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London Walks is the oldest urban walking tour company on the planet. It’s the gold standard of this profession, this craft. Here you can listen to our guides' stories and anecdotes of London.

London Walks


    • Jun 3, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Roses, Spies, Roman Goddesses, Peacocks, Poetry…

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 14:36


    it gets a big dodgy here. Juno wasn't just Jupiter's wife. She was also his sister.

    Laurie from Florida, heroes & human sacrifices

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 17:43


    "a hero was one who urinated standing up"

    Celebrity Cats, Jerry the Gentleman Cat, etc. – Advancer for Ann’s Cat Tails Walk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 10:44


    Every cat owner secretly knows if it were big enough their treasured companion would have them for lunch

    All changed, changed utterly

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2025 16:01


    both were kneeling beside the bed and were naked

    “My life – it’s a long disease”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 15:28


    Hairs less in sight, or any hairs but these!

    Meet the Prince of Paradox

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 15:26


    “The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see”

    Ian Fleming & James Bond – warts and all

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 16:15


    The James Bond novels were among President Kennedy's favourites

    The month of May – what the name signifies

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 13:17


    the May Pole – the phallic symbol par excellence.

    Death came calling today

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 17:59


    he was a bottom pincher par excellence

    Bovril, black tie & the pen is mightier than the sword

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 18:28


    the word focus comes from the Latin word for hearth

    Portuguese architect – a Ripper victim reached out to him

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 57:16


    "why he's not a 'little lettuce'"

    Makes the world richer and stranger

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 19:21


    an easy horse, some good old authors, ingenious and cheerful Companions

    Meet the Vicar

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 42:10


    "the prayers soak into the fabric of the church"

    “It is a very sad thing that there is so little useless information around”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 14:57


    "America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it was always hushed up"

    Ffiona takes us through the menu

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 12:10


    "she lives and breathes her establishment"

    This day in May

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 12:12


    "I put a spell on you"

    My favourite London restaurant

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 21:45


    "Holy Moses...this concealed London treasure"

    Sunday will never be the same

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 22:02


    "the sun is God"

    This weekend

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 13:25


    "timed to perfection"

    Thinking of going on the Chiswick Walk? Here’s the clincher…

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 11:21


    This Sunday's Chiswick Walk is an embarrassment of riches.

    VE Day

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 16:50


    "there was a lot of daisy bumping"

    Let’s go by bus

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 15:09


    Colourful names. And brightly coloured buses.

    Bank Holidays – their history

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 19:08


    "he tried to teach his pet poodle how to read"

    Hidden London

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 14:35


    "that thought is explicable splendour"

    The young woman who saved London Walks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 33:08


    "Margaux is our – London Walks' – miracle."

    So how might you have celebrated VE Day?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 13:28


    "when served to Churchill he pushed it away and asked for beef"

    “Death is contagious; it’s contracted the moment we are conceived”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 12:40


    London calling. London Walks connecting. This… is London. This is London Walks. Streets ahead. Story time. History time. ————————————— Top of the morning to you, London Walkers. Wherever you are. It's May 1st, 2025. We're going to do a death today. An exodus that took place 325 years ago. May 1st, 1700. But not just […]

    How would Keir Starmer like it if his family replaced him with a handsome young Siberian?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 11:24


    "El Gato moved on to the great litter tray in the sky"

    Odds & Ends and an Update on The Ultimate London Walk

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 14:45


    "Be the first – in the billions of journeys across the capital no-one has ever done this one"

    The Four Specials on St George’s Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 14:42


    "that's cosmic harmony"

    Meet Your Guide – Andy Hotels Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 31:47


    "I found the smoking gun"

    The Monday Night Music History Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 21:30


    "It's Rodgers & Hammerstein having a second chance"

    Brilliant cross-examination. Verdict not in question.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 71:10


    "they got him through his DNA" Really?

    “Where Soldiers are Shot”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 23:53


    It stopped me in my tracks then and it's haunted me ever since.

    The Ultimate London Walk

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 38:04


    "London has a bigger historical footprint than any other city in the world"

    This is London

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 17:13


    “We're not ready to be Banksy'd. Not yet.”

    St Patrick’s Day & Conservation Architect

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 47:30


    "a normal building is moving all the time"

    Regency London – the Bankside

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 25:11


    from Rochester heaven to London hell – overnight

    Regency London

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 21:03


    Every time I go by there the thought crosses my mind, do the people who live here know the history of this place?

    The Captain’s House

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 19:06


    "Charles was the Inspector of Nuisances"

    Quotidian London

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 18:32


    "a place name that derives from the Saxon word for cattle stream"

    “putrescent in the nostrils of the nation”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 18:56


    "the system of Dutch finance ended in the degradation of a miserable and burdened population"

    Famous London couple – their double suicide

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 15:46


    And speaking of raw English fundamentals

    “Winston Churchill’s steering gear is too weak for his horse-power”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 13:14


    "half naked striding up the steps of the palace"

    Cat Tales & Weather Goodies (Baddies, actually)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 15:49


    “31 on ’em killed in a row”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 22:17


    Thirteen of the 31 condemned to die were found guilty of burglary.

    350,000 London millionaires

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 16:35


    "sentenced him to 20 strokes with the cat-o-nine tails"

    Hanged by a silken rope and 706 men seen off by one woman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 17:25


    London Walks guide Robert is entitled to be hanged by a silken rope

    “Make Victorian Britain Great Again”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 16:25


    "the people have been duped"

    Protein Man, Little Turkey, Invasion, Spy, Camden Town & Economics 101

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 15:40


    "the greatest unhanged scoundrel in modern British history"

    Streateries, Statuecide, Shanghai Grip, Disinformation Space…

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 23:29


    "she's really good at the Shanghai grip"

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