Explore the famous, infamous and surprising with us… Our members are qualified tour guides, dedicated to providing top quality tours of Westminster, London’s most famous and vibrant borough!
Who are We?
Explore the famous, infamous and surprising with us… Our members are qualified tour guides, dedicated to providing top quality tours of Westminster, London’s most famous and vibrant borough!
What and Where is Westminster?
You can recognise our guides by their distinctive CWGLA badges. We have many varying areas of expertise, why not take a look at our Guides page to find a local expert…
Who are our Guides?
You can recognise our guides by their distinctive CWGLA badges. We have many varying areas of expertise, why not take a look at our Guides page to find a local expert…
| MonMonday | TueTuesday | WedWednesday | ThuThursday | FriFriday | SatSaturday | SunSunday |
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| May 27, 2019 | May 28, 2019 | May 29, 2019 | May 30, 2019 | May 31, 2019 | June 1, 201910:30 am: London’s Riverside – a Guided Architectural Treasure Hunt10:30 am: London’s Riverside – a Guided Architectural Treasure Hunt10:30 am: London’s Riverside – a Guided Architectural Treasure HuntJune 1, 2019 –
Come on a lively guided walk beside London’s Riverside boundary, the River Thames, to trace the remnants of palaces and mansions of the rich and famous and their literary associations. Our ‘Treasure Map’ is a printed scene of riverside Westminster dated 1720, and we find buildings and monuments left from that time, and other grand homes which have been erected since then, exploring their connections with literary figures and the changing architecture and developing use of London’s riverside over five centuries.... |
June 2, 2019 |
| June 3, 2019 | June 4, 2019 | June 5, 2019 | June 6, 2019 | June 7, 2019 | June 8, 2019 | June 9, 2019 |
| June 10, 2019 | June 11, 2019 | June 12, 2019 | June 13, 2019 | June 14, 2019 | June 15, 2019 | June 16, 201911:00 am: Mr Selfridge and his Competitors: untold tales of London department stores11:00 am: Mr Selfridge and his Competitors: untold tales of London department stores11:00 am: Mr Selfridge and his Competitors: untold tales of London department storesJune 16, 2019 –
If you are coming to London’s Oxford Street for shopping, why not join Stephen to hear fascinating stories about some of the West End’s major stores and the characters behind them. If you are a fan of the Mr Selfridge series you might be surprised to hear just how much of it was fiction but things you thought might be made up are actually true. And there are some incredible stories which did not make it into the TV series, such as the bet between Harry Gordon Selfridge and Harrods in 1917 and what the loser had to do.... |
| June 17, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | June 19, 2019 | June 20, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | June 22, 2019 | June 23, 201910:30 am: Women on the March10:30 am: Women on the March10:30 am: Women on the MarchJune 23, 2019 –
We’re winding back the clock to the turn of the twentieth century. Join us on a march through central London and help us campaign for the right for women to vote. Along the way you’ll meet some of the characters who played a part in this struggle and some of the characters who tried to stop them. They’ll let you know the lengths they are willing to go to to achieve their aims and they’ll take you to the places that are so important in the fight.... |
| June 24, 2019 | June 25, 2019 | June 26, 2019 | June 27, 2019 | June 28, 2019 | June 29, 201910:30 am: London’s Riverside – a Guided Architectural Treasure Hunt10:30 am: London’s Riverside – a Guided Architectural Treasure Hunt10:30 am: London’s Riverside – a Guided Architectural Treasure HuntJune 29, 2019 –
Come on a lively guided walk beside London’s Riverside boundary, the River Thames, to trace the remnants of palaces and mansions of the rich and famous and their literary associations. Our ‘Treasure Map’ is a printed scene of riverside Westminster dated 1720, and we find buildings and monuments left from that time, and other grand homes which have been erected since then, exploring their connections with literary figures and the changing architecture and developing use of London’s riverside over five centuries.... |
June 30, 2019 |
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2019 | May 28, 2019 | May 29, 2019 | May 30, 2019 | May 31, 2019 | June 1, 201910:30 am: London’s Riverside – a Guided Architectural Treasure Hunt10:30 am: London’s Riverside – a Guided Architectural Treasure HuntJune 1, 2019 –
Come on a lively guided walk beside London’s Riverside boundary, the River Thames, to trace the remnants of palaces and mansions of the rich and famous and their literary associations. Our ‘Treasure Map’ is a printed scene of riverside Westminster dated 1720, and we find buildings and monuments left from that time, and other grand homes which have been erected since then, exploring their connections with literary figures and the changing architecture and developing use of London’s riverside over five centuries.... |
June 2, 2019 |
| June 3, 2019 | June 4, 2019 | June 5, 2019 | June 6, 2019 | June 7, 2019 | June 8, 2019 | June 9, 2019 |
| June 10, 2019 | June 11, 2019 | June 12, 2019 | June 13, 2019 | June 14, 2019 | June 15, 2019 | June 16, 201911:00 am: Mr Selfridge and his Competitors: untold tales of London department stores11:00 am: Mr Selfridge and his Competitors: untold tales of London department storesJune 16, 2019 –
If you are coming to London’s Oxford Street for shopping, why not join Stephen to hear fascinating stories about some of the West End’s major stores and the characters behind them. If you are a fan of the Mr Selfridge series you might be surprised to hear just how much of it was fiction but things you thought might be made up are actually true. And there are some incredible stories which did not make it into the TV series, such as the bet between Harry Gordon Selfridge and Harrods in 1917 and what the loser had to do.... |
| June 17, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | June 19, 2019 | June 20, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | June 22, 2019 | June 23, 201910:30 am: Women on the March10:30 am: Women on the MarchJune 23, 2019 –
We’re winding back the clock to the turn of the twentieth century. Join us on a march through central London and help us campaign for the right for women to vote. Along the way you’ll meet some of the characters who played a part in this struggle and some of the characters who tried to stop them. They’ll let you know the lengths they are willing to go to to achieve their aims and they’ll take you to the places that are so important in the fight.... |
| June 24, 2019 | June 25, 2019 | June 26, 2019 | June 27, 2019 | June 28, 2019 | June 29, 201910:30 am: London’s Riverside – a Guided Architectural Treasure Hunt10:30 am: London’s Riverside – a Guided Architectural Treasure HuntJune 29, 2019 –
Come on a lively guided walk beside London’s Riverside boundary, the River Thames, to trace the remnants of palaces and mansions of the rich and famous and their literary associations. Our ‘Treasure Map’ is a printed scene of riverside Westminster dated 1720, and we find buildings and monuments left from that time, and other grand homes which have been erected since then, exploring their connections with literary figures and the changing architecture and developing use of London’s riverside over five centuries.... |
June 30, 2019 |
London’s Notorious Roads: The Westway
The Westway is 50 years old and must rank as one of the capital’s most notorious roads. One of London planners’ homages to Le Corbusier’s
Local Walks for Local People
What is your Westminster? Parks and palaces, politics and power, pomp and ceremony, or arts and culture? We Guides are spoiled for choice – Westminster
George IV
George IV – Inveterate voluptuary or planning genius and unfortunate victim? ‘There never was an individual less regretted by his fellow creatures than this deceased