Ian Jelf's Walking Tours for Groups

Walking tours in London

Secrets of the Square Mile

The real "City of London", covering an area of only just over one square mile, is one of the most fascinating in Britain. A maze of alleyways, impossibly overcrowded churches and ancient traditions, a walk is truly the only way to discover it. A couple of hours allows visitors to discover the ancient Guildhall, the outside of Saint Paul's Cathedral, the Mansion House and several City Churches. We learn where true Cockneys are born, hear of a mummified man and even a famous character from Pantomime.  There's nowhere like the City…….

Wonderful Westminster

For centuries home to Royalty and Government, Westminster has its own distinct flavour, quite separate from the City of London. Our walk allows us to see some of the most famous sites in the world: the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, Downing Street and Whitehall. But there's more: side streets and alleyways, ancient traditions and strange terminology, the famous and the infamous. It's all in Westminster…….

A South Bank Stroll

Across the Thames from the London beloved of tourists is another world.  And yet this was the London of Chaucer, Shakespeare and Dickens, a London of theatres (and brothels), of palaces (and prisons). In short, a London that shouldn't be missed…….

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