London Guided Walks & Tours

The West End was a heady mix of glamorous shopping emporia, political refugees from Europe, street-based and brothel-based prostitution, and the general public just enjoying a day or evening ‘Up West’. Join Dr. Sarah Wise to learn more on this 2 hour guided walk of Soho.

On 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.

Uncover the contrasting worlds of elegance and excess in 18th century London with this two-part walking course.

A tiny meeting house, converted from a chapel, stood at the back of number 18 Denmark Street, Soho, until the end of the 19th century. The Eclectic Hall regularly hosted a range of political radicals and counter cultural commentators, often attracting sell-out crowds. Using this venue as a prism, Sarah Wise investigates the shifting currents in ‘Soho radicalism, mapping the various currents of political radicalism packed into this tiny area of central London; and giving an idea of the audiences who came along to listen, and the atmosphere of attending such meetings.

Join us on a romp through post-War London tracing the way in which the Cold War played out on the streets, on the page and on the screen. This 1-day workshop will be structured as a morning talk and an afternoon walk after the lunch break. Tutor: professional guide Dr. Geoffrey Levett.

Explore the history of the city lying largely under our feet from the tube and post office tunnels to water conduits, hidden rivers, and archaeological remains.
Meeting point: Blackfriars tube station, ends near Monument station.

Step into Sherlock Holmes’s London. Following a talk on Arthur Conan Doyle and the creation of Holmes, trace a case through its actual locations. Uncover clues, suspects, and learn about Victorian life and society before solving the mystery.

Walks exploring London’s most creative districts. Theatre , Dance, Literature, Art, Film, Architecture, Fashion and Music will be highlighted in a variety of areas including Soho, Bloomsbury, Covent Garden, the City, the South Bank and Kensington

Explore300 years of Jewish life, culture and history in London from the small scale resettlement in the 1650s through to the 1950s when the borough of Hackney was home to London’s largest and most diverse Jewish community.

London's townscape became more ordered and harmonious in this period, but behind the appearance of elegance and stability lay political, economic and social instability. How did Londoners engage with all of this?