History
Richard II’s extravagance
On October 31, 1396 the marriage ceremony between Richard II and Isabella of Valois, the daughter of King Charles VI of France, took place in
IrinaZaraisky
November 16, 2025
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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
CWGLA
July 15, 2025
Local Stories
Thurston’s Hall, Leicester Square
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
CWGLA
June 17, 2025
Association News
The London Walking Festival 2025
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
CWGLA
April 11, 2025
Family
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
PernilleAhlstrom
February 27, 2025
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The Spy Who Saved The World
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
MarkLubienski
December 13, 2024
History
Alan Turing (1912-1954)
A war hero and a victim of prejudice Alan Mathison Turing was born in 1912 in a nursing home in Maida Vale, west London close
PhilipScott
June 23, 2024
History
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,
CWGLA
May 1, 2024
History
Ottobah Cugoano (c1757 – c1791)
Ottobah Cugoano also known as Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, was an ex enslaved person who became free. He was captured at the age of 13 in
PhilipScott
October 17, 2023
History
Ignatius Sancho (c.1729 – 1780)
Abolitionist, writer and composer. Born on a slave ship, Ignatius was originally enslaved by the Spanish. At the age of 2 he was given by
PhilipScott
October 6, 2023