London Walks
1,141 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsLondon Walks is the oldest urban walking tour company on the planet. It’s the gold standard of this profession, this craft. Here you can listen to our guides' stories and anecdotes of London.
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Episodes
Hyrox, Cats & Happy 643rd Birthday!
April 17, 2024 11:14 - 16 minutes - 29.3 MB"being beheaded was flying first class"
Best local knowledge ever & why Brits drive on the left
April 16, 2024 12:01 - 12 minutes - 22.8 MB"those two are pickpockets – we all know them"
Au pairs, driving on the wrong side of the road, cats, dogs & Brexit
April 15, 2024 13:29 - 15 minutes - 29 MB"the expense of spirit in a waste of shame is Brexit in action"
The Big Bang Moment – Guide David’s first 90 minutes in London
April 14, 2024 10:02 - 20 minutes - 36.7 MBwhere the £12 million photograph was taken
Another (closing fast) sell-out and a taste of the Kensington Walk
April 13, 2024 10:35 - 14 minutes - 25.8 MBA bear, Nubian women, a 1930s aeroplane
Hampstead Spies* Summer Schedule *Guided by former ITN Editor Stewart Purvis CBE
April 12, 2024 19:07 - 16 minutes - 30.9 MB"it's just one notch down from a knighthood"
Guiding a great London building
April 11, 2024 10:57 - 27 minutes - 50.4 MB"a defining moment in 20th century London history"
All the Cat News that’s Fit to Print
April 04, 2024 11:01 - 10 minutes - 19.7 MBMeet Pebbles, the campus cat
Sewers, saints & rats
April 03, 2024 12:50 - 15 minutes - 28.1 MBhe decided to get out of the army, get a job as a saint
“If you can look into the seeds of time”
April 02, 2024 16:18 - 16 minutes - 30.3 MB"twenty centuries of stony sleep vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle"
1600 clocks, vaginal tautness, Wiry Sal
March 31, 2024 00:06 - 25 minutes - 46.4 MBLondon calling. London Walks connecting. This… is London. This is London Walks. Streets ahead. Story time. History time. ————————————— Good morning, London. And points beyond, far-flung, near flung, it doesn’t matter, you’re listening to this you’re answering the call of London. You’re one of us. Welcome aboard. Now for anyone stopping by for the first […]
He wasn’t just murdered, he was tortured
March 29, 2024 21:03 - 23 minutes - 43.4 MB"the most memorable Good Friday of my entire life"
Gossipy, foodie social history…
March 26, 2024 20:57 - 11 minutes - 20.5 MB"gossipy, foodie social history"
War is coming
March 23, 2024 10:54 - 18 minutes - 33 MBthe war cry of the American war of independence
Sex-crazed London, the Garrick Club exposé & the distinguished diplomat’s new walk
March 20, 2024 14:10 - 14 minutes - 25.6 MB“I got nasty habits, I take tea at three” Mick Jagger
Trafalgar Square Redux 13 – the First Equestrian Statue in England
March 11, 2024 23:53 - 19 minutes - 35.9 MB"he's eternally looking down at the spot where his head was lopped off"
Mother’s Day – A Feel Good Podcast
March 10, 2024 08:29 - 12 minutes - 23.4 MB"these are not Americans with cute accents"
Body Snatchers & a London Walks Customer Who Blew It
March 08, 2024 11:34 - 22 minutes - 40.5 MB"they sold over 1,000 bodies in 12 years"
Trafalgar Square Redux 12 – the Statue Nobody Knows
March 06, 2024 12:21 - 29 minutes - 53.6 MB"Abraham Lincoln dying of diarrhoea"
Trafalgar Square Redux 11 – the keystone in the arch
February 29, 2024 12:27 - 17 minutes - 32.9 MBLondon calling. London Walks connecting. This… is London. This is London Walks. Streets ahead. Story time. History time. ————————————— Brevity is the soul of it today, February 29th, 2024. The pin for the day – the news story that gets the show on the road – is the announcement that the Fitzrovia landmark, the BT […]
Final Whistle Coming on His Rugby Tour – Rick Scores a Try
February 28, 2024 14:04 - 15 minutes - 27.8 MB"with a fine disregard for the rules"
Trafalgar Square Redux 10 – the Quarterdeck
February 23, 2024 20:39 - 12 minutes - 22.4 MB"the quarterdeck, where Nelson was standing, was the most dangerous spot on the HMS Victory"
John is homeless (this podcast is dedicated to the memory of Alice)
February 21, 2024 13:28 - 31 minutes - 57 MB"she died on Kensington High Street, Alice"
New Yorker Says London’s Better
February 20, 2024 11:37 - 26 minutes - 48 MB"It's no contest, London wins hands down"
Trafalgar Square Redux 9 – The National Gallery
February 19, 2024 15:04 - 17 minutes - 31.5 MBPoor William Wilkins. You really hope the London News wasn’t on his breakfast table that Sunday morning.
Sin City London
February 17, 2024 11:34 - 23 minutes - 43.5 MBMother Needham was the most famous bawd – brothel keeper – in London history
This strange, enigmatic and erotic painting
February 15, 2024 07:56 - 34 minutes - 62.6 MBAnd so we embark on our journey of discovery, crack the code, reveal the meaning behind this strange, engimatic and erotic painting.
Valentine’s Day – Venus & Cupid
February 14, 2024 15:40 - 22 minutes - 40.4 MB"both naked...engaged in a very erotic embrace...what is clearly an incestuous encounter"
Foodies London in the City – Biscuits & Banquets
February 09, 2024 22:52 - 6 minutes - 11.3 MB"the most celebrated dinner in the City of London..."
The Rugby Tour – to Accompany the Six Nations Tournament
February 08, 2024 23:41 - 8 minutes - 16 MBthe boy, Webb Ellis, for his sporting sin, became a priest...
Trafalgar Square Redux 8 – St Martin-in-the-Fields
February 06, 2024 21:07 - 17 minutes - 31.9 MBSt Martin-in-the-Fields is a small miracle about a miracle in a miracle in a miracle
Eight! New London Walks Coming on Stream
February 02, 2024 12:53 - 10 minutes - 19.1 MBThere’s been one of those periodic bursts of creativity on the part of Team London Walks.
Charlie introduces his How the West End Was Won walk
January 30, 2024 10:31 - 10 minutes - 19 MBIt was more than just putting up some Nash terraces...
Ann’s Introduction to the Old London Walk
January 29, 2024 21:07 - 4 minutes - 8.85 MB"through narrow city lanes...it's the little details that charm"
Trafalgar Square Redux 7 – the National Gallery’s Foul Air Vents
January 28, 2024 08:09 - 11 minutes - 21 MBYou’ll never again be able to go into the National Gallery and look at a Reubens without thinking of bird shit.
Foodies, Spies, Jeeves – This Weekend’s (January 27-28) Specials
January 27, 2024 08:47 - 12 minutes - 22.2 MBLondon calling. London Walks connecting. This… is London. Story time. History time. Yes, London Walks. AKA Streets Ahead. It’s January 27th, 2024. Quick one today. The pin is another barmy Britain item. Last time it was potty-mouthed parrots. This time it’s Olympic-standard criminal incompetence. The story ran last month in the York Press. It caught […]
Trafalgar Square Redux 6 – George Washington
January 24, 2024 13:42 - 12 minutes - 23.5 MB"you're looking at a portable flogging and beheading kit"
Urban Geology Tours Are Back!!!!
January 23, 2024 08:12 - 15 minutes - 29.2 MBIf we were the British Museum Ruth’s urban geology walks would be the equivalent of the Egyptian mummies
Trafalgar Square Redux 5 – Epilogue to an Empire
January 21, 2024 12:25 - 14 minutes - 26.5 MB"your heart has missed the beat of centuries"
Trafalgar Square Redux 4 – the Reason Why
January 19, 2024 14:57 - 22 minutes - 41.1 MBSo ladies went commando, and squatted over a chamber pot when required...
Trafalgar Square Redux 3 – “hidden in plain sight”
January 16, 2024 14:27 - 19 minutes - 36.1 MB"...finally, the shiver up the spine detail"
Trafalgar Square Redux – the Death of Nelson
January 10, 2024 12:22 - 19 minutes - 36.3 MB"when you see the Battle of Trafalgar panel as it’s meant to be seen"
Trafalgar Square Redux 2 – the Death of Nelson
January 10, 2024 12:22 - 19 minutes - 36.3 MB"when you see the Battle of Trafalgar panel as it’s meant to be seen"
And This Makes Three, Giving Us a Clowder of Cat Podcasts
January 05, 2024 11:22 - 4 minutes - 4.52 MB"some cats are very efficient at retrieving but you can't train them to do it"
“Parliament should be emptied of politicians and filled with manure”
January 05, 2024 11:00 - 4 minutes - 4.4 MB"Morris believed that the 19th century had lost its way"
Ann on Cats – in Conjunction with her Cat Tails Walk
January 04, 2024 11:47 - 4 minutes - 4.06 MB"cats keeping dogs in their place"
Trafalgar Square Unveiled
January 04, 2024 00:56 - 21 minutes - 38.5 MB“What inexhaustible food for speculation the streets of London afford.”
The Happy New Year London Walks Podcast
January 02, 2024 00:19 - 11 minutes - 20.6 MBUseful information – how you can tell a cat's happy by its facial expression
“Walk along the most beautiful stretch of the River Thames in London”
December 29, 2023 11:47 - 14 minutes - 26.1 MB"parliament should be emptied of politicians and filled with manure"
Preview of Saturday’s Jane Austen’s London Tours
December 22, 2023 17:45 - 13 minutes - 25.4 MBWhat Christmas in London was like in Jane Austen's day