London Guided Walks & Tours
Led By Qualified London Blue Badge Tour Guides & Expert Tutors
From its Bronze Age beginnings to capital status, London has witnessed growth and destruction throughout its long history. Join us for lively classroom and online discussions as well as our popular guided historical walks around London and discover who and what has left their mark on the city.
Get a flavour of our walking tours with qualified London Blue Badge Tour Guides and City Lit tutor Diane Burstein, who explores some of the best spots around our campus in Covent Garden.
- David Bowie’s Soho
Course start date: Sat 28 Mar 2026Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Aidan McManusThis tour visits sites around Soho that shaped and formed David Bowie in the 1960s/70s and enabled him to become the superstar he was, including the location of Album covers and recording studios.
Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - Gangland Soho: From 1900 to the present dayCourse start date: Sat 28 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Aidan McManusSince the arrest of a Lewd Woman in Soho Fields for a Breach of the peace in 1641 Soho has been synonymous with vice and its constant companion crime. Join us to explore the history of gangland crime in Soho on this two-hour guided tour.
Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - The Black Death and the Bodysnatchers: from St Paul’s Cathedral to Charterhouse PrioryCourse start date: Wed 1 Apr 2026
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Sarah WiseOn this 2-hour walk, we will stop off at several historic locations to consider about two very dark periods of London’s medical history. Separated by hundreds of years, but occupying the same sites, the deadly ‘Black Death’ and the London bodysnatching gangs gave the city two legendary terrors with which to contend.
Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - The Game is afoot! The London of Sherlock HolmesCourse start date: Fri 10 Apr 2026
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Stephen GossWalk in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Explore the real London locations from the stories: places mentioned and sites of famous cases, while discovering Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Victorian world.
Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - ‘With Cat-like Tread!’ Gilbert & Sullivan’s LondonCourse start date: Thu 16 Apr 2026
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Stephen GossExplore the London of W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, and Richard D’Oyly Carte. Visit theatres, memorials, and historic locations to uncover the Victorian society their operas celebrated and parodied.
Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Streets of Horror, Streets of Hope: The East End 1888 Course start date: Fri 24 Apr 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Sarah WiseBecause of the ‘Jack the Ripper’ killings, the late-Victorian East End can be read as a cityscape of poverty and fear. But there is another Whitechapel – a magnet for a variety of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds who sought to grapple with the problems of the modern city and to create a better life.
Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - Exploring AlbertopolisCourse start date: Mon 27 Apr 2026
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Marilyn GreeneDiscover the history of the Great Exhibition in 1851 and how land in South Kensington developed into the cultural centre, Albertopolis. Starts below the steps of the Main entrance to the V&A, Cromwell Road & Ends at Exhibition Road.
Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - From the 1880s to the 1930s: how the new East End was born Course start date: Tue 28 Apr 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David RosenbergIn an area branded 'the hell of poverty', libraries, theatres, art galleries and social housing were established. Workers went on strike and activists campaigned for better lives. Discover this history by taking actual, guided walks through six tumultuous decades of change. The first session is in the classroom at Keeley Street but all other sessions are guided walks. Full details of the meeting places for each walk will be given at the 1st session.
Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Stories of London Course start date: Wed 29 Apr 2026
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonExplore London’s rich history in a series of guided walks. Each week we examine a different neighbourhood & era from the capital’s past. We look at its people, both rich and poor, & the events that shaped the city.
Initial lecture via Zoom followed by 6 guided walks.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Village LondonCourse start date: Wed 29 Apr 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Hazel BakerLondon is made up of a series of villages, each with its own individual characteristics. Explore Spitalfields, Shoreditch, Finsbury, Clerkenwell, Islington, Soho, Fitzrovia and Mayfair on these 8 guided walks.
Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Spectacular Vernacular - London’s Domestic ArchitectureCourse start date: Thu 30 Apr 2026
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonHome is where the heart is, but we tend to ignore their architectural worth.This course looks at London’s vast variety of domestic architecture, from old to new, from the grand to the humble
Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00 - Medieval London 1000-1350: the archaeology of a capital cityCourse start date: Sat 2 May 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stuart BrookesDiscover how medieval London emerged from the shadows of Roman ruins to become a thriving urban centre. This one-day course explores the dramatic transformation of the city between the 11th and 14th centuries — from Viking and Norman incursions to the booming growth of the medieval town, the devastation of the Black Death, and London’s remarkable recovery.
Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Churchill: His Life and Wartime LeadershipCourse start date: Sat 2 May 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephen GossUncover the life, leadership and legacy of Winston Churchill. A one-hour illustrated talk followed by a walking tour of Westminster exploring Churchill’s London haunts, key wartime locations, and Churchill’s secret government bunker. Am at Keeley Street followed by a pm offsite walk.
Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - The old Jewish East EndCourse start date: Mon 4 May 2026
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Diane BursteinToday the London Jewish community is associated with areas to the North West and North East of London but this tour explores the area where Jewish people settled from 1656 onwards. Take a guided walk through the streets of the East End to reveal old synagogue buildings, a soup kitchen , markets, shops, businesses and homes associated with London’s Jewish community. We’ll hear about some of the personalities associated with the area from philanthropists to performers.
Meets outside Liverpool Street Station , Liverpool Street Exit outside the upper concourse of the stationby the Kindertransport Memorial next to McDonalds.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - Discovering Victorian London: empire, enterprise and education Course start date: Tue 5 May 2026
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonVictorian London shaped today's city. Discover the lasting legacy of the Victorian age, uncover its secrets, and meet some of the characters who created one of the world's greatest cities. Initial lecture via zoom followed by 7 guided walks. NB: Break week 26/5/26
Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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