The Ritz Hotel in World War II
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.…
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.…
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…
A Walk with the Lord Mayor of Westminster! A new collaboration between the Lord Mayor of Westminster and the Westminster Guides When Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg was elected the new Right…
Parkinson’s curtailed my guiding and I now live in a care home. I think therefore its acceptable to watch afternoon television much of which appears to be repeat programmes about…
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 May to celebrate walking (and wheeling)…
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…
It all started with a Tea Dance … Bringing back and making memories … Silver Sunday has become a national campaign tackling loneliness that affects so many older people. “Our…
In May, the membership of the City of Westminster Guide Lecturers Association was treated to an extraordinary tour of an extraordinary building - the Freemasons’ Hall. Simon Tansley, the building’s…
Tucked away in a corner of Hyde Park is a patch of green scattered with tiny headstones, a place where well-to-do Victorians commemorated joyful times in the park with their beloved pets Cherry, Spot and dear old Topsy
It is a symbol of London that even those who have never boarded a London Underground train or London bus will almost certainly recognise The roundel was only meant to…