NOTTING HILL
Chère Catherine, Merci pour toutes ces infos! La balade d’hier matin était tout à fait passionnante! -CF Thank you, Catherine. It was a lovely tour, very well-researched and I loved the way you took us back in time and gave an atmosphere of the place as it was at different times and the characters who […]
UPCOMING WALKS
Here is what is on offer Always from 10:30am to 12:30pm £15 Wednesday April 24: The Inns of Court Saturday April 27: Hampstead Village Monday April 29: Notting Hill Sunday May 12 TREES! See you soon!
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, WHITEHALL, TRAFALGAR SQUARE
This tour is a must for the visitor to London, a city of villages indeed, but the great monuments of power are a sight to be seen. “If these walls could talk” well…. perhaps I can make them talk just enough for you and a great day discovering and exploring the center of the centre […]
BLOOMSBURY
BLOOMSBURY! You will hear all kinds of incredible stories I have dug out for you, (literary and more), see places on your doorstep you might have never seen before, hear the latest gossip of those who once “lived in squares, loved in triangles and painted in circles”, the “Bloomsberries” of course, and….. many more tales […]
SPITALFIELDS
Over the centuries, from the Huguenot Protestant silk weavers to the Irish Catholics, the Ashkenazi Jews and the Muslim Bengalis of what is now know as ‘Banglatown’, along with the affluent artists and architects and designers of today, this neighbourhood has seen so many changes, each bringing much mystery and intrigue to this “unique cultural crucible” […]
STREET ART
Street art, not without controversy yet the ever popular tour, changing by day, hour by hour! There is never a dull moment with street artists. No doubt Street Art is now being recognised as “Art” with a capital “A”. We will explore not only the streets of London, but the history of the artists who […]
BERMONDSEY & THE BOROUGH
Bermondsey: What a change since the days of the docks and leather! And then again a new world since the war and the deserted sixties! Bermondsey is today the place to be, to eat, to see the most cutting edge art, to drink rude coffee and more! The Borough: Well…there’s a lot more to the […]
KINGS CROSS
Monday January 29, 2024 Sunday February 3, 2024 and Wednesday February 7, 2024 All walks are from 10:30am to 12:30. Those of you who were here in London in the late 80’s might remember Kings Cross as down-and-out, disreputable, unsavoury, dangerous and all-around not recommendable, but as you know, Kings Cross is now a new shiny, […]
LAMBETH & VAUXHALL
“What part of ‘Vauxhall’ don’t you understand? Do the ‘Lambeth Walk’ with me and find out” What is there to see there?? Well, if you live in London, or elsewhere, you might not know! Lots! From marshy grounds rise great artists and thinkers, a train station for those who are departing forever, the oldest and […]
DOCKLANDS AND WAPPING
This fascinating walks takes us through St Katharine’s Docks and Wapping, journey from the time of little fishing villages to the rise and fall of the greatest docks of the British Empire, you will hear stories of intrigue, pirates and murder, the press gangs, social unrest and early human rights. The Docklands are one of […]
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