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London’s Millennia of Medical Progress Private Historical Tour
(2) Reviews
Greater London
Important Information
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Nowhere in the world has been quite so important in the field of medicine than London. Historically, if only for its long history filled with disasters and diseases, but in the last few centuries it has also been the home of science and some of the most incredible jumps in medicine and healthcare anywhere on Earth.
This tour will visit plenty of sites that have helped change the world as well as visiting some of the spots that were home to some of the countless medical and social problems in history. In many ways, this tour isn’t just a Medical History Tour but also a fabulous alternative tour of London.
We will see where vaccines and medicines were invented, visit the first operating thea...
Highlights
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private Guided Tour
Underground tickets are not included (£7.40 per adult)
Meeting Points
Departure
Russell Square
We meet at the Russel Square
Return
Great Rising of 1381 Memorial
We end at the oldest hospital in the Western World with great onward connections by London Underground or bus.
Itinerary
1
Bloomsbury
We start off in beautiful Bloomsbury famed for its garden squares and creative spirit with a history of philanthropy
35 minutes
2
The Foundling Museum
Learn the incredible story of how this pioneering children's facility was created by a hardened Yorkshire sailor. (Entry availability able if you pick the relevant option).
5 minutes
3
Great Ormond Street
The world leading children's hospital with its little known connection to Peter Pan.
5 minutes
4
Queen Square
This small garden square is where Florence Nightingale set up her pioneering company of nurses before the Crimean War.
5 minutes
5
St Giles-in-the-Fields Church
Sat in the midst of what was a terrible rookery, these are where the first cases of the Plague were recorded in London.
10 minutes
6
Soho Square
Whilst also the home of big names such as Paul McCartney and various showbiz offices it is here we will find the home of Mary Seacole.
10 minutes
7
John Snow Saloon
This wonderful old pub is named after the doctor who deduced how bacteria and germs were spreading through the water supply. His famous water pump survives in the street.
5 minutes
8
Carnaby Street
As we transition from one leg of the tour to the next, we will pass through the epitome of 60's London, Carnaby Street.
10 minutes
9
Statue of Edward Jenner
We will visit the Edward Jenner statue in the beautiful Italian gardens of Hyde Park and learn about the man who invented vaccines.
10 minutes
10
Paddington
We will walk through Paddington to see the spot where the first Antibiotics were discovered.
15 minutes
11
Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
The oldest surviving operating theatre in the world is all that remains of this old hospital (Entry included if option booked).
5 minutes
12
London Bridge
Get a great view of the City of London as we move towards the next leg of our tour.
5 minutes
13
The Monument to the Great Fire of London
We will pass right by this impressive monument to the biggest disasters to ever hit London.
5 minutes
14
St Olave's Church
This church has an incredible history and was in a plague hotspot. The beautifully kept garden inside is full of old medicinal herbs that would have been used in the days before modern hospitals.
5 minutes
15
Aldgate Pump
This old water pump has an infamous history and sparked a major public health crisis in Victorian times. Don't get the hump!
5 minutes
16
Aldgate Square
It all looks hunky dory on top now after the recent landscaped gardens but underneath are countless bodies from the plague.
5 minutes
17
Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor
We will visit the outside of this pioneering old soup kitchen in the heart of the East End of London.
5 minutes
18
Norton Folgate Alms Houses
These ancient Alms Houses are still operating and helping those in need just as they have done for centuries.
5 minutes
19
Charnel House
These ruins were only found underground a few years ago and once contained the bones of thousands of victims of famine.
5 minutes
20
Old Spitalfields Market
It's long been a funky market but centuries ago this whole area was one of medical recuperation.
10 minutes
21
Liverpool Street Station
Before we pop on the tube to our final leg of the tour we will visit the spot of the first hospital for those suffering from mental health issues. It's bedlam!
5 minutes
22
Cripplegate Street
Cripplegate is a place where the infirm would gather as it was believed that they would be healed by divine powers. We will see the Tower Of St Elsyng Spital, the ruins of an early medieval hospital.
10 minutes
23
Postman's Park
On our way to our final destination we will pass through the beautiful and melancholic Postman's Park
10 minutes
24
Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Museum
We will visit parts of the oldest hospital in the Western World and if you book the optional entry at booking (only open some days) then we can look in this fascinating old hospital museum.
10 minutes
25
WIlliam Wallace Memorial
In this place of executions we will learn of the local body snatchers trade that though highly illegal helped doctors advance medical science.
10 minutes
26
Church of St. Bartholomew the Great
We end this tour inside the truly ancient and magnificent Church of St Bartholomew the Great and visit the tomb of Rahere, the man who having almost died on his travels, had a vision of Saint Bartholomew and keeping to the promise he made to the Saint, returned to London to found not just this beautiful church but our first hospital which will be 900 years old in 2023.
10 minutes
London’s Millennia of Medical Progress Private Historical Tour
(2) Reviews
Greater London
About
Nowhere in the world has been quite so important in the field of medicine than London. Historically, if only for its long history filled with disasters and diseases, but in the last few centuries it has also been the home of science and some of the most incredible jumps in medicine and healthcare anywhere on Earth.
This tour will visit plenty of sites that have helped change the world as well as visiting some of the spots that were home to some of the countless medical and social problems in history. In many ways, this tour isn’t just a Medical History Tour but also a fabulous alternative tour of London.
We will see where vaccines and medicines were invented, visit the first operating thea...
Highlights
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private Guided Tour
Underground tickets are not included (£7.40 per adult)
Meeting Points
Departure
Russell Square
We meet at the Russel Square
Return
Great Rising of 1381 Memorial
We end at the oldest hospital in the Western World with great onward connections by London Underground or bus.