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Private Historical Walking Tour of the City of London
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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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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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Discover the hidden City of London on a storytelling walk that weaves together prehistory, myth, money, and modern power. Follow an expert guide through the ancient streets of the Square Mile to uncover lost rivers, dragon guardians, sacred sites, and the financial institutions that shaped the world.
This is a private small‑group walking tour lasting approx 2.5 hours, with three route options. Choose to explore the City’s origin story from Roman Londinium and earlier traces beneath the streets; dive into the history of money and power from ancient temples, medieval markets to global finance; or follow a more mystical path of dragons, symbols, ley‑line lore, and curious corners most Londoner...
Highlights
2 hours and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Multilingual - Just tell us the language in advance
Gain a unique history of the City of London
A Post Tour Overview
Meeting Points
Departure
90 Queen St
Outside Pret coffee shop.
Return
Bank of England
Private Historical Walking Tour of the City of London
London
About
Discover the hidden City of London on a storytelling walk that weaves together prehistory, myth, money, and modern power. Follow an expert guide through the ancient streets of the Square Mile to uncover lost rivers, dragon guardians, sacred sites, and the financial institutions that shaped the world.
This is a private small‑group walking tour lasting approx 2.5 hours, with three route options. Choose to explore the City’s origin story from Roman Londinium and earlier traces beneath the streets; dive into the history of money and power from ancient temples, medieval markets to global finance; or follow a more mystical path of dragons, symbols, ley‑line lore, and curious corners most Londoner...
Highlights
2 hours and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Multilingual - Just tell us the language in advance
Gain a unique history of the City of London
A Post Tour Overview
Meeting Points
Departure
90 Queen St
Outside Pret coffee shop.
Return
Bank of England
Itinerary
1
Roman city wall
The oldest part of the Roman wall is this Fort.
5 minutes
2
St Alphage Garden with ruins of St Alphage Church
Where the history of many peoples from many eras converge from Celtic & Roman through to Anglo-Saxons, Normans to the Guilds & Present-day.
5 minutes
3
St. Giles Cripplegate
One of the oldest mediaeval churches in the City and a Roman fort that was a response to Boudicca's revolt..
5 minutes
4
Guildhall
The town hall of the City of London has been on its current site since at least the 13th century. We take a look at it's history and mythology since Greek through to Roman, Saxon and Norman influences.
5 minutes
5
Guildhall Art Gallery
Location of the ancient Roman Amphitheatre and art gallery
5 minutes
6
The Royal Exchange
Built by a legend for adventurers to meet. These men went onto shape the new world.
We also find out about what the the golden grasshopper is doing on top of it!
5 minutes
7
Bank of England
At the end of the 17th, after a 'glorius' revolution power stablises between Monarchy, Parliament and the City of London and it culminates with the formation of the Bank of England.
10 minutes
8
St. Lawrence Jewry
The official church of the City of London - named after one of the early martyrs of the 3rd C and after a Jewish ghetto.
5 minutes
9
London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE
An ancient roman temple with secrets linking it's god to the toipics of money, power and ressurection.
10 minutes
10
St Edmund, King and Martyr Church
St Edmund the last true historical King and Martyr of England.
5 minutes
11
Bank of England Museum
We tell the story of modern money and trade, how it changed shape and in turn the world itself. It's stories entail the beheading of a King, Companies that developed an empire to the advent of modern day money: The digital dollar and bitcoin.
10 minutes
12
Leadenhall Market
A market that dates back to 1321, we talk about the truth money, trade and dragons!
5 minutes
13
The Guild Church of ST Mary Aldermary
The Oldest Mary Church with a history going back 1 thousand years whose history intersects with Money, Power and Guilds.
10 minutes
14
Forgotten Streams. Bloomberg Arcade
An art piece for one of the ancient forgotten rivers of the City London that still runs today but below the streets.
5 minutes
15
Pope's Head Alley
In Pope’s Head Alley, we discover papalm pharaonic symbols, medieval religious that links to the story europe's rise to power.
5 minutes
16
Jamaica Wine House
The oldest coffee shop in the City was host to the early hustlers and bustlers of trade and finance.
5 minutes
17
St Michael Cornhill
On perhaps the oldest site site of christian worship we discuss the dirty business of Indulgences.
5 minutes
18
Change Alley
Change Alley’s packed coffeehouses saw the birth of organised stock trading, insurance markets, and speculative manias, culminating in the South Sea Bubble whose debts echoed into the modern era.
5 minutes
19
The london stone
A mysterious london stone which has been at the heart of of the City's history and mythology since at least Roman times.
It is said that London falls if this stone is ever taken out of the City!
5 minutes
20
St. Mary-le-Bow
A mysterious church with many ancient symbolism
10 minutes
21
St. Paul's Cathedral
Dive deep into the a few potent but overlooked symbols hidden in plain sight!
5 minutes
22
The Church of St Martin Ludgate
Houses a secret that connects to ancient world.
10 minutes
23
St Bride's Church
One of the last places in the city that still honours its Celtic past.
5 minutes
24
St George and the Dragon Statue
We delve into the legend of St George.
5 minutes
25
Temple Church
The former headquarters of the Knights templars with legends and secrets aplenty
5 minutes
26
St. Dunstan In The East
The beautiful ruins tells the story of the Dunstan, a key political advisor to Saxon kings during early England.
5 minutes
27
Temple Bar Memorial
At the boundary of the City and at the footsteps of a symbol that embodies power: The Dragon!
