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

We are recruiting for the 2024/5 Westminster Guides training – visit our ‘train as guide‘ page to find out more and express interest

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


The Great Fire of Westminster

Wed 9 Oct 24 18:00

£15.00; £10.00

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 its 190th anniversary, I bring you the story …



Black History Month – walk for charity with qualified London guide

Sat 12 Oct 24 11:00

£12.00

Whilst we rightly celebrate the ‘Windrush generation’ who arrived in the UK from the Caribbean after World War II we sometimes forget that the contributions of Black people to this country dates back …


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Black History Month – walk for charity with qualified London guide

Sat 12 Oct 24 14:00

A Westminster Guide

£12.00

Whilst we rightly celebrate the ‘Windrush generation’ who arrived in the UK from the Caribbean after World War II we sometimes forget that the contributions of Black people to this country dates back …


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D-DAY LANDINGS 80TH ANNIVERSARY WALK

Sat 9 Nov 24 11:00

Donations to British Legion

A fascinating guided walk in London commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, the largest invasion in history, marking the t …


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Free Walks – Local Heroes in Westminster

Local London Guiding Day – and Tower Lifeboat Station Every year the  London Guiding Associations come together to offer free walks, this year five Associations are offering walks within their areas, …


Alan Turing (1912-1954)

A war hero and a victim of prejudice Alan Turing Blue Plaque Alan Mathison Turing was born in 1912 in a nursing home in Maida Vale, west London close to Warwick Avenue tube station. An English Heritag …


The Myth that made Millions

The Story of Belgravia Belgravia was indeed a Myth that made Millions. It was a fabricated name to which various attributes of grandeur were given, through sales-speak and word of mouth among new and …