History walks in London
50 of the London walks are about history.
- 115 walks
- 959 places with a written story
- 416 km of routes in total
- 0.1-8.6 hours per walk
- written in EN, RU, ES, AR, DE, FR, IT, PL, KO, JA
- last walk added 2026-10-17
Walks in London
Лондон от Тауэра до Святого Павла: вороны, Сити и Великий пожар 1666 года
Через Тауэрский мост, римскую стену, церковь Пипса и Монумент — к Банку Англии, римскому амфитеатру под Гилдхоллом и куполу Рена в самом старом квартале Лондона
Русский Лондон: Герцен, Ленин и эмигранты в Клеркенуэлле и Блумсбери
От комнаты, где верстали «Искру», до дома Пушкина: вольная типография Герцена, Ленин под фамилией Рихтер, русский балет на окраине Сити и архитектор из Тифлиса, построивший Лондону дворцы для простых людей
Гринвич: море, время и нулевой меридиан Лондона
Под Темзой по туннелю 1902 года — к «Катти Сарк», Расписному залу, Дому королевы и Королевской обсерватории, откуда весь мир отсчитывает долготу и время
Dalla Torre a St Paul's: la City di Londra tra Romani, incendi e banchieri lombardi
Da Tower Bridge alla cupola di Wren: le mura di Londinium, la Torre dei corvi, la colonna del Grande Incendio, la strada dei banchieri italiani e l'anfiteatro romano sepolto sotto la Guildhall
Londres normande : de la Tour à Saint-Paul, mille ans de City
Tower Bridge, la Tour Blanche en pierre de Caen, le Monument du Grand Incendie, un temple romain et la Cour des Arches : la City de Londres racontée côté français
La Torre y la City de Londres: reinas, banqueros y romanos del Tower Bridge a San Pablo
Dos mil años de historia en un paseo por Londres: Catalina de Aragón y Ana Bolena, el patíbulo de Tower Hill, el Gran Incendio, el oro del Banco de Inglaterra y un templo romano escondido bajo la City
Greenwich, Londres: el meridiano cero, el Cutty Sark y la memoria de Trafalgar
Del túnel bajo el Támesis a la línea que parte el mundo en dos: clíperes, almirantes, reinas Tudor y la Armada de 1588 contadas en el Greenwich marinero de Londres
Four Waves of Newcomers: Whitechapel, Spitalfields & Brick Lane in London's East End
From Aldgate Pump to the Royal London Hospital: Huguenot silk weavers, Jewish tailors and Bangladeshi sailors, and the one corner building that has served them all
London Burning: The Great Fire of 1666 and Wren's Phoenix City, from the Tower to St Paul's
Follow the four days that destroyed medieval London and the man who rebuilt it: Pepys and his buried cheese, the baker of Pudding Lane, the Monument, Bow Bells and Wren's dome
Under the Thames to Longitude Zero: Maritime Greenwich, London
Walk beneath the river to the Cutty Sark, Wren's Painted Hall and Nelson's last journey, then climb the hill to the Prime Meridian, where London taught the whole world to tell the time
Pensioners, Poets and Punks: Chelsea's Riverside History from the Royal Hospital to the King's Road, London
From Sloane Square to World's End along the Thames: Wren's old soldiers, a 1673 physic garden, the painters and writers of Cheyne Walk, Thomas More's church and the shop where punk was born
Vom Tower bis St Paul's: Londons City zwischen Römern, Hanse und Blitz
Von der Tower Bridge über den Stalhof der deutschen Hansekaufleute bis zur Kuppel von St Paul's: zweitausend Jahre London auf gut drei Kilometern, mit Gefangenen, Bränden, Börsen und Glocken
How much does a London walk cost?
The first story of every walk is free to listen to, and so is the written text of every story on the site. Paying unlocks the stories that have not been written yet on that particular walk — from £4.99 for a short one to £19.99 for a full day. Once anyone pays for a walk, its stories become free for everyone who comes after them.
Do I need mobile data while I walk?
Yes, for now. Audio streams as you go rather than downloading in advance, so you need a connection at each stop. Central London coverage is good enough that this is rarely a problem, but on a long walk through the parks it is worth checking you have signal before you set off. Offline download is not available yet.
What languages are the London walks in?
English and Russian, with one walk in Polish. A walk is written in one language and stays in it — the Russian walks are not translations of the English ones, they are different routes chosen by different people. Each walk in the list above is labelled with its language, so you can see before you open it.
Can I start in the middle of a walk?
Yes. Every stop is a separate story that stands on its own, and the player lets you jump to any of them. Walks are ordered as a route because that is the shortest way round, not because the stories depend on each other. If you are already standing next to stop seven, start at stop seven.
Who writes the stories?
A language model drafts them, from a route a person asked for, about places verified against Google Maps first. The narration is speech synthesis. We say so on every page rather than in the footer, and there is a longer explanation of exactly which step is machine-written at /about/how-stories-are-made. Corrections go to [email protected] and are read by a person.