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• 1953 And All That

  

  Here’s how we did it back in ’53 – the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.The cover of the leaflet and map produced in a collaboration between London Transport,... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• It's A London Thing No.33: The Royal Wedding II

  

  It’s a London Thing is our Wednesday series in which we turn the spotlight on a unique aspect of London – perhaps a curious shop, sometimes an eccentric... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Plaque of the Week No.89

  

  You've seen them all over the city: discs, tablets, cameos and plaques commemorating the great and the good of London Town. Every Tuesday we track down a... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• It’s Royal Wedding Week!

  

  It’s a non-stop busy life as the World’s Greatest Tour Guide – here’s London Walks guide Karen giving U.S television a ringside view of Friday’s Royal Wedding... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2011 DESTINATIONS

• In and Around London... It's Royal Wedding Week!

  

  Monday is mute on the London Walks Blog (well, almost mute) – because Monday is the day when we post five images captured in and around London by London Walks... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Suited & Booted: A NEW London Walk

  

  Thanks to all who joined the first outing of the Suited & Booted Walk earlier today – and thanks to London Walker Roz who emailed this pic of guide Adam in... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• London Walks Seven Days 24:04:11

  

  Seven Days is our weekly round-up of all things London & London Walks in which we highlight seven top news stories rounded up from our Facebook page and seven... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Very London Walks Easter Greeting – And Our 800th Post!

  

  David gives us our landmark 800th D.C post… a linguistic Easter Egg hunt that will keep you hooked to the very end…It's the Gap Years. About 650 of them. I.E.... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Sundown At Blackfriars, Moonrise Over Chinatown

  

  To follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Bebo or MySpace, to watch London Walks Films on YouTube, to send us an email or simply to catch up on the latest news from... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Friday Postcard From London – 22nd April 1919

  

  Dear Mr & Mrs Walker,All change at Aldwych! The Morning Post was taken over and closed down by The Daily Telegraph in 1937; The Gaiety Theatre’s been gone... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Pure Poetry

  

  Lance Pierson has a brace of fine poetry walks for you this weekend… and a provoking question, too…"Who is the greatest English poet? I know, I know, the... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2011 DESTINATIONS

• A Right Royal Menu

  

  Ann's on the Foodie trail again this weekend – and in fine, patriotic form it would seem…"One assumes that Prince William and Kate Middleton aren’t worrying... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2011 DESTINATIONS

• London Walks in The Boston Globe…

  

  “We chose the Sunday morning Westminster & the West End walk and were fortunate to have Tom Hooper as our guide. A former barrister, Hooper is a natural orator... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• It's A London Thing No.32: Dulwich Hamlet F.C

  

  It’s a London Thing is our Wednesday series in which we turn the spotlight on a unique aspect of London – perhaps a curious shop, sometimes an eccentric... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2011 DESTINATIONS

• Plaque of the Week No's.84 – 88

  

  You've seen them all over the city: discs, tablets, cameos and plaques commemorating the great and the good of London Town. Every Tuesday we track down a... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2011 DESTINATIONS

• Royal Wedding: London Walks on CNN

  

  When CNN wants the lowdown on the Royal Wedding, where do they turn? To London Walks and the World's Greatest Tour Guide of course! Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• In and Around London... (And On and From) The Hyde Park Ferris Wheel

  

  Monday is mute on the London Walks Blog (well, almost mute) – because Monday is the day when we post five images captured in and around London by London Walks... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A NEW London Walk – Suited & Booted

  

  Suited & Booted: A History of Men's Fashion walk makes its debut next Sunday 24th April at 10.45.a.m.The walk meets outside Piccadilly Circus station by the... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2011 DESTINATIONS

• The Friday Postcard From London – 15th April 1913

  

  Dear Mr & Mrs Walker,Greetings from beautiful Hampstead. We had a lovely walk around by Jack Straw’s Castle yesterday. It was once the “highest” pub in London,... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL