Category: Discover London
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City of London - Star of the Silver Screen
London has buildings of every style and period and is one of the greatest film sets. Starting at St Paul’s underground station we explore some of the many places in...
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Walk in Wesley's Footsteps
The founder of the Methodist movement was a man of boundless energy – said to have travelled over 250,000 miles on horseback, preached over 42,000 sermons and crossed the Irish...
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2000 Years in the City
The City of London was founded by the Romans in AD43 and from its early days was an important international trading hub. Our tour starts at Tower Hill...
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Royal Westminster
This walk takes you through the very heart of London. Starting at Westminster, we will see Westminster Abbey where coronations have taken place since 1066 and a...
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Markets and Merchants
This walk starts on the edge of the City and takes us through 2000 years of where Londoners bought and sold their food and wares. Find out how it...
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Livery Companies - History and Traditions
Medieval London lives on today in the Livery Companies. For centuries they wielded enormous commercial power and they still elect the Lord Mayor of London. Join us to...
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Doctors, Disease and Dissection - 2000 years of Medicine in the City
Healing the sick or making them worse? Starting at Blackfriars learn how the Romans treated the sick, how the Apothecaries and Physicians fought over the rights to “cure”, see where...
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Blooming with Health - A Medical Walk in Bloomsbury
This walk takes us through the medical areas of Holborn and St Pancras and gives an insight into the world of Medical London from medieval times to the present day....
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Royalty, Drugs and Demons - A Medical Walk in Westminster
On our walk we will see where celebrities have their babies, where a King learned to swear and where a doctor was ridiculed for his obsession with 'invisible' germs”....
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Strolling around The Strand
On our walk we will explore the fascinating streets and alleys around The Strand and Fleet Street while hearing the stories of famous residents. We will see where Charles Dickens...
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Livery Companies and the Thames, Lifeblood of the City
Explore the banks of the River Thames, described as “liquid history”, with its network of alleyways, wharfs and hidden livery halls. Our walk along the banks of the Thames...
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Finding Fossils in the City
On this walk Jenni will show you fossils in the building and paving stones of our City, including nautiloid creatures over 480 million years old and ammonites and belemnites over...
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City Safari 1: Here be Dragons
Did you know that the City of London is guarded by dragons? That a shepherd follows his sheep through a City square? Or that a camel caravan carries its loads...
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City Safari 2: An elephant never forgets
This guided walk is suitable for families. Do you know where to find elephants in the City of London? That a leopard’s head is the hallmark of London?...
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The Heart of the City
This walk takes us into the heart of the City of London where 2000 years of history mingles with 21st century architecture. On the way we will learn about history...
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That's Entertainment
Starting at Piccadilly Circus, we will hear about the history of the Criterion Theatre, an eccentric cartoonist, and continue on to see one of the most famous ‘60s classic rock...
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History of Finance in the City of London
The City of London is a world famous financial centre and home to some of the biggest banking and insurance institutions in the world, On our walk, we will discover the origins...