Barnes has a genuine village atmosphere with a church dating back to 12C and had a Tudor manor house called Barn Elms House where Queen […]
The Kings Cross area seems to really have come alive. From having been a seedy ‘no-go’ part of London it is now an interesting mix […]
Prince Albert had a grand vision for the area of South Kensington. The idea was that it would be a centre for culture and education. […]
The Mayfair and St James’s area is full of history going back to the time when Charles I made St James’s Palace his primary residence […]
An architectural walk in the new exciting area emerging around Vauxhall and Nine Elms, just opposite Westminster and Chelsea. We will see Damian Hirst’s luxurious Newport Street Gallery, […]
Shoreditch must be one of the most fun and dynamic areas of London. Situated at the edge of the City of London and filled with […]
The East End based Hackney Wick is a vibrant area full of old factories some of them turned into artist studios, small breweries and a […]
This is a walk in the area called Bankside. Here we will see interesting new architecture such as Tate Modern’s Switch House contrasted with the […]
This is a walk in the ever-changing Clerkenwell and Smithfield. An area that has many literary associations with authors like Dickens and Thackeray getting inspirations […]
Half an hour’s boat journey from central London and closely associated with Greenwich Mean Time and the Royal Observatory and a perfect outing with plenty […]