Walks

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...

Find out why London is where it is and what life was like in London in the Middle Ages. See a section of the Roman Wall built nearly 2,000...

Anti-social behaviour, binge drinking, debt, poverty and a lack of good affordable housing are headaches for to-day’s policy makers, but the Victorian social reformer Octavia Hill was grappling with the...

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....

Starting at Green Park Tube Station, we will visit the playground of the aristocracy, rich and powerful. We will see where the Queen was born, see some Learned Societies,...

This walk takes us into the heart of Theatreland and then into the world of red carpets and film premieres. On the way we will learn about the late-night...

Springs, spas, ponds and sewers with a sprinkling of heroes and villains. We trace the Fleet from its many sources on Hampstead Heath, see it disappear underground and follow its...

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”....

Octavia Hill (1838-1912) was a remarkable Victorian woman who improved the lives of thousands of families living in the squalid slums of London. She worked all over the capital but...

This walk takes you from the City of London, which Dickens both despised and cherished in equal proportions to Southwark where he lived while his father was in the Marshalsea...

Victorian streets and railways, poverty and philanthropy. The Fleet was submerged by an expanding City – we follow its route through Camden Town and St Pancras and hear about those...

Mayfair the playground of the rich and famous has its fair share of heroes and villains. On this walk we will discover philanthropists and philanderers, hear about special agents...

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...

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...

Discover the sites of London's earliest purpose-built theatres where Will and friends earned their writing and acting spurs. Shakespeare's early career started in Shoreditch - a village, then outside the...