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Why This Statue in Parliament Square Tells an Unforgettable Story YouTube video by The London Walker - London history - Guided Walks

Most people walk through Parliament Square in London without a second thought. Churchill, Lincoln, Gandhi, and then there’s Nelson Mandela.

But his story here didn’t begin with a statue.

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thats excellent, thoroughly enjoyed

If you fancy an informative and entertaining amble through one of the worlds great cities thelondonwalker.com/walks/

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Pocahontas, Painted Ceilings, and a King's final moments YouTube video by The London Walker - London history - Guided Walks

Did you know that Banqueting House is the only surviving fragment of a royal palace that was once larger than Versailles, that Pocahontas attended a performance there in 1617, or that Charles I's last moments were here?

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NEW WALK DATES. MAY 2026 ✨

A range of themed walks exploring the history of London.

How about a mooch around St Paul's and the City, this is where London began.

Also available are strolls through Fleet Street, the East End and through Clerkenwell and Smithfield.

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Gerard Street, Chinatown, London

I carry a coin, a silver starter from the Durotriges, from around 50 BC, feel its time pass through my skin, incredible to handle such a thing, imagine its journey and the world in which it came from.

That is amazing to see I will pop down and visit later in the spring when I get a chance. The history of this area is deeply fascinating. To think traders were visiting here in the times of the ancient mediterranean empires, how connected this world seemed to be, how important this location once was

There's a roundhouse at Hengistbury Head? I never knew, is it open for visits through the year, looks awesome

Old and new, Spitalfield, London

Horizon 22 at London’s Bishopsgate. A gift to myself after long hours working on a big project. On a blustery London afternoon I packed my old canon and the 70-200mm lense. The view was clear and sharp. I must confess, I found it as interesting photographing the visitors, as I did the view itself.

Horizon 22 London Bishopsgate. A gift to myself after long hours working on a big project. On a blustery London afternoon I packed my old trusty canon and the 70-200mm lense. The view was clear and sharp. I must confess, I found it as interesting photographing the visitors, as I did the view itself.

A year ago a film I made about a tiny little garden beside St Paul’s Cathedral unexpectedly went viral.

Hidden there is a Roman pavement, a sculpture by Jacob Epstein, and a 3,000-year-old Assyrian brick. Its a remarkable little corner of the City.

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Found a picture of a walk taken a few years ago, the forgotten heat and sound of that afternoon comes back to me

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Have you ever visited any Charlie Chaplin locations in London?

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Before Hollywood: Charlie Chaplin’s Childhood in London YouTube video by The London Walker - London history - Guided Walks

Charlie Chaplin’s childhood began here, in West Square, Lambeth. Before Hollywood, he was a little boy growing up in South London, a world of music halls hardship and workhouses that would inspire the Little Tramp and change cinema forever.

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John Harrison: Forgotten Genius the Clockmaker Who Helped Map the World YouTube video by The London Walker - London history - Guided Walks

Hidden in Hampstead is the grave of John Harrison, the self-taught clockmaker who solved longitude and made modern navigation possible.

An outsider in a world of elite science, his work helped map the Earth and still shapes GPS today.

One of London’s overlooked figures.

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I still utter a little wow when it comes into view. But then the landscape all around there means I'm saying 'wow' quite a few times. Must have been an amazing time excavating there. I wonder what it was for, who commissioned it and most of all - what it was called.

Thank you for sharing

Wonderful to read

Wow that’s crazy! The more you read the more you realise we were hopeless at supplying tech and gear to the differing theatres. Absolutely awful at being able to do things in a timely manner!

a truly awful episode in our military history, was it bungling from above? there are caveats of our history so conveniently forgotten

looks very nice, swanning around in a river, appreciate Wind in the Willows and Ratty

thats a grand little hippo

absolutely beautiful, great light as well

Researching John Clare and Alfred Tennyson led me to Holy Innocents, High Beech, on the last day of sunshine. A peaceful corner of Epping Forest.

“I long for scenes where man has never trod...
And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept…”