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City of the Dead: London is basically one large grave! This is a right jolly old tour of the dead spots of London including important burial grounds at St Paul's and St Bride's, overstuffed graveyards at the aptly named Bonehill cemetery, as well as discussing the weird and wacky inventions and ideas to help dispose of the dead. The Victorians were obsessed with death and changed our funerals' format as well as making death into a money-making business.
Meeting point: St Paul's tube station.
Length of walking tour: 2 hrs Book »

Hidden London – We dive down the back streets and alleys around The Strand, Soho and Covent Garden. These are overlooked areas wihich film locations, the world’s smallest police station, a pub in two parts as well as explaining things that are in plain view but we never knew what they were or why they were there.
Meeting point: Embankment tube station.
Length of walking tour: 2 hours Book »

Highclass/Lowlifes – A journey through the classes from high society to the gritty underworld incorporating the clubs of Mayfair/St James and the gangs of Soho. See why Mayfair became the best address in town with its leafy streets, beautiful houses and world-renowned shopping streets. Then we cross the 'Social divide' of Regent Street and into notorious Soho where the dark alleys and old streets attracted immigrants from over the world as well as disease and pestilence!
Meeting point: Green Park tube station.
Length of walking tour: 2 hours Book »

2012 SPECIAL - The Diamond Jubilee Tour - highlights the best, the worst, the most fascinating and the most worrying moments of the life of Queen Elizabeth II in honour of her Diamond Jubilee. We see where she was born, some memorable locations and some of her favourite places as well as discuss her successes and achievements during her long reign.  She has had her ups and her annus horribilis; she has seen changes more far-reaching than any monarch and has handled this with dignity and poise. Book »

Royal London. The lives of our monarchs and their families, warts and all! The tour takes in the Palaces of Whitehall , St James and Buckingham Palace as well as the parks and areas that have special royal connections and interesting anecdotes. We celebrate some of the most successful monarchs of the past few centuries as well as marvel at the most extraordinary activities of the others.
Meeting point: Embankment tube station.
Length of walking tour: 2 hours Book »

Covent Garden - Markets, theatres, mysterious temples, narrow ancient streets with unique architecture, film-location alleyways, prostitutes and royal mistresses: all this and great shopping! But where is the ‘Garden’?
Meeting point: Holborn tube station.
Length of walking tour: 1 hr 45 mins Book »

The Fashionable West End – Get to understand why the British are ‘a nation of shopkeepers’. Explore the large historical emporiums of the West End and Knightsbridge to one-off boutique delights of Soho, Marylebone and Mayfair.
Meeting point: Green Park tube station.
Length of walking tour: 1 hr 45 mins Book »

The Royal Wedding – Kate and William’s wedding and courtship with all the romantic details. It includes interesting parallels with past Royal weddings and highlights the historic changes that have allowed this marriage to take place. The tour takes place in the parks, alleyways and grand thoroughfares of St James, Mayfair and Westminster.
Meeting point: Green Park tube station.
Length of walking tour: 2 hours Book »

London’s Scandals – From royal affairs to red faced politicians! It includes Cold War dalliances that rocked a nation and details of royal impropriety that impacted on the monarchy as well as a smattering of gossip from celebrities, MPs and other important figures. The tour takes you from Mayfair to Marylebone.
Meeting point: Green Park.
Length of walking tour: 2 hours Book »

The Hidden City – This is a ‘get yourself lost’ walk through the alleyways and courtyards of The City of London. We see a different side to this area of finance with its old inns, guilds, coffee houses, churches and little green spaces. If you like quirky history then this is your tour.
Meeting point: St Paul’s station.
Length of walking tour: 2 hrs Book »

Church and religion – Perfect for fans of Henry VIII, Da Vinci code followers or those who just love church history and architecture. Choose from the various ancient churches, cathedrals and places of worship of the City. We enjoy Wren and Hawksmoor architecture with their associated legends as well as churches associated with the Crusades, nursery rhymes and Cockneys!
Meeting point: Chancery Lane tube station.
Length of walking tour: 2 hours Book »

The Old City Ghost Walk – A historical journey through the most haunted city in the world. It is a ghostly mélange of moaning plague pits, bloody execution sites, old graveyards, haunted prisons, fighting femme fatales and a sighting of Black Dog.
Meeting point: St Paul’s tube station.
Length of walking tour: 2 hours Book »

The Beautiful South - London Bridge was the only bridge over the river Thames from Roman Times to the 18th century and it has shaped this entire area. We take in London’s first Gothic church, an ancient market, Dickensian alleys and Shakespearian theatre, as well as its ugly side of prisons, brothels and an outcasts’ burial site.
Meeting point: Monument station.
Length of walking tour: 2 hours Book »

The Mysterious East End - A trip through Shoreditch, Spitalfields and London’s East witnessing the grime, the crime, the freaks and the gangs that have made this area notorious throughout history. It includes Jack the Ripper, The Krays, The Elephant Man, poverty and the stink industries!
Meeting point: Liverpool Street station.
Length of walking tour: 2 hours Book »

The Shocking East End – The now fashionable East End was a sprawling mass of closely built houses and homes that created a labyrinth of lanes, snicketts and alleyways that would confuse even the most intrepid traveller. Mix in some fog with soot and pollution - the famous London smog - then you can really start appreciating how the area became notorious for pickpockets, crime, mobs and gangsters (e.g. The Krays), unsolved mass murders (as in Jack the Ripper) as well as a place where freaks and misfits (e.g. The Elephant Man) could hide almost unnoticed. It gained notoriety as an ‘exotic’ nation of its own and was usually left off Victorian maps of London.
Meeting point: Liverpool Street station.
Length of walking tour: 1 hour 45 mins Book »

Chelsea: From Tudors to Punk - The 1960’s playground of the King’s Road and Chelsea is still as vital as ever with enchanting gardens and architecture as well as some of the best places to eat, drink and shop in the capital. This area of privilege was witness to one of London’s most rebellious periods – Punk!
Meeting point: Sloane Square tube station.
Length of walking tour: 2 hrs Book »

Notting Hill: Beyond the Movie - An area made famous by THE movie in the 1990s and synonymous with style and elegance, but one that is also steeped in important racial history. Why is it home to one of the world’s largest street carnivals?
Meeting point: Notting Hill tube station.
Length of walking tour: 1 hr 45 mins Book »

Park Life: Four parks in two hours! - Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Green Park and St James’s Park. This is a bracing walk through the lungs of London. See their important monuments – the Diana memorial fountain, the Albert memorial, Peter Pan etc., learn why Green Park is green? See the pelicans in St James’s Park with a better lineage than our royal family! Enjoy the best view in London while enjoying each park’s unique style and views.
Meeting point: Lancaster Gate tube station.
Length of walking tour: 2 hrs Book »

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