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

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Florence Nightingale’s London

Mon 12 May 25 11:00

£16.00

What does a famous luxury grocery shop have to do with the Crimean War? Where did Nightingale write her famous Notes on Nursing? Find out these answers and much more when you walk in the footsteps of …


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A Great Political Maze: Mayfair in the Eighteenth Century

Tue 20 May 25 18:00

£15.00, £10.00

Mayfair was built up through the eighteenth century. This was a time when democratic systems were evolving albeit marked by corruption and nepotism and impacted by wars, trade and the development of e …


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400 Years of Theatreland: Walking the West End

Fri 23 May 25 10:30

£15 Adult

Learn about the history of Music Hall, Street theatre, Dramatic and Comedic styles and the West End pioneers This walking tour will take you through the long-standing history and uniqueness of the mos …


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Westminster Gems of Architecture: Whitehall to Trafalgar Square

Thu 29 May 25 10:30

£15 Adult

Discover the world renowned royal and political heart of London with captivating exteriors of Big Ben, St James’s Palace and Carlton House This outdoor walking tour will explain the incredible archite …


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Florence Nightingale’s London

Thu 5 Jun 25 11:00

£16.00

What does a famous luxury grocery shop have to do with the Crimean War? Where did Nightingale write her famous Notes on Nursing? Find out these answers and much more when you walk in the footsteps of …


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London’s Ragged and Reformers

Tue 17 Jun 25 18:00

£15.00; £10.00

London in the nineteenth century became the largest city in the world and the centre of the greatest empire in history. However, not everyone shared the glory! Richard’s walk through Marylebone uncove …


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The London Walking Festival 2025

Photo of Victoria Tower Gardens, cc Geograph, Lewis Clarke

The Westminster Guides are proud to support London Walking Festival 2025. Go Jauntly, London National Park City and Footways are working together to create a month-long festival in …


The King’s Fabulous Beasties and Other Animals

The crowded streets around Parliament Square transport us to a magical land of both mythical and real animals…if we happen to look up and truly see the buildings before us. But why are they there? …


The Spy Who Saved The World

Mount Royal Hotel

A clandestine meeting at the Mount Royal Hotel The Thistle Hotel Marble Arch on Oxford Street is a fine example of 1930s Modernist architecture.  In 1961, however, it was called the Mount Royal H …