300 episodes
London Walks London Walks
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- Society & Culture
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4.7 • 15 Ratings
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London Walks is the oldest urban walking tour company on the planet. It’s the gold standard of this profession, this craft. Here you can listen to our guides' stories and anecdotes of London.
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Guide Isobel guides “a smart Georgian suburb” (plus ‘Manhattan on Thames’ and Phwoar! Rupert Murdoch and his 29-year-old Chinese squeeze)
"Every Walworth person had the right to keep two cows or one horse on the commons land"
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Interview with legendary London Walks guide Simon Law
"it's one of those things you have to do before you die – it's exquisite"
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Trafalgar Square Redux 14 – Famous People Who Lived in Trafalgar Square (plus Dawn Chorus & Karl Marx)
it's Trafalgar Square's flagship building...
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Ann’s cats round-up, James Bond’s drinks round-up & old fashioned voting
"tolerated as rodent operatives"
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My American accent, what Goliath met up with and what happened to the runaway horses
You’re just an American. You’re not a toff. Or a “stain”
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What makes a great walking tour – the Kensington Walk
"we spend those two hours almost entirely in some of the best bits of the past"
Customer Reviews
Richard with the Red Hat
We were scheduled to be in London right now. We had booked our flights & flat last July. Sadly, those plans changed because of COVID. I was delighted to find “London Walks” podcasts knowing that listening to them would be almost like being there. In my experience, the folks at London Walks are the Gold Standard of walks & these podcasts do not disappoint. I’ve been to London many times so I can see myself strolling along with these wonderful guides. It’s almost as good as being there, especially these 3 weeks when we would have been there in person.
I want to give a special shout out to “Richard with the Red Hat” who is leading us on our walk today. One of the very best memories of all my trips to England is the Cotswolds Walk that Richard led. We walked through idyllic meadows along bridle paths, imagining ourselves a part of bygone days. We learned so much about the architecture of those old buildings & homes that survive to this day. I’ve promised myself another stroll through the Cotswolds with “Richard with the Red Hat” on my next journey to England.