Below is an idea of the kind of tours I offer, shown by location and then cross-referenced by subject matter.
Also see my "works in progress" – I am always open to new ideas so do contact me if there is a theme or area/location you think I ought to cover.
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LOCATION / AREA
These are all walking tours unless otherwise specified.
+online = 1hr presentations via Zoom (real-time talks with photos and maps)
These are all walking tours unless otherwise specified.
+online = 1hr presentations via Zoom (real-time talks with photos and maps)
Angel area and Islington South
Art Deco –various areas
Bygone Barnsbury – ghostsigns and historic shopfronts
Alternative Clerkenwell – not just the usual stuff!Art Deco –various areas
Bygone Barnsbury – ghostsigns and historic shopfronts
Creative Islington – make it, paint it, bake it
Essex Rd to Highbury+Islington – Philanthropy and social housing
Essex Road (The Only Way Is...) – Islington Green to Ball's Pond Rd
Green & Pleasant Islington (High+Is to Holloway)Essex Rd to Highbury+Islington – Philanthropy and social housing
Regent's Canal (City Rd Basin) – trading history / ghostsigns
Upper Street – Golden Mile (Victorian shops) / Inns & Taverns / ghostsigns
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North Islington plus Crouch End, Finsbury Park, Arsenal and HighburyArchway N19 – an overview / Irish community / ghostsigns
Arsenal and Finsbury Park N4 – ArtDeco/1930s
Caledonian Park – the market and clocktower
Crouch End – architectural details – Look up, look down
Finsbury Park – within the park / the general area
High Barnet – tube station to Monken Hadley
Highbury & Islington – Green & Pleasant (to Holloway)Holloway Nags Head – Victorian Heyday / Art Deco / Literary Links
Holloway Road – ghostsigns / pubs / Mr Pooter
Islington's Pleasure Gardens
The New River (Three walks: see Rivers section below)
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Mornington Crescent – Art Deco / ghostsigns
Caledonian Park to Kentish Town – Parks, Pubs and Pianos
Kentish Town – ghostsigns
King's Cross – 1930s architecture / ghostsigns
Gospel Oak to Junction Rd, N19 – The Elephants Escape – Oh What a Circus!
Kings Cross & The Ladykillers (film locations compared to today)
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SUBJECTS / THEMES
These are all walking tours unless otherwise specified.
+online = 1hr presentations via Zoom (real-time talks with photos and maps)
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Central / West End
Agatha Christie in the West End (also a Chelsea walk +online)
Bloomsbury – Sculptures and Statues of and by women
Covent Garden – ghostsigns / theatres / Art Deco / Xmas lights
Embankment to Oxford Circus – Walk Like An Egyptian Part 1
Fitzrovia – Art Deco / ghostsigns
Piccadilly – Art Deco / shopping arcades and St James's
Pimlico, Victoria, Westminster – gaslit streets – also Victoria to CovGdn /City
Regent Street – Oscar Wilde (+online)
Oxford Circus to Bloomsbury – Walk Like An Egyptian Part 2
StJames's & Piccadilly – Arcades and Alleyways (+online)
Soho – Art Deco / French / ghostsigns / theatres
Strand – What a Relief (sculptural/carved highlights)
Victoria to CovGdn – Gas-lit streets via The Mall, Royal Parks, TrafSq.
Westminster – Sculptures and Statues of and by women
Whitehall – from Queensway through the Royal Parks
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City, East
Brick Lane and Spitalfields – ghostsigns / Art Deco
City – Statues/memorials/artworks of and by women
Hoxton & Shoreditch – ghostsigns
Shoreditch – Art Deco/1920-30s
Wapping – Thames riverside wharves and docks
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NW and West
Kensington & Chelsea – Agatha Christie's homes (also West End +online)
Olympia – so much more than just exhibitions
Portobello/NottingHill – ghostsigns
Queensway to Whitehall – through the Royal Parks
Willesden – ghostsigns
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These are all walking tours unless otherwise specified.
+online = 1hr presentations via Zoom (real-time talks with photos and maps)
Architecture
Arcades and Alleyways – StJames's/Piccadilly (walk or talk)
ArtDeco/1930s - various walking tours and online presentations
The Carreras Story (online) – Black Cat building (Mornington Crescent, Camden)
Look At The Estate We're In (philanthropy and social housing in Islington)
Pubs
Angel Islington Taverns and Coaching Inns
Holloway Road (over 30 locations, in two parts)
Caledonian Park – Market and Clocktower
Finsbury Park – (2 walks: the park / general area)
Green & Pleasant Islington (High+Is to Holloway)
High Barnet (tube station to Monken Hadley)
Archway, N19 – an overview (Upper Holloway)
Covent Garden Christmas lights (+online)
Creative Islington – create it, paint it, make it, bake it
Gas-lit streets – Victoria–CovGdn via The Mall / Pimlico–Westminster
Kings Cross & The Ladykillers (comparison with 1955 film locations)
Holloway's Victorian Heyday – The Oxford Street of the North
Olympia – there's more to see than exhibitions (West Kensington)
Sculptures of The Strand
Walk Like An Egyptian – Embankment to Oxford Circus
Walk Like An Egyptian – Oxford Circus to Bloomsbury
Walk Like An Egyptian – Oxford Circus to Bloomsbury
Upper Street's Golden Mile – Victorian emporiums and Edwardian outfitters
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Arts and Literature
Agatha Christie's London (guided walks x2 / +online)
Create it, Paint it, Make it, Bake it – Creative inspiration in Islington
Daniel Defoe (+online / +guided walk City/Barbican/Bunhill)
Daniel Defoe (+online / +guided walk City/Barbican/Bunhill)
The Diary Of A Nobody – Mr Pooter's Holloway
Literary Holloway – lyrics, limericks, fantasy & fraud
Female Forms – memorials and sculptors (walk) – also see Sculpture/Statues below
The French In Soho
Giles Gilbert Scott (+online)
Giles Gilbert Scott (+online)
KX & The Ladykillers (comparison with 1955 film locations)
Parks, Pubs and Pianos – Caledonian Park to Kentish Town
Oh the Relief – 1930s decorative panels (online – Gill, Bayes, Epstein etc)
Oh the Relief – 1930s decorative panels (online – Gill, Bayes, Epstein etc)
Oscar Wilde (Regent St to Charing Cross via St James's / +online)
Sculpture – formed by female artists (+online – for walk see Female Forms)
Statues – monuments to marvellous women (+online – for walk see Female Forms)
Walk Like An Egyptian – Embankment to Oxford Circus / Oxford Circus to Bloomsbury
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Barnsbury
Brick Lane and Spitalfields
Camden
Covent Garden
Fitzrovia
Covent Garden
Fitzrovia
Holloway Road (in two sections)
Kentish Town
King's Cross
Kentish Town
King's Cross
Notting Hill/ Portobello
Regent's Canal (Islington)
Soho
Soho
Southwark
Shoreditch and Hoxton
Shoreditch and Hoxton
Willesden Green
+Online talks: Made in London / Potions & Lotions / Holloway Rd (x2) / Kentish Town to Camden
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Angel Islington Taverns and Coaching Inns
Holloway Road (over 30 locations, in two parts)
Parks, Pubs and Pianos – Caledonian Park to Kentish Town
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Rivers, nature etcCaledonian Park – Market and Clocktower
Finsbury Park – (2 walks: the park / general area)
Green & Pleasant Islington (High+Is to Holloway)
High Barnet (tube station to Monken Hadley)
London For Lovers (online) – City/London-wide – views, art, history etc
The New River – Finsbury Park, Haringey, Woodberry Down / Clissold Park to Islington / Islington to Sadlers Wells
Islington's Pleasure Gardens (Work in Progress)
Regent's Canal, Islington – Waterways, Wharves & Warehouses
Regent's Canal, Islington – Waterways, Wharves & Warehouses
Regent's Canal Ghostsigns - above and along the towpath in Islington
Royal Parks – Queensway to Whitehall
A Wapping Wander – docks and locks and Thames riverside wharves
I can also provide commentary for canal boat tours
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MiscellaneousArchway, N19 – an overview (Upper Holloway)
Covent Garden Christmas lights (+online)
Creative Islington – create it, paint it, make it, bake it
Gas-lit streets – Victoria–CovGdn via The Mall / Pimlico–Westminster
High Barnet (station to green belt)
Irish In Islington (Archway and Upper Holloway, N19)
London For Lovers (online only) – City/London-wide – views, art, history etc
KX & The Ladykillers (comparison with 1955 film locations)
Markets – London's historic street markets (online only)
Nell Gwynn – St James to Covent Garden (WIP)
Olympia – there's more to see than exhibitions (West Kensington)
The Only Way Is Essex Road (Islington Green to Ball's Pond Rd)
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