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Quality guided London walks by & for those who #LoveLondon delivered with care, professionalism, insight and enthusiasm.
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The Suffragette Line owes its name to Annie Huggett of #Barking. It's an area with links to reformers & adventurers. On Sunday join @capitalwalks.bsky.social to find out about its medieval abbey,its once huge fishing fleet & today’s regeneration. This & more great walks at footprintsoflondon.com
October 8, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Hampstead Garden Suburb was the idea of Henrietta Barnett, the wife of a vicar in poor & overcrowded Whitechapel. Discover her vision for this unique #London area with @walkingtalkinglon.bsky.social this weekend. Book this & more great walks at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social
September 30, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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Sailing ships with 100s of workers aboard, living for years away from home. Seamen - the maritime working class — men, women and children - were a first large group of wage labourers. Totally Thames Festival, Rotherhithe, Sat 19 Sept. thamesfestivaltrust.org/whats-on/jac...
September 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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The extraordinary history of one of London's most cosmic monuments, the one we used to call the Post Office Tower: www.onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-li.... Includes rum babas and bombs. #london
The life and changing times of what was once the Post Office Tower
With a major metamorphosis in the offing, the history of one of London's most marvellous monuments merits a revisit
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September 4, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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To the law 'disorderly' meant vagrant, immoral, disruptive. Poor women worked in the street selling used things - clothes, wigs, pots. And they sold sex, maybe picked pockets. How else were they meant to survive with no jobs available? #TotallyThamesFestival thamesfestivaltrust.org/whats-on/dis...
Disorderly Women of Rag Fair, Bawdy Houses and the Docks @ Totally Thames festival 2026 - Thames Festival Trust
East of the Tower old-clothes sellers, sex workers, thieves and sailors' wives held sway both before and after the London Docks were built. Rag Fair extended from Tower Hill along Rosemary Lane into C...
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August 31, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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Join us this Bank Holiday weekend to discover the scandals of St James's, the secrets of Walthamstow art & industry in the East End and a tour of #Greenwich footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social @capitalwalks.bsky.social
August 27, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Join us this Bank Holiday weekend to discover the scandals of St James's, the secrets of Walthamstow art & industry in the East End and a tour of #Greenwich footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social @capitalwalks.bsky.social
August 27, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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Your fantasy of classic English countryside come true in the city. This walk talks of women's lives working at court as maids of honour, royal mistresses, queens - yes these were jobs. In Totally Thames Festival 6 Sept: thamesfestivaltrust.org/whats-on/win... @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social
Wind in the Willows - the Thames riverside from Richmond to Twickenham @ Totally Thames festival 2026 - Thames Festival Trust
Richmond is Sir David Attenborough's favourite place on the planet, and the stretch of river to Twickenham is the very best part.
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August 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM
In the late Victorian and Edwardian period, American painter John Singer Sargent created beautiful portraits of members of London society. Join @robssmith.bsky.social to discover their stories and why he painted them. Book this & other great walks at footprintsoflondon.com
August 25, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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I have just put up new tours for the Autumn - do join me on some - more may follow!
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Marilyn Greene, Footprints of London
I am a qualified City of London Guide and a member of the City of London Guides Lecturers Association Formerly the Curator of Hampstead Museum , Burgh House, I have been creating and delivering walks ...
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August 19, 2026 at 6:16 PM
This week @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social leads an in-depth & fascinating walk of Tudor Mortlake – featuring Cromwell, Elizabeth I, her philosopher John Dee, the Ship Pub and a boat race. Book this and other great walks at footprintsoflondon.com
August 19, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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There are some new walks on our website. Why not have a look? capitalwalksinlondon.com
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Capital Walks in London
Discovering hidden London
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August 18, 2026 at 6:07 PM
6 great London walks to choose from on Saturday including the Roaring 20's, partying in Piccadilly, the River Fleet & the history of West Ham Book at footprintsoflondon.com
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August 7, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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I have 5 walks in September's Totally Thames Festival, and they are handling the ticketing. What's On lets you choose categories of events separately; mine appear under Walks and Talks in chronological order amongst other interesting things. @robssmith.bsky.social thamesfestivaltrust.org/whats-on/
Thames Festival Trust - What's On - Thames Festival Trust
Upcoming events and launches at Totally Thames, Rivers of the World, The Story of Water and other Thames Festival Trust projects.
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July 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM
More great London Walks coming up including tales of love, bravery, crime & friendship from Italian Clerkenwell 1830-1950 with @robssmith.bsky.social as well as stories from the Age of Sail with @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social Go to footprintsoflondon.com to book
July 30, 2026 at 7:35 AM
A great week of London walks lined up at footprintsoflondon.com including discovering the houses of Prime Ministers, finding what lies under our feet in the City, a celebration of Theatreland & a stroll round the National Portrait Gallery @robssmith.bsky.social @walkingtalkinglon.bsky.social
July 27, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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If you missed my recent “Secrets of Wood Street” #Walthamstow walks join me on either Thurs 13th or Sat 22nd August to discover the area once known as “On the Forest”, also the site of early film studios, a “hidden” church etc with @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/waltham-f...
July 25, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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Join me Fri 2pm to discover the charming secret Knightsbridge conservation area - meandering mews and squares, @Brompton Oratory and seeing how the area developed. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to... @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social @londonhistorians.bsky.social @londonist.com
July 21, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Take a walk in historic #Hampstead following the lanes and streets marked on Rocque’s 1814 map this Wednesday 22nd July with @walkingtalkinglon.bsky.social . This, and other great walks this week bookable at footprintsoflondon.com
July 20, 2026 at 5:21 PM
In 1966 London exploded with young, cutting edge movements in music, fashion & film. Richard's latest walk looks at the "Swinging City" This and other great walks bookable through footprintsoflondon.com
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July 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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The architect Inigo Jones was born today in 1573 at Smithfield. Read here about the creation of his masterpiece, Covent Garden www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-creation...
July 15, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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Working-class migrants do business, make families, invent objects, bring pleasures, help each other, fight each other and die together. Old Holborn/Clerkenwell show strong traces of the migrations of poorer folk 18-20c. Sat 18 July @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to...
July 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
More great walks tomorrow: outside on the fascinating history of the Brompton/Knightsbridge area. Inside with Marie at the n
National Portrait Gallery & Online to discover the sunken ships under the Thames with @robssmith.bsky.social. Book at footprintsoflondon.com @walkingtalkinglon.bsky.social
July 13, 2026 at 12:09 PM
When London Transport was created in 1933, it likely boasted the world’s largest tram network, with over 350 miles of track & more than 2,500 trams. Yet, in under 20 years, the trams had vanished. Join @stephensldn.bsky.social on Tuesday for a virtual walk through footprintsoflondon.com
July 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM