tour – Dulwich: Hamlet, Village and Suburb
A tour on the development of Dulwich Village with diverse architecture, historic graveyard, iconic L...
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