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.
- Introduction to Charles Booths’ London
Course start date: Tue 5 May 2026Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah WiseStep into the streets of Victorian London through the eyes of social reformer Charles Booth. Over six weeks, we will explore Booth’s ground-breaking survey Life & Labour of the People in London — a vivid and often startling portrait of the city’s social fabric, published in 17 volumes between 1889 and 1903.
Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00 - Sweet Thames, run softly: a cultural exploration Course start date: Wed 6 May 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonThe Thames runs like a silver thread through London’s history. It has been a muse & inspiration for centuries. This course examines its impact on our city, how it’s enriched & influenced our lives, both upstream & down.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - The London of Bram Stoker and Dracula Course start date: Tue 27 Oct 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Diane BursteinAlthough born in Ireland, Bram Stoker came to London to work with the great Actor Manager Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre and spent the rest of his life here. While working at the Lyceum he published his most famous and enduring novel “Dracula” in 1897. This virtual tour takes us to the London locations of that novel so we cover a wide range of ground from Hendon to Hampstead and Piccadilly to Pimlico tracing the footsteps of the fictional vampire and his creator. Learn about the places Stoker visited, the people he knew, the library where he researched and the history of the book on stage and screen.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £19.00
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