TOP TEN LONDON

HAMPSTEAD - A LONDON VILLAGE

- a best selling tour since the 1990s

Join us for an engaging tour of the brand new developments with

new business, leisure and residential quarters created from the old

goods yard behind Kings Cross & St Pancras Stations.

This fascinating day with a Blue Badge guide runs 10.30am to

4.30pm or midday to 6.30pm and includes:

• The largest new public square in London and see the new

• HQs for St Martin’s Art School and the Google corporation

• See Harry Potter’s Platform 9 ¾ at Kings Cross Station

• Free time for morning coffee and lunch or early lunch

• John Betjeman’s beloved St Pancras Station

• Visit the neighbouring British Library

Available daily all year

Adults & Seniors: £15

THE NEW KINGS CROSS

Start at 10.30am and finish at 4.15pm or come for an early lunch and go home at 6.30pm.

Between royalty at Westminster and commerce in the City, mediaeval lawyers found a quiet niche in which to practice their craft. They are still here. Join us for an absorbing tour of a picturesque and historic part of London that remains hidden to most visitors. Visit Lincoln’s Inn, Inner and Middle Temple and the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand and new for 2017 we visit the ancient round church of the Knights Templar.

We begin with morning coffee together at 10.30am (included) ready for the morning tour on foot focusing on Staple Inn , Chancery Lane, Lincoln’s Inn and ending up in Carey Street! Break locally in Holborn for lunch or add a one course with hot drink pub lunch package. In the afternoon we explore the Inner & Middle Temple where Rumpole had his chambers. We go inside the Temple church built by the fighting monks after whom the area is named. We also visit the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand and there is free time to on Fleet Street to buy refreshments before making tracks for home at 4.15pm ahead of the rush hour.

Available weekdays all year except August

Adults & Seniors: £22

£29 including one-course lunch See jam busting options

LEGAL LONDON

This walking tour in Smithfield and cruise on the Regent’s Canal from Little Venice to Camden Lock now includes the gardens and little museum at Charterhouse open for the first time since 1348.

Meet the guide at the Museum of London at 10.30am to buy morning refreshments. In 1666 the Great Fire swept away much of the mediaeval City but the flames died to ashes to leave this one corner untouched. From the Aldersgate we make our way to the Newgate via a maze of narrow streets and bygone alleyways surrounding the old smooth field, now known as Smithfield. Londoners came here to watch grisly public executions and visit London’s first hospital and the Meat Market.

We see Postman’s Park with memorial plaques to heroic acts of self-sacrifice and Sir John Betjeman’s town house and discover where Scots hero Sir William Wallace was executed. We break to buy lunch locally with a good choice of pubs and cafés or you can add a morning coffee and lunch package.

The 50-minute narrow boat cruise begins in opulent Little Venice and takes us through London Zoo and the aviary designed by Lord Snowdon. We pass a floating Chinese pagoda & colourful houseboats and glide silently through a narrow tunnel. We step ashore in the cobbled and flagged yard of Camden Lock where you can buy refreshments before we head for home at 4.45pm.

Daily March to end October

Adults: £24 Seniors:

£23 Add am coffee & lunch £13pp

HIDDEN LONDON & THE REGENTS CANAL

- a best seller since 1989!

A morning full of stories of the seven Queens and the many mistresses of England, free time for lunch in upmarket St James’s and a visit to Clarence House, the former home of the Queen Mother and now home of HRH Prince Charles.

Meet the Blue Badge guide at 10.30am to buy coffee. During the morning coach tour we meet Bloody Mary & Good Queen Bess on Fleet Street, a Warrior Queen on Westminster Bridge and a She-Wolf haunting a ruined church in the City.

At St Paul’s we hear the sad tale of Brandy Nan but cheer ourselves with saucy stories of a myriad of mistresses. As long as there have been Kings there have mistresses tripping the tightrope of fortune between the glamour and luxury of court life and the lonely ruin of rejection. Sometimes little harems bumped along together quite nicely like George the First’s fat and thin Elephant & Castle but not always - Nell Gwynn laced her rival’s food with laxatives!

The beautiful rooms of Clarence House remain much as they were during the 50-year tenure of the Queen Mother with outstanding paintings by 20th century artists. Head home from here at 4.45pm or enjoy a fish & chip tea and head home at 6.15pm after the rush hour

Weekdays in August only

Adults & Seniors: £25

Add a fish & chip tea: £13pp

MANY QUEENS OF ENGLAND WITH CLARENCE HOUSE

OLYMPIC ICONS

Enjoy the beautiful landscaped gardens and the iconic venues of

the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

This excellent value day can be enjoyed year round and includes:

• A top notch Blue Badge guide for the whole day

• Morning coffee & biscuits inside the Olympic Velodrome

• A two course lunch with a hot drink inside the park

• Visit inside the London Aquatic Centre

• A short walking tour in the beautiful park gardens

• 10.30am to 4.30pm or midday to 5.45pm

Available daily all year

Adults & Seniors: £29

An entertaining coach tour of royal palaces and birth places with stories of royal scandals and triumphs is followed by a visit to the 19 sumptuous State Apartments at Buckingham Palace. If you book Buckingham Palace with us you pay just one week before the visit and not months in advance. Also, if you have any no shows on

the day we can refund for up to five Palace admissions.

This day runs 10.30am to 4.45pm or Midday to 6.30pm & includes:

• A top notch Blue Badge Guide throughout the day

• Morning coach tour to keep your legs fresh for the Palace

• The 2017 special exhibition is Royal Gifts

• Free time for morning coffee and lunch

Available daily from 5 Aug to 24 Sept 2017.

Adults & Seniors: £34

ROYAL LONDON WITH BUCKINGHAM PALACE

A super value day including morning coffee and a carvery lunch.

Visit an exhibition of the work of William Morris displayed in his

childhood home in Walthamstow and enjoy a guided tour of the

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and a cup of tea or coffee in the

Velodrome at the end of the day. This day can run 10.30am to

4.30pm or midday to 6.30pm. This day includes:

• Morning coffee & carvery lunch

• A top notch Blue Badge guide throughout the day

• Visit to the William Morris Gallery

• A visit the London Aquatic Centre

• Afternoon refreshments included at the Velodrome

Available Wednesday to Friday all year

Adults & Seniors: £29

WILLIAM MORRIS & THE OLYMPIC PARK

This tour tells the story of Jewish life in London from Roman times

to the present day with visits to a Synagogue, the Jewish East End

and the Jewish Museum in Camden.

This fascinating day includes:

• A top notch Blue Badge Guide throughout the day

• 17th century Bevis Marks synagogue

• The Jewish East End

• Free time for lunch at Spitalfields Market

• A visit to the Jewish Museum in Camden

• Day runs 10.30am to 4.30pm or 11.45am to 5.30pm

Available Sun to Thurs all year

Adults: £27 Seniors: £26

JEWISH LONDON

Visit the Art Deco Mansion built by Courtauld millionaires around

the mediaeval hall from Henry VIII’s childhood home and enjoy a

one hour, Thames River cruise - from Greenwich to Westminster

if you are heading home that way or a jam-buster round trip to the

Thames Barrier if you head home to the South or East to save you

from central London traffic. 10.30am to 4.30pm.

This day includes:

• Blue Badge guided throughout inc tour of Eltham Palace

• Free time for lunch in Greenwich

• Cruise from Greenwich to Westminster or round trip Greenwich

to the Thames Barrier

Available Sun to Thurs April to end Oct

Adults: £33 Seniors: £30

EH members: £19

ELTHAM PALACE & THE THAMES CRUISE

London’s richness and variety results from its growth as a tapestry of villages each with its own character and history. Few have retained the village atmosphere as well as Hampstead. We take a short walk through attractive lanes lined with beautiful old houses with an interesting coach tour and a visit to one of London’s last remaining grand country houses. Morning refreshments and a roast lunch are included.

Meet your Blue Badge guide in Hampstead at 10.30am   morning refreshments be e a gentle stroll through the lanes of old Hampstead. High above the London smog the clean air and cheap housing attracted artists and writers to m the Montmartre of London. Today Hampstead has more millionaires than anywhere else in the UK. Our pleasant and easy walk to the unspoiled church where Constable is buried brings us back to the pub a roast lunch. Individuals can pay any bar drinks, hot drinks or desserts as required on the day.

Next a scenic route via the old embassy district of Bishops Avenue that turned millionaires row when stars like Billy Butlin and Gracie Fields moved in.

Kenwood, is a country house with wonderful views over London full of works by Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Vermeer and Turner. Enjoy our guided tour as well as some free time to take in the views and buy tea in the old coach house be e heading home at 4.45pm. Available weekdays all year

Adults & Seniors: £27

Now inc Kenwood donation

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