Official Guides to the City of Westminster

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Explore the famous, infamous and surprising with us… Our members are qualified tour guides, wear the association badge shown here, and are dedicated to providing quality tours of the City of Westminster

Some upcoming walks are shown –  for the full range of available walks, please visit the Walks & Talks page.


Local London Guiding Day – Shadows of the Past

Sat 4 Oct 25 10:00

A Westminster Guide

£0.00

A gentle walk with a qualified Westminster Guide through Marylebone discover how ghosts of the past haunt the present. We will hear about great men and women (and the not so great), where they lived a …


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Supporting Silver Sunday – Shadows of the Past – Marylebone

Sat 4 Oct 25 10:00

A Westminster Guide

£0.00

A gentle walk with a qualified Westminster Guide through Marylebone discover how ghosts of the past haunt the present. We will hear about great men and women (and the not so great), where they lived a …


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1966: The Year of Swinging London

Thu 9 Oct 25 14:30

£17.50; £12.50

It was 1966 and London was exploding with new, young, cutting edge movements in music, fashion, film and photography. America’s Time magazine called London “the swinging city”! to cap it all there wer …


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A Walk with the Lord Mayor in Bayswater

Sun 12 Oct 25 14:00

A Westminster Guide

£10.00

A Walk with the Lord Mayor is a monthly programme are running with the Lord Mayor in his chosen areas of Westminster. Guided tour of cosmopolitan and historic Bayswater. Named ‘Tyburnia’ by the proper …


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Australia’s past in the heart of London

Wed 15 Oct 25 14:00

£18.04

This is a walk through Westminster visiting sites that have historic links with Australia. It includes the first visit of indigenous people from Australia to London, campaigners for indigenous rights, …


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The Great Fire of Westminster

Thu 16 Oct 25 18:00

£17.50; £12.50

Everyone’s heard about The Great Fire of London of 1666, but whoever’s heard about that epic blaze which tore through the Houses of Parliament in 1834?! On the anniversary of the event, I bring you th …


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London Heritage Quarter Free Walks

Photo of Victoria Tower Gardens, cc Geograph, Lewis Clarke

Westminster Guides are working with London Heritage Quarter to offer three free lunch time walks telling the story of Westminster – all require booking through Eventbrite, and we will provide links to …


The Ritz Hotel in World War II

Image of the Ritz Hotel at night

Jonty Levin one of our Westminster Guides shares with us the story of the Ritz Hotel during the last war ,taken from his WWII walking tour around Whitehall and St. James.  As seen in The Crown, the Ri …


Free Walks for the Inside Out Festival 2025

Buckingham Palace view

The City of Westminster is running the Inside Out Festival this summer which showcases fun and unique cultural events across the city and best of all, events are free for everybody to enjoy. Join …

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