A private London Walk – they’re good value for an individual or couple and sensational value for a group – makes an ideal group or educational or birthday party or office (team-building) or club outing. Stop for a pint at The Palm Tree, an old-school East End pub that’s been featured in many tv shows and films.

Monument Tube Station is of course named for The Monument to the Great Fire of London (see the photo immediately above). He knows the history of the area extremely well and was able to make it accessible, informative and entertaining for the group I was part of. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. As the New York Times put it, the walk is “a highly entertaining… blend of historical commentary and bizarre anecdote laced with mildly scurrilous gossip about past and present celebrities and defunct royals. It should prove a great success with all those who enjoy strolling London’s streets and have an interest in its history.You'll look afresh at old churches from which deliciously bizarre demons, dragons, gargoyles and grotesques scowl down, their features contorted in eternal fury.

Follow the Thames Path, enjoying open views of the Thames and passing by Hampton Court Park and Golf Course. You'll uncover plaques and memorials to delightfully eccentric Londoners whose antics will bring a smile to even the most jaded, careworn faces. We were in a large group and there were competing noises from traffic, sirens and building sites but Adam’s voice could clearly be heard. I recently had the pleasure of going on London Walk’s walk titled “Hidden London with Adam”, and I had a wonderful time thanks to the tour leader, Adam. Unfortunately my walking days are well over but reading these books have given me such lovely memories and even after all these years some things I hadn’t known and the photos were of places and things I would have chosen to illustrate the walks exactly.Unfortunately for me, I would have preferred more of this extra information rather than the few snippets we get amongst the main directions of the walk. He was very entertaining, enthusiastic, interesting, knowledgeable, informative and full of fascinating facts and information. When planning how long your journey will take, we suggest that you allow 3 minutes for every station you will need to pass through and then add 10 minutes to allow for any travel delays. This is the 2nd volume of London's Hidden Walks and features a further 13 new walks that will enable the reader to follow in the footsteps of authors and statesmen, murderers and revolutionaries. Following any of the 12 walks featured in each book will allow the user to walk in the footsteps of authors and statesmen, murderers and revolutionaries.

It is part of the ‘Explore London’ pocket series that has established a niche for Metro in recent years.To access your ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose.

We visited pieces of London Bridge, the London Stone, Bracken House with its astronomical clock featuring Winston Churchill’s face…as well as taking a wander past St. With fascinating stories, detailed maps, 400 full-colour photographs, cafés, pubs and places of interest, London’s Hidden Walks Vol. Each walk is brought to life with thumbnail photos, striking full-page photos and detailed maps illustrating the route and where buildings and points of interest are located. Following any of the 12 walks featured in each book will allow you to walk in the footsteps of authors and statesmen, murderers and revolutionaries. I will certainly recommend a physical copy rather than a digital one as this just didn’t work well for me on the kindle and there’s no way to flip back and forth so easily to the maps as you can with your hands.They have so many more great hidden London walks that can take you far away from the city without leaving!