Walks and Tours

Hi all, cost & info below, please join everyone for a healthy, scenic 3.8 mile walk with some brief local info along the way while meeting new friends!

Highlights are
It is exactly 150 years to the birth of Sir Winston Churchill on the day of the walk, the home where he lived and died, Kensington Gardens, Kensington Palace (view only), The famous SAS Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980, the smallest reputed Church In London (There are 2 ha!), M19 torture chamber during WW2

Princess Diana's favorite Pizza Restaurant, location of The Great Exhibition 1851, Albert Memorial, famous homes and embassies, where John F Kennedy lived and Virginia Woolf was born and lived for many years, one of the first generating stations from the 1800s in London, a fun beautiful walk!

Starts and ends at High Street Kensington Station
After you come out of the ticket machine turnstiles at the station, look directly opposite from the turnstiles staying within the shopping arcade, please meet outside 'Crussh' coffee takeaway within the precinct next to 'M & S Department Store.

£9 cash/card payment by simply turning up on the day

If you require Toilets, they are in 'M & S' on the 2nd floor. As you enter 'M & S', go around on the left, go to the top of the stairs, then turn right and go up the next level of stairs. Once at the top, they are signposted

Kensington Palace
Home of Princess Diana, William and Kate, once Harry and Meghan and Princess Margaret. It has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century set in Kensington Gardens. Kensington Palace was originally a two-story Jacobean mansion built by Sir George Coppin in 1605 in the village of Kensington.

The last reigning monarch to use Kensington Palace was George II
who died at Kensington Palace on 25 October 1760,
Princess Victoria was awakened at the Palace to be told that her uncle, King William IV had died and that she was now Queen Victoria
Iranian Embassy Siege

From 30 April to 5 May 1980, took 26 people hostage, including embassy staff, several visitors, and a police officer who had been guarding the embassy.

Televised all around the World over 6 days it was the most famous SAS siege in History and also made into a Hollywood film. To this day governments around the World still follow the SAS tactics as the perfect textbook take over of terrorists holding hostages

ABOUT OUR SECRET LONDON WALKS
It is a 15-year fascinating journey together to explore the whole of beautiful, enchanting Secret London. The only walking group in the World offering this unique experience!

The individual walks have been created from an original route several miles in length (usually on average about 25 miles) where we have checked every nook and cranny, every hidden alleyway, lane, lost cobbled path, cul de sac, avenue, road or street in that area for you!

It is then shortened, to give back to you a magical walk with all the best bits of 'Lovely London', voted the best City in the World for the 10th year running!

What is given back to you is the most scenic, healthy walk (usually 3-6 miles in length) with some of the walks containing hidden cobbled lanes, lost shops, secret gems, areas lost in time, wonderful views, idyllic Instagram photo shots and all sorts! Now and then some brief local info is mentioned or something of historical importance along the way.

Plenty of time to chat and meet new friends whilst walking the amazing lost areas of London! So we welcome you to the colourful highlights of this fascinating City of London with simply wonderful things to see!

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
PLEASE ensure ARRIVAL at least 15 minutes BEFORE the start of the walk, sorry no latecomers are accepted for whatever reason.

Members attend the unique walks from our different meetup groups.

IF LATE, SORRY WE ARE UNABLE TO RECEIVE CALLS OR ANSWER EMAILS AS WELCOMING MEMBERS, LEADING THE WALK, AND CONCENTRATING ON THE SAFETY OF THE GROUP. PLEASE DO NOT BE LATE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CATCH THE GROUP UP, PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

Part Tour - Medium pace walk from 'Visit England' Award-Winning Guide and our group featured in the National Press! Please Note: Some events, being a large attended meetup group will be an organised walk only, but members are very welcome to organise their own get-togethers after the event.

You are required to be fit and healthy with appropriate footwear & clothing, responsible for meeting at the correct location, own safety and to not lose the group by viewing the organiser/making the organiser aware as much as possible, or follow/not lose sight of the person(s) from the same walk in front. We advise carrying water and some snacks.

The organiser is also not responsible for any circumstances that may affect the group or personally such as personal accidents, rail information, engineering works, cancellations, rail strikes or delays, heavy traffic, tours affected, weather, walk paths or routes closed, postcodes for car parks or for when we arrive back at the station, or anything else not mentioned!

By joining the event you agree to all the terms and conditions.

No Dogs allowed sorry

Hi all, cost & info below, for centuries people have roamed at night through the dark alleys of London, so please join everyone for a fun 2.5 mile walk, Lost London walk around Spitalfields and Whitechapel by Lantern in the dark! Some brief local info along the way, it has wonderful hidden areas and I will show you the colourful highlights, lost alleyways and simply amazing things to see!

The oldest Georgian shopfront in the whole of London, a secret large medieval chapel underneath a shopping precinct, amazing ghost sign shops from the Huguenot's period, a medieval mounted knight on a horse

A pub from where a bride died on her wedding day and her ‘husband to be’ was so grieved he closed the function room with all the contents for nearly 200 years in a time capsule, a street made up of alphabet signs, the haunt of Jack the Ripper’s Ten Bells pub where he picked up his victims.

A stunning Victorian bathhouse, incredible secret alleyways, a 2000-year-old young Roman girl buried at the Gerkin, a home with an interior and exterior dating to the 1700's, several old cobbled streets, Wesley home from the 1600's and to top it off an impressive absolutely giant fish tank!

Great Atmospheric Restaurant afterward for a social get-together where food and drinks are available

Please meet outside the front of Liverpool Street Mainline Rail Station by the Kindertransport Statue which sits outside the front of the station by McDonald's, directly opposite Liverpool Street underground station, Vodafone and Costa Pronto shops. (Please Note: Not Hamilton Hall Wetherspoons pub entrance)

Toilets entrance is located downstairs of the station by Camden Food Co

Walk starts and ends at Liverpool Street Station
Please meet outside the front of Liverpool Street Mainline Rail Station by the Kindergarten Statue which sits outside the front of the station by McDonald's, directly opposite Liverpool Street underground station, Vodafone and Costa Pronto shops. (Please Note: Not Hamilton Hall Wetherspoons pub entrance)

£9 cash/card payment by simply turning up on the day

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
PLEASE ensure ARRIVAL at least 15 minutes BEFORE the start of the walk, sorry no latecomers are accepted for whatever reason.

Members attend the unique walks from our different meetup groups.

IF LATE, SORRY WE ARE UNABLE TO RECEIVE CALLS OR ANSWER EMAILS AS WELCOMING MEMBERS, LEADING THE WALK, AND CONCENTRATING ON THE SAFETY OF THE GROUP. PLEASE DO NOT BE LATE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CATCH THE GROUP UP, PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

Part Tour - Medium pace walk from 'Visit England' Award-Winning Guide and our group featured in the National Press! Please Note: Some events, being a large attended meetup group will be an organised walk only, but members are very welcome to organise their own get-togethers after the event.

You are required to be fit and healthy with appropriate footwear & clothing, responsible for meeting at the correct location, own safety and to not lose the group by viewing the organiser/making the organiser aware as much as possible, or follow/not lose sight of the person(s) from the same walk in front. We advise carrying water and some snacks.

The organiser is also not responsible for any circumstances that may affect the group or personally such as personal accidents, rail information, engineering works, cancellations, rail strikes or delays, heavy traffic, tours affected, weather, walk paths or routes closed, postcodes for car parks or for when we arrive back at the station, or anything else not mentioned!

By joining the event you agree to all the terms and conditions.

We really look forward to welcoming you on the walks/tours for a wonderful, great, fun day!

No dogs allowed sorry

Hi all, cost, & info below, please join everyone for a fun, fascinating 2.5 mile walk with the hidden gems of Soho! We have highlights such as amazing lost gardens, where television was first demonstrated, where and why the disease Cholera broke out, view cool giant pieces of art.

The start of the Profumo affair, Diagon Alley from Harry Potter, a reputed lost alleyway from the 19th Century, you cannot enter, but it is possible to see part of the street signage and section of a lost alleyway.

The birth of Alternative comedy in Britain, the location of the smallest shop in the UK.

Please note: This Soho History Walk is a separate walk and completely different from the Soho Music Walk. The Soho Music Walk will appear in Nov 2025

2.5 mile Walk starts at Leicester Square and ends at Piccadilly Station

Soho is an area of the City of Westminster, part of the West End of London. Originally a fashionable district for the aristocracy, it has been one of the main entertainment districts in the capital since the 19th century.

Since the 1980s, the area has undergone considerable gentrification.

The name "Soho" first appears in the 17th century. The name may possibly derive from a former hunting cry. James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, used "soho" as a rallying call for his men at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685, half a century after the name was first used for this area of London.

The nearest station is Leicester Square Underground Station (Northern Line) Please meet outside near the front of the London Hippodrome WC2H 7JH

Ends at Piccadilly Underground Station

£9 cash/card payment by simply turning up on the day

ABOUT OUR SECRET LONDON WALKS
It is a 15-year fascinating journey together to explore the whole of beautiful, enchanting Secret London. The only walking group in the World offering this unique experience!

The individual walks have been created from an original route several miles in length (usually on average about 25 miles) where we have checked every nook and cranny, every hidden alleyway, lane, lost cobbled path, cul de sac, avenue, road or street in that area for you! It is then shortened, to give back to you a magical walk with all the best bits of 'Lovely London', voted the best City in the World for the 10th year running!

What is given back to you is the most scenic, healthy walk (usually 3-6 miles in length) with some of the walks containing hidden cobbled lanes, lost shops, secret gems, areas lost in time, wonderful views, idyllic Instagram photo shots and all sorts! Now and then some brief local info is mentioned or something of historical importance along the way.

You will have plenty of time to chat and meet new friends whilst walking the amazing lost areas of London! So we welcome you to the colourful highlights of this fascinating City of London with simply wonderful things to see!

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
PLEASE ensure ARRIVAL at least 15 minutes BEFORE the start of the walk, sorry no latecomers are accepted for whatever reason.

Members attend the unique walks from our different meetup groups.

IF LATE, SORRY WE ARE UNABLE TO RECEIVE CALLS OR ANSWER EMAILS AS WELCOMING MEMBERS, LEADING THE WALK, AND CONCENTRATING ON THE SAFETY OF THE GROUP. PLEASE DO NOT BE LATE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CATCH THE GROUP UP, PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

Part Tour - Medium pace walk from 'Visit England' Award-Winning Guide and our group featured in the National Press! Please Note: Some events, being a large attended meetup group will be an organised walk only, but members are very welcome to organise their own get-togethers after the event.

You are required to be fit and healthy with appropriate footwear & clothing, responsible for meeting at the correct location, own safety and to not lose the group by viewing the organiser/making the organiser aware as much as possible, or follow/not lose sight of the person(s) from the same walk in front. We advise carrying water and some snacks.

The organiser is also not responsible for any circumstances that may affect the group or personally such as personal accidents, rail information, engineering works, cancellations, rail strikes or delays, heavy traffic, tours affected, weather, walk paths or routes closed, postcodes for car parks or for when we arrive back at the station, or anything else not mentioned!

By joining the event you agree to all the terms and conditions.

No Dogs allowed sorry

We really look forward to welcoming you on the walks/tours for a wonderful, great, fun day!

Hi all, cost & info below, A truly incredible, fascinating 3-mile linear walk from Cannon Street to Tower Hill that will blow your mind! The Secrets of London, where part of the original Roman London Wooden Bridge still exists, where Harry Potter was filmed, smallest statue, Medieval streets, where martyrs were hanged, where the Great Fire of London started in 1666

Amazing unseen hidden parts of the Roman wall, where East London meets West End of London, a 5th-century saxon alley, where Charles Dickens regularly ate - mentioned over 20 times in his books in a cobbled alley, where Scrooge's office was in 'Christmas Carol', visible Roman Road, Victorian gas lamps and hidden alleyways, City of London London's oldest church dating back to AD 675, and hidden gems. This tour has it all!

£9 cash/card payment by simply turning up on the day

Please meet at the large entrance to Cannon Street Mainline Station opposite 'The Cannick Tapps' and 'All Bar One' pubs on Cannon Street, 103 Cannon St, London EC4N 5AG. The mainline station entrance is situated extremely close Cannon Street Underground.

3 mile Walk
Starts at Cannon Street Underground Station and ends at Tower Hill Underground Station (both district lines)

ABOUT OUR SECRET LONDON WALKS
It is a 15-year fascinating journey together to explore the whole of beautiful, enchanting Secret London. The only walking group in the World offering this unique experience!

The individual walks have been created from an original route several miles in length (usually on average about 25 miles) where we have checked every nook and cranny, every hidden alleyway, lane, lost cobbled path, cul de sac, avenue, road or street in that area for you!
It is then shortened, to give back to you a magical walk with all the best bits of 'Lovely London', voted the best City in the World for the 10th year running!

What is given back to you is the most scenic, healthy walk (usually 3-6 miles in length) with some of the walks containing hidden cobbled lanes, lost shops, secret gems, areas lost in time, wonderful views, idyllic Instagram photo shots and all sorts! Now and then some brief local info is mentioned or something of historical importance along the way.

Plenty of time to chat and meet new friends whilst walking the amazing lost areas of London! So we welcome you to the colourful highlights of this fascinating City of London with simply wonderful things to see!

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
PLEASE ensure ARRIVAL at least 15 minutes BEFORE the start of the walk, sorry no latecomers are accepted for whatever reason.

Members attend the unique walks from our different meetup groups.

IF LATE, SORRY WE ARE UNABLE TO RECEIVE CALLS OR ANSWER EMAILS AS WELCOMING MEMBERS, LEADING THE WALK, AND CONCENTRATING ON THE SAFETY OF THE GROUP. PLEASE DO NOT BE LATE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CATCH THE GROUP UP, PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

Part Tour - Medium pace walk from 'Visit England' Award-Winning Guide and our group featured in the National Press! Please Note: Some events, being a large attended meetup group will be an organised walk only, but members are very welcome to organise their own get-togethers after the event.

You are required to be fit and healthy with appropriate footwear & clothing, responsible for meeting at the correct location, own safety and to not lose the group by viewing the organiser/making the organiser aware as much as possible, or follow/not lose sight of the person(s) from the same walk in front. We advise carrying water and some snacks.

The organiser is also not responsible for any circumstances that may affect the group or personally such as personal accidents, rail information, engineering works, cancellations, rail strikes or delays, heavy traffic, tours affected, weather, walk paths or routes closed, postcodes for car parks or for when we arrive back at the station, or anything else not mentioned!

By joining the event you agree to all the terms and conditions.

No Dogs allowed sorry

Hi all, cost & info below, The historic Crystal Palace was a marvel of its day at the Great Exhibition of 1851, 3 times larger than St. Paul's Cathedral! The famous exhibition housed amazing new inventions during the Victorian age.

Join us for a wonderful 3 mile walk of the magnificent site, we will see the remains of where this incredible glass palace once stood, also stunning hidden remains of the palace lost within hedgerows and overgrown greenery. A true explorer's delight!

You will see amazing pictures and hear magnificent stories of the lost Palace and get a feel for one of the most amazing buildings that ever existed in the World. We have a chance to actually stand upon the site and feel the immense size of the structure and of course, walk by the famous giant dinosaurs built before they know what dinosaurs really looked like and also see the actual Crystal Place Bowl music stage where Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Elton John, The Beach Boys, Eric Clapton, Santana, Jimmy Cliff, James Taylor, Elvis Costello, Andy Williams, Desmond Dekker and many more performed.

The walk starts and ends at Crystal Palace Railway Station.
Please meet outside the front of Crystal Palace Railway Station by the giant entrance pillars.

£9 cash/card payment by simply turning up on the day

CRYSTAL PALACE
Opened by Queen Victoria in 1851, more than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in its 990,000 square feet exhibition space to display examples of technology developed in the Industrial Revolution.

Designed by Joseph Paxton, the Great Exhibition building was 1,851 feet (564 m) long, with an interior height of 128 feet (39 m). After the exhibition, the Palace was rebuilt at Crystal Palace. It stood there from June 1854 until its destruction by fire in November 1936.

Crystal Palace fire, 1936
On 30 November 1936 came the final catastrophe – fire. Within hours, the Palace was destroyed: the glow was visible across eight counties.
Even though 89 fire engines and over 400 firemen arrived, they were unable to extinguish it. The fire spread quickly in the high winds that night, in part because of the dry old timber flooring, and the huge quantity of flammable materials in the building.

"In a few hours we have seen the end of the Crystal Palace. 'Yet it will live in the memories not only of Englishmen, but the whole world "they said. 100,000 people came to Sydenham Hill to watch the blaze, among them Winston Churchill, who said, "This is the end of an age".

TRANSPORTATION CHOICES
Trains connect to the London Overground Line, but even though not on the underground map, there is a train service to and from London Bridge, London Victoria and Clapham Junction Platform 15!

Large free 250 space car park in the centre of the park near the National Sports Centre, via Anerley Hill entrance. Free parking at Thicket Road entrance SE20 8DT

ABOUT OUR SECRET LONDON WALKS
It is a 15-year fascinating journey together to explore the whole of beautiful, enchanting Secret London. The only walking group in the World offering this unique experience!

The individual walks have been created from an original route several miles in length (usually on average about 25 miles) where we have checked every nook and cranny, every hidden alleyway, lane, lost cobbled path, cul de sac, avenue, road or street in that area for you!
It is then shortened, to give back to you a magical walk with all the best bits of 'Lovely London', voted the best City in the World for the 10th year running!

What is given back to you is the most scenic, healthy walk (usually 3-6 miles in length) with some of the walks containing hidden cobbled lanes, lost shops, secret gems, areas lost in time, wonderful views, idyllic Instagram photo shots and all sorts! Now and then some brief local info is mentioned or something of historical importance along the way.

Plenty of time to chat and meet new friends whilst walking the amazing lost areas of London! So we welcome you to the colourful highlights of this fascinating City of London with simply wonderful things to see!

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
PLEASE ensure ARRIVAL at least 15 minutes BEFORE the start of the walk, sorry no latecomers are accepted for whatever reason.

Members attend the unique walks from our different meetup groups.

IF LATE, SORRY WE ARE UNABLE TO RECEIVE CALLS OR ANSWER EMAILS AS WELCOMING MEMBERS, LEADING THE WALK, AND CONCENTRATING ON THE SAFETY OF THE GROUP. PLEASE DO NOT BE LATE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CATCH THE GROUP UP, PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

Part Tour - Medium pace walk from 'Visit England' Award-Winning Guide and our group featured in the National Press! Please Note: Some events, being a large attended meetup group will be an organised walk only, but members are very welcome to organise their own get-togethers after the event.

You are required to be fit and healthy with appropriate footwear & clothing, responsible for meeting at the correct location, own safety and to not lose the group by viewing the organiser/making the organiser aware as much as possible, or follow/not lose sight of the person(s) from the same walk in front. We advise carrying water and some snacks.

The organiser is also not responsible for any circumstances that may affect the group or personally such as personal accidents, rail information, engineering works, cancellations, rail strikes or delays, heavy traffic, tours affected, weather, walk paths or routes closed, postcodes for car parks or for when we arrive back at the station, or anything else not mentioned!

By joining the event you agree to all the terms and conditions.

No Dogs allowed sorry