These walks take place rain or shine! There is no need to book ahead. Simply turn up at the appointed time and meeting place, and pay your guide at the start of the walk.

Friday 19 June at 2.00 pm:
Lost Churches Rediscovering the Vanished City of London
Before 1666 there were well over a hundred churches in the City of London. Fire, war and municipal vandalism have contributed to the disappearance of many of them. But, they haven't vanished entirely: you can still see them if you know where to look.
This walk lasts about 2.5 hours stopping in 'ye olde pub' along the way.
Meet: Courtyard in front of the Church of St Mary Aldermary, Bow Lane.
Nearest Underground Station: Mansion House, Exit 4 (Bow Lane).
Cost: £7 per person

Saturday 11 July at 11.00 am:
Samuel Pepys' City A Leisurely Stroll Through Restoration London
Samuel Pepys was a respected naval administrator and a trusted servant of the Crown. But most of us don't remember him for that. We remember him for the secret diary in which he recorded his candid and uncensored opinions of people he met and the events he witnessed. His first-hand accounts of the plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of 1666 still bring 17th-century London vividly to life.
This walk lasts about 2.5 hours with a convivial coffee break along the way.
Meet: Tower Hill, by the statue of the Emperor Trajan.
Nearest Underground Station: Tower Hill.
Cost: £7 per person

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Fridays 10 & 24 July, 11 & 18 September
from 12.15 pm:
Guildhall Art Gallery Free Highlights Tour
FREE Highlights Tours of the City's art collection and the Roman amphitheatre. Tours start at quarter past the hour throughout the afternoon and take about 45 minutes. Last tour at 3.15pm.
Meet: Inside the Gallery.
Nearest Underground Station: St Pauls or Bank

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I also guide walks for clubs, societies and special interest groups. Recent bookings have included:

Harlots, Harridans and Heroines Disorderly Women in the City of London
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA)

The Bloody Awful Pub Walk
On Hallowe'en for the Early Modern Society, University of London

Paved With Gold In the Footsteps of Dick Whittington
Central London Branch of the Historical Association

Highbrows & Lowlifes Bohemian Bloomsbury
London School of Economics and Politics (LSE)

The Jubilee Walkway Tower of London to Covent Garden
For the Mayor of London's Walk London initiative January 2009; May 2009

Inns and Taverns of Olde London A Fleet Street Afternoon Pub Walk
The Friends of the City Churches

Doctor Johnson's City Georgian London
A photographic walk for Sutton Camera Club

The Guildhall Art Gallery The City of London's Best Kept Secret
The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers

Insider's London The City and Bankside
Children's Wish Foundation

The Story of Smithfield Markets, Martyrs and Monks
City of London Visitors' Information Office at St Paul's Cathedral

Shakespeare's London The Elizabethan City
The Friends of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre


If you are interested in booking a walk for your group please contact me to discuss possibilities.

 

 

 

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