London Walks - Discover unexplored London

The Urban Rambler

Unlocking London’s Secrets

Guided Walks and City Breaks

This city is ancient, immense, and at times overwhelming. Inhabited by "beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics"*, at every twist and turn of its ancient alleyways there is a fascinating story to be told.

If you want to discover the real London, a walk with The Urban Rambler is the way to do it. We will break it down for you like nobody else can.

*Oscar Wilde

 
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Find out what the Piccadilly Cramp was, where Quentin Crisp learnt to vamp and where the Bloomsbury set loved in triangles... • Celebrate pride with me this Saturday 27th June at 7pm (UK time), by joining my first ever Zoom tour - “The Blo
London on Lockdown 🔐... The West End . . . . . . #londononlockdown #londonunderlockdown #lockdownlondon #london #theurbanrambler #piccadillycircus #oxfordstreet #trafalgarsquare #leicestersquare #chinatown #emptystreets #emptycity #nopeople #nopeopl
London on Lockdown: Secret alleyways in The City . . The City, or Square Mile, is the financial centre of the UK. It is cross-crossed by a crazy warren of narrow dark little alleyways and courtyards. A reminder that the City is based on an ancient me
Very excited to be leading a walk on the varied and queer history of Vauxhall - this Sunday 9th Feb at 2pm - for the Museum of London . . <<BOOK ON MoL WEBSITE>> . . This exquisite map was drawn by artist and educator @robinwhitmorelondon
Been urban rambling around Vauxhall recently, and it is FULL of surprises! Doing a special walk for LGBTQ+🏳️‍🌈 history month for @museumoflondon 🤩 on Sunday 9th Feb 🗓 If you’d like to learn the location of this sub-tropical urban jung
Thanks to those who came along to The Great Fire of London walk yesterday 🔥 🚒 🏛 • 2 lovely groups 😊👍 • #greatfireoflondon #guidedwalk #guidedtour #walkingtour #londonwalkingtour #londonhistory #historynerd
Brilliant walk yesterday on the hottest day of the year so far ☀️🥵. Luckily we had the river breeze to keep us cool as we walked from Rotherhithe To Tower Bridge for @englishheritage. Along the way we heard stories of an adorable prince from Palau,
Entering the final research stages of my new walk “Black History in the City of London” feat. @christshospitalschool . Premieres 16th Feb through @englishheritage . . #blackhistory #history #london #londonhistory #blacklondon #blackhistor
In search of the lost rivers of London on Hampstead Heath... . . . Planning for a partnership with @londontowntours and @museumoflondon for their fascinating summer exhibition “Secret Rivers” . . . #secretrivers #secretriversrevealed #mus
Had a practice walk of my Great Fire of London walk tonight 🔥 . . . Here are a few pics from before it started to bucket it down ☔️ Good old London! . . . Just think, there wouldn’t have been a great fire if it had rained like it did tonight..
The #City of #London is the #economic powerhouse of the #UK. Here is part of it viewed from #Bank Junction . . . The Royal Exchange 💷is in the foreground. The modern buildings of the “eastern cluster” behind, from far left to right are..
The Temple of Mithras and the Christian church of St Stephen, Walbrook. One place of worship replaced by another. The temple of Mithras was built underground by the Romans in the 100s AD. It was a secretive religion followed by soldiers and merchant
Big Ben under wraps, the new extension of Westminster Abbey, and St James’s Palace - on my walk “Westminster - City of Sovereigns” yesterday with two lovely groups in blistering heat 🏛👑☀️🤓🚶‍♂️ . . . . . . #bigben #westminste
Robert Adam perfection at Kenwood House. @englishheritage. Today is the 90th anniversary of the Iveagh Bequest - a gift from Lord Iveagh, Edward Cecil Guinness, to the nation, of this beautiful 18th century villa and 63 paintings by the likes of Gai

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