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Download my real time walks onto your MP3 player. No need for guide books or maps. No getting lost. Walk with me through less well-known parts of London little frequented by tourists. Primary Format : Travel Language : Unknown Also Listed as: City : Unknown State/Province : ENG Country : United Kingdom Region : EU User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of London Walks for your MP3 Player Podcasts Methings.com listings of London Walks for your MP3 Player Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of London Walks for your MP3 Player A Trollope Walk Anthony Trollope Born 1815 at 6 Keppel St, Campden Town near British Museum WC1. IN 1882 when staying at 14 Suffolk St SW1 quarrelled so violently with group of noisy street musicians that he had a stroke and died a few days later in Welbeck St (near Portman Sq). So very much a Londoner. Became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. His first major success came with The Warden (1855) â the first of six novels set in the fi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Lore and the Profits - a stroll through Covent Garden A bonus walk lasting about an hour. It's for when you have time for a stroll and find yourself in the vicinity of Holborn or Covent Garden. We start at Holborn Underground on the Central and Piccadilly Lines in Zone 1. After acending the long escalator, go straight through the barriers out to Kingsway. Turn right and cross over High Holborn to see the 1950's tram underpass which unaccountably remains in Southampton Row. Then cross over and take a seat in the Sicilian Ave precinct (picture ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Tide Race - Hammersmith to Barnes along the Thames Another classy riverside walk which covers part of the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race course but in the reverse direction. The walk starts at Hammersmith Underground (District & Circle Lines) or Hammersmith (Hammersmith & City Line). You can also reach the start point in the Broadway shopping centre on any bus passing through or terminating at Hammersmith Bus Station which is located over the Underground. The start is in Zone 1 but we end our walk at Barnes Bridge in Zone 3 so a Z ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The 9 Bridges Walk Is this the last audio London Walk? If so, I have saved one of the very best for last. The starting point is the Tower of London. You can reach it on the District & Circle to Tower Hill (zone 1) or the Docklands Light Railway to Tower Gateway. The walk is about 3.7 miles. The finishing point is by the tower of Big Ben opposite Westminster Underground on the Jubilee Line (zone 1). What is so good about this walk? Firstly, the views. Spectacular throughout its length. From the Tower of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Brixton This walk starts near Brixton Underground (Victoria Line Zone 2). It is part of a walk originally suggested to me by Lambeth Council. brixton is at the heart of Lambeth. Here is the famous Brixton Market with its Afro Caribbean flavour, its eating places and food from many parts of the world, and its unique and noisy cosmopolitan atmosphere. At the start of the walk is the Ritzy Cinema, the Tate Library named after the sugar magnate of Tate & Lyle fame, Lambeth Town Hall, the famous F ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Aristocratic and Royal Soho This is the second Soho walk I have done. The first walk proved to be the most popular of all the London Walks in terms of the number of downloads. This walk follows a different route, and focuses on the history of this cosmopolitan area rather than its present day appearance. Surprisingly there is a great deal of history as you will discover, starting with the laying out of the various streets in the 17th and 18th centuries to the events of more modern times. The starting point is Totten ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Holland Park - A walk through the Park - 1 hour Take a short walk with me to see the hidden gem which is Holland Park. This park is mainly frequented by the locals, and for good reason. Other London parks are wide open spaces. Holland Park is different. It is wooded, with paths and a variety of different types of space. See the Kyoto Japanese Garden. Exhibition spaces in the Orangery and the Ice House. A top-class restaurant called the Belvedere. Holland House and the Youth Hostel. Open air opera. We also visit Melbury Road - an artis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Notting Hill and Portobello This walk starts at Holland Park station on the Central Line (Zone 2) or Notting Hill Gate on the Central, Circle and District lines (Zones 1 and 2). We visit many different parts of elegant Notting Hill. It was not always so: we see London's squalid past - the Piggeries with it's slums occupied by animals and people, and vast areas of stinking slurry - also the clay pits knowns as the Potteries. We even find an old bottle kiln remaining hidden near Pottery Lane. The church of St James N ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Getting around London by public transport Getting round London London is a big place and has a wonderful transport system, but it's the victim of its own success. It can be crowded, and there are parts which have suffered from underinvestment over the years, but most of it is good and generally very safe. As a visitor, I will assume you will not be using a car. Parking is expensive (around $4 US per hour in the central area) and the congestion charge is $14 US per day which must be paid when you drive in the inner part of cent ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Walk Underground The weather is still cold and windy here in London. Too windy for a long walk, but bright and sunny. When the wind drops, I shall record my favourite walk - the best walk in London. If you have limited time, or if you do nothing else during your visit, take this walk. It is 5.75 miles, from Kensington to Southwark or London Bridge, via Kensington Palace, Hyde Park, Green Park, St James's, Westminster and the South Bank. In the meantime, following up on last week's visitor's guide to getti ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | South Bank - London Bridge to Westminster - 1 hour London's greatest walk - part 1. This is the first of three walks, each of about an hour. The first walk starts at London Bridge Underground, zone 1, on the Northern and Jubilee Lines. Exit the station at the Tooley Street - Duke Street Hill exit. Cross the road by the pedestrian crossing to the art deco St Olaf's House and turn left towards Southwark Cathedral. The Southwark web site has a great deal of information about the building and its association with Shakespeare. We pause in t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | St James's - Westminster to Hyde Park - 45 minutes London's greatest walk - part 2. We start near Big Ben, leaving Westminster Underground (Jubilee, Circle and District lines - zone 1) via exit 4. As we look towards Parliament Square, we hear Big Ben strike 11 o'clock on a bright, sunny but cold day. Our walk starts at the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square and proceeds down Whitehall towards the Cenotaph. From here you can go a little further and see Downing Street. After going down between the Foreign Offi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Hyde Park Corner to Kensington - 1 hour London's greatest walk - part 3. All these three walks are good in their own right, and each is different. This final part goes from Hyde Park Corner to Kensington High Street. We start at Hyde Park Corner Underground (Piccadilly Line Zone 1) and look at the Wellington Arch. This is situated in the middle of one of London's busiest roundabouts, where you can also see memorials to those who lost their lives from the Australian and New Zealand forces in both world wars, and the memorial ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Getting to and from London's Airports London has several airports. Most international travellers will arrive at either Heathrow or Gatwick, but there are several others. Heathrow is the largest, and is located about 25 minutes to the West of London. Gatwick is almost as big. It is further away from the capital, but can be reached in around 30 minutes by train. Gatwick is in the countryside to the South of London. In this podcast, I describe the various ways of getting to and from Heathrow and Gatwick. What are the choices? ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | City of London - West of St Paul's Cathedral This walk starts from St Paul's Underground Station on the Central Line Zone 1. The Central Line is one of the most useful, joining West and East London in one long continuous fast route. Leaving the Tube, we pass Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral. This domed building is the cathedral church of the Anglican diocese of London. It has recently been cleaned and restored, and is now looking at its best. St Paul's has memories for me - I was ordained here in the year 2 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tower of London to St Paul's by the Thames More than enough history for anyone on a short riverside walk. We start at Tower Hill Underground station, on the Circle and District lines and the DLR (Docklands Light Railway). Tower Hill is also close to Fenchurch Street mainline station - Zone 1. Just outside the station is a place with a huge sundial and wonderful views of the Tower of London and the buildings old and new alongside the River Thames. Crossing under the road we approach the Tower, then walk left and cross Tower Brid ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | God and Mammon - the City from St Paul's to The Monument Part 1 of a walk from St Paul's through the City of London to Monument. Part 2 will return via Old Jewry and the City Livery Companies back via the Bank of England to St Paul's Cathedral. We start at St Paul's Underground on the Central Line Zone 1. Our walk takes us down Cheapside to the church of St Mary-le-Bow (pictured). Those born within the sound of Bow bells are the true Cockneys. Next we pass between the church of St Stephen Walbrook and the Mansion House. Both these two churches ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | City Livery Companies - Monument to St Paul's via Bank of England A walk from The Monument via Old Jewry and the City Livery Companies back via the Bank of England to St Paul's Cathedral. This is Part 2 of a circular walk from St Paul's Underground (Zone 1 - Central Line) We start at Monument on the Circle and District Lines Zone 1 but you can also start at Bank (Central Line Zone 1) and walk down King William Street or use the underground subway and escalators. Our walk takes us from Monument, near the spot where the Great Fire of London ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Let the train take the strain - Mainline Railways Travelling by Mainline Railways.Let's suppose you want to visit Bath, Windsor or Hampton Court. Or perhaps you'd like to see York, or Durham? Edinburgh or Liverpool? Why confine yourself to London or rent a car, when Britain's trains are there to take the strain?They may not be the most modern in Europe, with the exception of the magnificent, fast and comfortable Eurostar from London to Paris, Brussels, Lille and the continental rail network - but standards are improving all the time. All o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | South Kensington - Albert, Victoria and the museums The mid Victorian era was a time of keen interest in industry, inventions, science, the arts, music, poetry, commerce and manufacture. Great Britain not only held sway over a third of the world, but let the way in innovation.The young Queen Victoria fell deeply in love with the German Prince Albert. She relied on his advice and guidance in everything, and never recovered from his untimely death from Typhoid in 1861. The Prince Consort had a vision for Brompton Fields in South Kensington. He ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |