Barbican to Farringdon
Tower Hill to Fleet Street
Embankment to St James's
Borough to Bankside
Covent Garden to Blackfriars
The Charterhouse
Travel through a thousand years of history, meeting medieval knights, body snatchers, Charles Dickens, an eighteenth century ghost, and William Wallace - aka Braveheart (and learn how he was in no fit state to shout "Freeeedoooommmm!" whilst being executed!)
On our guided walking tour we'll visit the areas around Smithfield, for centuries London's site of both animal and human slaughter. We'll learn about how the city disposed of the tens of thousands of Black Death corpses in the fourteenth century, the execution methods used in the Middle Ages, and how the area became a notorious slum which Dickens used as the setting for Oliver Twist.
The guided walking tour begins outside Barbican Station, ends near to Farringdon Station, and will take around two hours. Total distance is about two miles, and tickets cost £20 per person.
Ticket sales will be limited to fifteen attendees, to ensure maximum enjoyment for everybody on the tour.
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The City of London's Roman wall
Travel through two thousand years of history, meeting the Romans, kings, Charles Dickens, Anne Boleyn's ghost, and Queen Boudica (and hear how she's connected to Harry Potter!)
On our guided walking tour we'll travel across the City of London, the ancient heart of the capital. We'll learn about the City's founding two thousand years ago and hear about its survival through fire and war, discover where you can still see Roman ruins to this day, hear about the Tower of London's bloody past, and find out the easiest way to tunnel into the Bank of England's vaults!
The guided walking tour begins outside Tower Hill Station exit, ends near to Blackfriars Station, and will take around two hours. Total distance is about two and a half miles, and tickets cost £20 per person.
Ticket sales will be limited to fifteen attendees, to ensure maximum enjoyment for everybody on the tour.
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Whitehall Gardens
Travel through a thousand years of history, meeting monarchs (including a Sewer King!), Prime Ministers, Guy Fawkes, Lawrence of Arabia, and possibly some secret agents...
On our guided walking tour we'll travel through Westminster, London's Royal City. We'll visit palaces, including ones you might not have known were even there, the Houses of Parliament, Downing Street, Winston Churchill's secret underground bunker, the most beautiful Royal Park in all of London, and we'll also discover why you should never eat a fish that you've stolen from a monk's pond!
The guided walking tour begins outside Embankment Station exit on the Victoria Embankment, ends near to Green Park Station, and will take around two hours. Total distance is about two and a half miles, and tickets cost £20 per person.
Ticket sales will be limited to fifteen attendees, to ensure maximum enjoyment for everybody on the tour.
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St George the Martyr Church
Travel through a thousand years of history, meeting William Shakespeare, medieval 'Winchester Geese' prostitutes, Charles Dickens, the ghost of a nineteenth century pub landlady, and the wonderfully named Doorkins Magnificat!
On our guided walking tour we'll visit the areas around Borough and Bankside, which being outside the jurisdiction of the City of London were for centuries the site of seedy goings on. We'll learn how the area had been notorious for prostitution since the arrival of the Romans, visit the locations of Southwark's two most notorious prisons of which parts can still be seen today, take in the sights of a millennium-old market, view the remains of a medieval palace, and find Shakespeare's Globe Theatres both old and new!
The guided walking tour begins outside Borough Station, ends near to London Bridge Station, and will take around two hours. Total distance is about two miles, and tickets cost £20 per person.
Ticket sales will be limited to fifteen attendees, to ensure maximum enjoyment for everybody on the tour.
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Bow Street Police Museum
Travel through two thousand years of history, meeting Saxons, the Knights Templar, Charles Dickens, Freemasons, and the Bow Street Runners!
On our guided walking tour we'll travel across Holborn, with its highs and lows over the past two-thousand years. We'll learn about the turmoil of the Saxon period, visit the locations of Fagin's den and execution in Oliver Twist, see the splendour of Freemasons' Hall and the Knights Templar headquarters, hear about a couple of London's most notorious prisons, and discover the world's largest collection of retail silver!
The guided walking tour begins outside Covent Garden Station, ends near to Blackfriars Station, and will take around two hours. Total distance is about two-and-a half miles, and tickets cost £20 per person.
Ticket sales will be limited to fifteen attendees, to ensure maximum enjoyment for everybody on the tour.
Click here to read reviews, and see why customers say this is one of the best tours in London!
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