London
Greater London, United Kingdom
These London walks follow institutions, trades and neighbourhood change through identifiable buildings and public spaces. They combine major landmarks with smaller streets whose inscriptions, materials and surviving structures explain how the city worked.
4 walks
15 stops · 90–120 minutes
Smithfield & Clerkenwell
Follow hospitals, religious houses, workshop streets and radical printing from Postman’s Park to Ely Place.
14 stops · 90–120 minutes
Spitalfields & Shoreditch
Follow silk merchants, migrant communities and market traders from Petticoat Lane to Shoreditch’s old parish church.
14 stops · 90–120 minutes
Bermondsey & Rotherhithe
Leave the famous bridges for warehouse lanes, a medieval manor and Rotherhithe’s small riverside village.
15 stops · 2–2½ hours
Greenwich: Sailors, Power & the View from the Hill
Follow sailors’ homes, royal architecture and working-river Greenwich before climbing to its famous astronomical hill.