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 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 Tuesday, July 29th, 2025. And here's the spin of the roulette wheel. Where's the ball – aka the pill – coming to stop? Ah, there […]
"thou art an everlasting bonfire light"
"traditional Polish fare...the dumplings are my favourite"
"walkways and pathways along rivers and brooks"
Not just an Admiral – a Force 9 Gale in a uniform
"the differences between the U.S. and the U.K."
But she's also eternally young and in London, just over the way from Royal Opera House where she was a royal ballerina.
"the notorious bankrupt and womaniser who was tried for treason"
"it's every bit as bewitching as the Bridge of Sighs itself"
the first-ever Wimbledon champion was also the father of the volley.
“the tramcar was very nicely arranged with chairs and pink cushions"
"looking at a portrait transcends time"
General Howe had no choice but to put the torch to New York City
The world has raised its whip. Where will it descend?
Married in July with flowers ablaze
100 years ago nobody was doing a better job of telling the London story
"in fact colour were vibrant in the late Victorian age"
"How did three titled dunderheads get to be in charge of an army?"
"I started guiding before I finished lawyering"
"there's always a bit of wistfulness. Laurie misses London"
"the most interesting street in London"
think of each one of those 800,000 words as the life of a young soldier or officer
"look, there's the football coach in the chair getting a buzz cut for his palms"
The walk explores the London of 1923
"we had images of glaring demons with horns sprouting from their heads"
“There is only one recipe – to care a great deal for the cookery.”
Item: two human skulls in a bag. Item: a jar of bull's sperm
it gets a big dodgy here. Juno wasn't just Jupiter's wife. She was also his sister.
"a hero was one who urinated standing up"