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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 : XX 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:

Deptford - a Bobby's Beat in 1899 Lower your eyebrows O ye of little faith. A walk through Deptford? Surely not, I hear you say. Scoff not - this will prove to be one of the most fascinating walks so far, whether you walk the walk, listen to it, or follow it on Google Streetview as I know lots of you do. So, suspend your unbelief and follow me through Deptford. Or - follow Sergeant Vanstone as he walks his beat on 25th and 26th July in the year 1899. Yes - this is an actual walk and we follow much of the route he took. Serg ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Abbey Road - from Little Venice to the Beatles and Sherlock Holmes I'm glad I thought of this walk. We start at Warwick Avenue Underground Station (Zone 2 on the Bakerloo Line - just one stop north of Paddington) and finish on the Circle & District Line platform of Baker Street, the worl'd first underground railway opened in 1863. Baker Street is also on the Metropolitan, Bakerloo, Jubilee and Hammersmith & City lines. The walking is easy. There are lovely houses and interesting places to see. Most of the route is free of the noisiest traffic. Like ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | London on a budget of less than $2 a day Londoners call the Transport for London Barclays Cycle Hire scheme Boris Bikes after Mayor Boris Johnson. Started in July 2010, Londoners could rent sturdy bicycles from around 400 docking stations scattered around the central zone. Once registered, you paid £3 for a plastic dongle which would release bicycles from their stands and automatically charge an access fee of £1 for the 24 hour period. Payment could alternatively be for 7 days (£5 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Follow the Roman City Wall Part 2 We pick up the London Wall walk again at the Museum of London. If you are continuing the route from Part 1 you will be at this point. If you are just doing this part of the walk, then you should start from St Paul's Underground station (Central Line, zone 1) and take Exit 2 then walk up St Martin's Le Grand to the Museum. This concluding part of the London Wall walk starts with a visit to the Roman Londinium galleries in the museum, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Follow the Roman City Wall - Part 1 From about 120 AD the Romans enclosed the capital city of Roman Britain, Londinium with a wall. No one know why. The wall was not necessarily built for protection at that time. Archaeologists have speculated that the objective might be to restrict access in and out of the city, enabling the Roman rulers and their successors to collect taxes. Another possibility is that the wall might have been constructed to impress, but floating more than a million Kentish ragstones ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Lea Valley Regeneration - London Olympic Games 2012 By popular demand from our Facebook group members, today's walk looks at the development of the Olympic Park being built to house the Olympic Games in 2012. The name of the games might be London 2012, but the 'name of the game' is regeneration. Regeneration of this brownfield part of East London which has cast eyes in the direction of Canary Wharf to the South and the City to the West, but had not itself benefited from investment despite the death of its tra ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Riverside Walk past London's Historic Docks and Quays The new London Overground service started on 23 May 2010 in East London. All the trains are smart, new air-conditioned stock with plenty of room. The track looks new and the stations are magnificent. I have been waiting to do a walk through Rotherhithe and all along the river around Surrey Docks and Quays until the new line is open, making it easy to reach the walk using the Jubilee Line and changing onto the Overground at Canada Water. London Overground is fully integrated ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Borough - Secret Southwark Part II Part I of the walk finished either at London Bridge or at Borough Underground stations. From there, we travel one or two stops to the south. From Borough, take the Northern Line one stop to Elephant & Castle. From London Bridge take the Bakerloo two stops to its destination. Elephant & Castle is in zones 1 and 2. Elephant & Castle is rarely visited by tourists. Indeed most Londoners are only familiar with the two roundabouts forming a major junct ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Borough - Secret Southwark Part I This is the start of a two part walk through The Borough - a Londoner's familiar name for Bankside and Southwark on the South Bank of the Thames. The walk will continue from Elephant & Castle where Part II can be reached from Borough or London Bridge Underground stations. This part starts at Waterloo - a large Underground station in Zone 1 on the Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern (Charing Cross branch) and Waterloo and City lines. Exit from the station via the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Transport Update and Latest News Every now and then, there are changes in public transport that warrant a news podcast to bring you up to date on ticketing, Oyster cards and how to buy them from abroad, getting to and from London's 5 airports and so on. There are now more than 60 live walks available for free download. On the show notes page here at  londonwalks.org you will find links to some of the web pages I mentioned in the recording. So far the podcast has achieved over 740,000 downloads covering between 60 and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Transport Update and Latest News Every now and then, there are changes in public transport that warrant a news podcast to bring you up to date on ticketing, Oyster cards and how to buy them from abroad, getting to and from London's 5 airports and so on. There are now more than 60 live walks available for free download. On the show notes page here at  londonwalks.org you will find links to some of the web pages I mentioned in the recording. So far the podcast has achieve ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Riverside Walk from Chiswick to Kew Gardens This walk is in three distinct parts. We leave Gunnersbury Underground and Overground Station (District Line Zone 3) and walk through the pleasant streets of Chiswick. There are two main barriers to cross. One is the Great West Road, a busy road leading to the M4 and the West. We cross it near the Chiswick Roundabout at a pedestrian underpass. The other barrier is the main railway line which we can cross by footbridge. From here, there are a couple of narrow ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Riverside Walk from Chiswick to Kew Gardens This walk is in three distinct parts. We leave Gunnersbury Underground and Overground Station (District Line Zone 3) and walk through the pleasant streets of Chiswick. There are two main barriers to cross. One is the Great West Road, a busy road leading to the M4 and the West. We cross it near the Chiswick Roundabout at a pedestrian underpass. The other barrier is the main railway line which we can cross by footbridge. From here, there are a couple of narrow alleyways leading down to the Th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Fire and Pestilence - a Pepys Walk through the City of London The famous diary of Samuel Pepys was started 350 years ago this month and continued until May 1669. It was a personal, family diary but as Pepys worked for the King it contained momentous national events such as the restoration of the monarchy, the coronation of Charles II, the plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of London in 1666. Pepys recorded everything - his neighbour's sewage and his ineffectual groping of young women he met in church. This walk covers the area destroyed by the Great ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Fire and Pestilence - a Pepys Walk through the City of London The famous diary of Samuel Pepys was started 350 years ago this month and continued until May 1669. It was a personal, family diary but as Pepys worked for the King it contained momentous national events such as the restoration of the monarchy, the coronation of Charles II, the plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of London in 1666. Pepys recorded everything - his neighbour's sewage and his ineffectual groping of young women he met in church. This walk covers t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 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 | A Trollope Walk This walk passes places where the Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope lived, and places referred to in his many novels. It starts at Baker St and ends in Trafalgar Square.It is a long walk - about 4.3 miles in all. If you are interested in Victorian literature, you should find the readings fascinating. If not, the walk is a splendid one, passing through fine and varied neighbourhoods, grand and royal buildings, and wonderful shopping of all kinds.If you want to read Trollop ... 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 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 ... 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 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 ... 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 | 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 ... 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 | 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, ... 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 | 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. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Westminster and Victoria This fascinating glimpse of the seat of government and the church starts at the foot of the tower of Big Ben as the clock chimes the hour. To get here, take the Jubilee Line to Westminster (Zone 1) and cross the road as you exit the Underground station. We start with a history of Westminster Palace and Westminster Hall, and then walk south down Parliament Square with the Houses of Parliament on our left hand side. Opposite is the small church of St Margaret ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Westminster and Victoria This fascinating glimpse of the seat of government and the church starts at the foot of the tower of Big Ben as the clock chimes the hour. To get here, take the Jubilee Line to Westminster (Zone 1) and cross the road as you exit the Underground station. We start with a history of Westminster Palace and Westminster Hall, and then walk south down Parliament Square with the Houses of Parliament on our left hand side. Opposite is the small church of St Margaret's which sits incongruously in ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Piccadilly Walking through London is a delight at any time. Combine a stroll with some of the capital's finest buildings, most fashionable shops, grand facades, processional routes, history, royalty and life and you have a winner every time. This walk should only take about an hour. It starts at Trafalgar Square and finishes at Piccadilly Circus not far away.You can reach Trafalgar Square by taking the Bakerloo or Northern Lines to Charing Cross. Take the exit marked Trafalgar Square and start by Nels ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Piccadilly Walking through London is a delight at any time. Combine a stroll with some of the capital's finest buildings, most fashionable shops, grand facades, processional routes, history, royalty and life and you have a winner every time. This walk should only take about an hour. It starts at Trafalgar Square and finishes at Piccadilly Circus not far away.You can reach Trafalgar Square by taking the Bakerloo or Northern Lines to Charing Cross. Take the exit marked Trafalgar Square and start by Nels ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Piccadilly Walking through London is a delight at any time. Combine a stroll with some of the capital's finest buildings, most fashionable shops, grand facades, processional routes, history, royalty and life and you have a winner every time. This walk should only take about an hour. It starts at Trafalgar Square and finishes at Piccadilly Circus not far away.You can reach Trafalgar Square by taking the Bakerloo or Northern Lines to Charing Cross. Take the exit marked Trafalgar Square and start by Nels ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Royal Albert to King George V - a river walk in East London Walking through Docklands in the East of London might not be everyone's idea of a grand day out. Regeneration is all around, and even some parts that have been redeveloped are not attractive. I am including this walk because it traverses an important part of London. One cannot appreciate the development of the capital without appreciating that London Docks which was the powerhouse of the capital's trade until the 1960's has changed completely. There are flats - many much mo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Prince Regent to King George V - a river walk in East London Walking through Docklands in the East of London might not be everyone's idea of a grand day out. Regeneration is all around, and even some parts that have been redeveloped are not attractive. I am including this walk because it traverses an important part of London. One cannot appreciate the development of the capital without appreciating that London Docks which was the powerhouse of the capital's trade until the 1960's has changed completely. There are flats - many much more affordable tha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Royal Albert to King George V - a river walk in East London Walking through Docklands in the East of London might not be everyone's idea of a grand day out. Regeneration is all around, and even some parts that have been redeveloped are not attractive. I am including this walk because it traverses an important part of London. One cannot appreciate the development of the capital without appreciating that London Docks which was the powerhouse of the capital's trade until the 1960's has changed completely. There are flats - many much more affordable tha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Brompton This walk starts only a few minutes from where I live, and should be easy to finish in 1 hour 15 minutes. It starts at Queensway Underground (Central Line Zone 1) and finishes beside Harrods where you can take the Piccadilly Line from Knightsbridge Station. Queensway was a fashionable shopping district in the Edwardian era. Whiteleys department store was the largest shop. It was built in 1867 and received Queen Victoria's royal warrant in 1896. The present b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Brompton This walk starts only a few minutes from where I live, and should be easy to finish in 1 hour 15 minutes. It starts at Queensway Underground (Central Line Zone 1) and finishes beside Harrods where you can take the Piccadilly Line from Knightsbridge Station. Queensway was a fashionable shopping district in the Edwardian era. Whiteleys department store was the largest shop. It was built in 1867 and received Queen Victoria's royal warrant in 1896. The present building dates from 1911. It cea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Brompton This walk starts only a few minutes from where I live, and should be easy to finish in 1 hour 15 minutes. It starts at Queensway Underground (Central Line Zone 1) and finishes beside Harrods where you can take the Piccadilly Line from Knightsbridge Station. Queensway was a fashionable shopping district in the Edwardian era. Whiteleys department store was the largest shop. It was built in 1867 and received Queen Victoria's royal warrant in 1896. The present building dates from 1911. It cea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | London's Transport It is almost 2 years now since I recorded two episodes of the London Walks podcast. One episode gave advice on how to get to and from London's airports. The other concerned how to get around London by public transport. These episodes are now out of date, and so the time has come to record them once again. This time I am putting all the information in one place, and in only 40 minutes offering a lot of information in one place, from a local as it were to someone who may be u ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | London's Transport It is almost 2 years now since I recorded two episodes of the London Walks podcast. One episode gave advice on how to get to and from London's airports. The other concerned how to get around London by public transport. These episodes are now out of date, and so the time has come to record them once again. This time I am putting all the information in one place, and in only 40 minutes offering a lot of information in one place, from a local as it were to someone who may be unfamiliar with th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | London's Transport It is almost 2 years now since I recorded two episodes of the London Walks podcast. One episode gave advice on how to get to and from London's airports. The other concerned how to get around London by public transport. These episodes are now out of date, and so the time has come to record them once again. This time I am putting all the information in one place, and in only 40 minutes offering a lot of information in one place, from a local as it were to someone who may be unfamiliar with th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spitalfields Spitalfields does not sound an attractive place, but the area East of the City takes its name from, a priory hospital known as St Mary's Spital founded in the late 12 th Century. Most of the area was built after the great fire of London in 1666 after the plague the previous year caused such devastation to the local population who were traders and market stall holders.  Nowadays Brick Lane is a centre of Bangladeshi culture beloved of Londoners for the h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spitalfields Spitalfields does not sound an attractive place, but the area East of the City takes its name from, a priory hospital known as St Mary's Spital founded in the late 12 th Century. Most of the area was built after the great fire of London in 1666 after the plague the previous year caused such devastation to the local population who were traders and market stall holders.  Nowadays Brick Lane is a centre of Bangladeshi culture beloved of Londoners for the hundreds of restaurants that li ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spitalfields Spitalfields does not sound an attractive place, but the area East of the City takes its name from, a priory hospital known as St Mary's Spital founded in the late 12 th Century. Most of the area was built after the great fire of London in 1666 after the plague the previous year caused such devastation to the local population who were traders and market stall holders.  Nowadays Brick Lane is a centre of Bangladeshi culture beloved of Londoners for the hundreds of restaurants that li ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Doing the Lambeth Walk "The Lambeth Walk" is a song from the 1937 musical Me and My Girl (with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay). The cockney lyrics are simple: Any time you're Lambeth Way Any evening, any day You'll find us all Doing the Lambeth Walk. Oi! Every little Lambeth pal With her little Lambeth pal You'll find 'em all ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Doing the Lambeth Walk "The Lambeth Walk" is a song from the 1937 musical Me and My Girl (with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay). The cockney lyrics are simple: Any time you're Lambeth Way Any evening, any day You'll find us all Doing the Lambeth Walk. Oi! Every little Lambeth pal With her little Lambeth pal You'll find 'em all Doing the Lambeth Walk. Oi! Lambeth is the area south of the River Thames around Waterloo Station where we start ou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Doing the Lambeth Walk "The Lambeth Walk" is a song from the 1937 musical Me and My Girl (with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay). The cockney lyrics are simple: Any time you're Lambeth Way Any evening, any day You'll find us all Doing the Lambeth Walk. Oi! Every little Lambeth pal With her little Lambeth pal You'll find 'em all Doing the Lambeth Walk. Oi! Lambeth is the area south of the River Thames around Waterloo Station where we start ou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Notorious London - a walk for adults only Robbery, murder, prostitution, fraud, bankruptcy - it's all here in this walk. Once again we return to the Fleet River, all but invisible today but an erstwhile open sewer flowing through the most desperate neighbourhoods of London. The walk starts at Blackfriars Underground (Circle & District and Overground zone 1) and ends at Farringdon (Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Overground zone 1). There is not much left to see of the places des ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Notorious London - a walk for adults only Robbery, murder, prostitution, fraud, bankruptcy - it's all here in this walk. Once again we return to the Fleet River, all but invisible today but an erstwhile open sewer flowing through the most desperate neighbourhoods of London. The walk starts at Blackfriars Underground (Circle & District and Overground zone 1) and ends at Farringdon (Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Overground zone 1). There is not much left to see of the places described, so you will have to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Notorious London - a walk for adults only Robbery, murder, prostitution, fraud, bankruptcy - it's all here in this walk. Once again we return to the Fleet River, all but invisible today but an erstwhile open sewer flowing through the most desperate neighbourhoods of London. The walk starts at Blackfriars Underground (Circle & District and Overground zone 1) and ends at Farringdon (Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Overground zone 1). There is not much left to see of the places described, so you will have to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Tower and St Katharine's Dock This walk can take 90 minutes or all day if you want to visit the Tower of London and the Tower Bridge Experience. It is a circular stroll from Tower Hill Underground on the Circle & District Lines, Zone 1.What makes this walk special are the stunning views across the River Thames. Moving from one vantage point to another, the eye is filled with wonder as vistas open up at every turn.Starting at Tower Hill, we walk under the road and admire the colourful enamel panels depicting the hist ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Tower and St Katharine's Dock This walk can take 90 minutes or all day if you want to visit the Tower of London and the Tower Bridge Experience. It is a circular stroll from Tower Hill Underground on the Circle & District Lines, Zone 1.What makes this walk special are the stunning views across the River Thames. Moving from one vantage point to another, the eye is filled with wonder as vistas open up at every turn.Starting at Tower Hill, we walk under the road and admire the colourful enamel panels depicting the hist ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Tower and St Katharine's Dock This walk can take 90 minutes or all day if you want to visit the Tower of London and the Tower Bridge Experience. It is a circular stroll from Tower Hill Underground on the Circle & District Lines, Zone 1.What makes this walk special are the stunning views across the River Thames. Moving from one vantage point to another, the eye is filled with wonder as vistas open up at every turn.Starting at Tower Hill, we walk under the road and admire the colourful enamel panels depicting the hist ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Wimbledon A circular walk from Wimbledon Underground and Mainline Station, Zone 3. The best way of reaching the start is by taking the District Line to Wimbledon from Central London, or by changing to the District Line Wimbledon Branch at Earl's Court. The walk is 3.8 miles long. This is a charming, picturesque, historical and interesting walk on high ground through Wimbledon Village and around the Common. There is also a chance to visit the Wimbledon All-England Club ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Wimbledon A circular walk from Wimbledon Underground and Mainline Station, Zone 3. The best way of reaching the start is by taking the District Line to Wimbledon from Central London, or by changing to the District Line Wimbledon Branch at Earl's Court. The walk is 3.8 miles long. This is a charming, picturesque, historical and interesting walk on high ground through Wimbledon Village and around the Common. There is also a chance to visit the Wimbledon All-England Club, home of the most famous law ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Wimbledon A circular walk from Wimbledon Underground and Mainline Station, Zone 3. The best way of reaching the start is by taking the District Line to Wimbledon from Central London, or by changing to the District Line Wimbledon Branch at Earl's Court. The walk is 3.8 miles long. This is a charming, picturesque, historical and interesting walk on high ground through Wimbledon Village and around the Common. There is also a chance to visit the Wimbledon All-England Club, home of the most famous law ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Alleyways and courtyards of the mediaeval city History lovers and those who are fond of spooky alleyways and secret spaces in the mediaeval City of London will love this walk. It covers the same territory as the City walk west of St Paul's a couple of years ago, but there are only two places we visit again so this is genuinely a new delight. Mind you, it will be essential for you to have your wits about you when you do this walk - we dive in and out of tiny entrances almost invisible to tourists, and walk through part o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Alleyways and courtyards of the mediaeval city History lovers and those who are fond of spooky alleyways and secret spaces in the mediaeval City of London will love this walk. It covers the same territory as the City walk west of St Paul's a couple of years ago, but there are only two places we visit again so this is genuinely a new delight. Mind you, it will be essential for you to have your wits about you when you do this walk - we dive in and out of tiny entrances almost invisible to tourists, and walk through part of the City you wo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Alleyways and courtyards of the mediaeval city History lovers and those who are fond of spooky alleyways and secret spaces in the mediaeval City of London will love this walk. It covers the same territory as the City walk west of St Paul's a couple of years ago, but there are only two places we visit again so this is genuinely a new delight. Mind you, it will be essential for you to have your wits about you when you do this walk - we dive in and out of tiny entrances almost invisible to tourists, and walk through part of the City you wo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Playing in the Strand This is more of stroll through part of London's extensive Theatreland. It lasts just over 80 minutes and starts in Trafalgar Square (Charing Cross Underground - Zone 1 - Bakerloo and Northern Lines) Take the exit from the subway marked 'Trafalgar Square' and walk to the base of the Nelson Column facing towards the Tower of Big Ben. After an extensive description of Trafalgar Square and the Nelson Column, we walk aroud the square and look at the grand buildin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Playing in the Strand This is more of stroll through part of London's extensive Theatreland. It lasts just over 80 minutes and starts in Trafalgar Square (Charing Cross Underground - Zone 1 - Bakerloo and Northern Lines) Take the exit from the subway marked 'Trafalgar Square' and walk to the base of the Nelson Column facing towards the Tower of Big Ben. After an extensive description of Trafalgar Square and the Nelson Column, we walk aroud the square and look at the grand buildings, including Admiralty Arch, Can ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Playing in the Strand This is more of stroll through part of London's extensive Theatreland. It lasts just over 80 minutes and starts in Trafalgar Square (Charing Cross Underground - Zone 1 - Bakerloo and Northern Lines) Take the exit from the subway marked 'Trafalgar Square' and walk to the base of the Nelson Column facing towards the Tower of Big Ben. After an extensive description of Trafalgar Square and the Nelson Column, we walk aroud the square and look at the grand buildings, including Admiralty Arch, Can ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Islington This is a most enjoyable walk through Islington, starting at Angel Underground (Zone 1 - Northern Line, Bank Branch) and ending at Highbury & Islington (Zone 2 - Victoria Line and Overground).The first part of the walk passes through the antiques market area along Camden Passage. The middle section follows the line of the New River - neither new nor a river. This man-made watercourse took fresh water from Hertfordshire to New River Head. Little of the river is visible nowadays, but the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Islington This is a most enjoyable walk through Islington, starting at Angel Underground (Zone 1 - Northern Line, Bank Branch) and ending at Highbury & Islington (Zone 2 - Victoria Line and Overground).The first part of the walk passes through the antiques market area along Camden Passage. The middle section follows the line of the New River - neither new nor a river. This man-made watercourse took fresh water from Hertfordshire to New River Head. Little of the river is visible nowadays, but the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Islington This is a most enjoyable walk through Islington, starting at Angel Underground (Zone 1 - Northern Line, Bank Branch) and ending at Highbury & Islington (Zone 2 - Victoria Line and Overground).The first part of the walk passes through the antiques market area along Camden Passage. The middle section follows the line of the New River - neither new nor a river. This man-made watercourse took fresh water from Hertfordshire to New River Head. Little of the river is visible nowadays, but the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Hampstead A lovely historic walk through the tiny roads, alleyways, and steps around the centre of Hampstead. Hampstead is about 4 miles north of the centre of London. It is easily reached from stations like Tottenham Court Road, Euston, or Embankment by taking the Edgware branch of the Northern Line. The station is in Zones 2/3.Turning left outside the Underground station, we have only a few paces to walk on the busy Hampstead High Street before we turn into Flask Walk. The first portion of the stro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Hampstead A lovely historic walk through the tiny roads, alleyways, and steps around the centre of Hampstead. Hampstead is about 4 miles north of the centre of London. It is easily reached from stations like Tottenham Court Road, Euston, or Embankment by taking the Edgware branch of the Northern Line. The station is in Zones 2/3.Turning left outside the Underground station, we have only a few paces to walk on the busy Hampstead High Street before we turn into Flask Walk. The first portion of the stro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Hampstead A lovely historic walk through the tiny roads, alleyways, and steps around the centre of Hampstead. Hampstead is about 4 miles north of the centre of London. It is easily reached from stations like Tottenham Court Road, Euston, or Embankment by taking the Edgware branch of the Northern Line. The station is in Zones 2/3.Turning left outside the Underground station, we have only a few paces to walk on the busy Hampstead High Street before we turn into Flask Walk. The first portion of the stro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Hampton Court This walk starts at the Thamesside village of Hampton. You can reach Hampton by train from London (Waterloo) or by the District Line to Wimbledon and change to a train to Hampton. The station is in Zone 6 - so you can buy a Zones 1 - 6 off-peak Travelcard. Leaving the station from the South-West train, exit towards the shops and turn left along the High Street. As we walk down the High Street, I tell you about Godaddy.com (for 10% discount use code blu74) an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Hampton Court This walk starts at the Thamesside village of Hampton. You can reach Hampton by train from London (Waterloo) or by the District Line to Wimbledon and change to a train to Hampton. The station is in Zone 6 - so you can buy a Zones 1 - 6 off-peak Travelcard. Leaving the station from the South-West train, exit towards the shops and turn left along the High Street. As we walk down the High Street, I tell you about Godaddy.com (for 10% discount use code blu74) and the powernap software Pzi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Hampton Court This walk starts at the Thamesside village of Hampton. You can reach Hampton by train from London (Waterloo) or by the District Line to Wimbledon and change to a train to Hampton. The station is in Zone 6 - so you can buy a Zones 1 - 6 off-peak Travelcard. Leaving the station from the South-West train, exit towards the shops and turn left along the High Street. As we walk down the High Street, I tell you about Godaddy.com (for 10% discount use code blu74) and the powernap software Pzi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Harrow-on-the-Hill This is a lovely walk through the charming village of Harrow-on-the-Hill, home of the famous Harrow School and much more. Although Harrow is some way from the centre of London, it is easy to reach. The best way is to buy an off-peak Travelcard covering zones 1 - 6. Take the Jubilee Line northbound to Finchley Road. Here cross the same platform and take a Metropolitan Line to Harrow-on-the-Hill. The quickest is a fast Amersham service, but any Metropolitan Li ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Harrow-on-the-Hill This is a lovely walk through the charming village of Harrow-on-the-Hill, home of the famous Harrow School and much more. Although Harrow is some way from the centre of London, it is easy to reach. The best way is to buy an off-peak Travelcard covering zones 1 - 6. Take the Jubilee Line northbound to Finchley Road. Here cross the same platform and take a Metropolitan Line to Harrow-on-the-Hill. The quickest is a fast Amersham service, but any Metropolitan Line train will do: the Metropo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Harrow-on-the-Hill This is a lovely walk through the charming village of Harrow-on-the-Hill, home of the famous Harrow School and much more. Although Harrow is some way from the centre of London, it is easy to reach. The best way is to buy an off-peak Travelcard covering zones 1 - 6. Take the Jubilee Line northbound to Finchley Road. Here cross the same platform and take a Metropolitan Line to Harrow-on-the-Hill. The quickest is a fast Amersham service, but any Metropolitan Line train will do: the Metropo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Harrow-on-the-Hill This is a lovely walk through the charming village of Harrow-on-the-Hill, home of the famous Harrow School and much more. Although Harrow is some way from the centre of London, it is easy to reach. The best way is to buy an off-peak Travelcard covering zones 1 - 6. Take the Jubilee Line northbound to Finchley Road. Here cross the same platform and take a Metropolitan Line to Harrow-on-the-Hill. The quickest is a fast Amersham service, but any Metropolitan Line train will do: the Metropo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Well, well well! Why Well, Well, Well? Well! - because we pass a number of places where there were wells and spas. In fact, at the Clerk's Well you can see the original well behind glass. The parish of Clerkenwell was named after this source of water, which later became a pump to service the neighbourhood with clean, fresh supplies from a nearby spring. Unfortunately this tap became polluted and had to be shut down, possibly from the nearby Smithfield Meat Market. Another well is Brideswell towards the end ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Well, well well! Why Well, Well, Well? Well! - because we pass a number of places where there were wells and spas. In fact, at the Clerk's Well you can see the original well behind glass. The parish of Clerkenwell was named after this source of water, which later became a pump to service the neighbourhood with clean, fresh supplies from a nearby spring. Unfortunately this tap became polluted and had to be shut down, possibly from the nearby Smithfield Meat Market. Another well is Brideswell ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Well, well well! Why Well, Well, Well? Well! - because we pass a number of places where there were wells and spas. In fact, at the Clerk's Well you can see the original well behind glass. The parish of Clerkenwell was named after this source of water, which later became a pump to service the neighbourhood with clean, fresh supplies from a nearby spring. Unfortunately this tap became polluted and had to be shut down, possibly from the nearby Smithfield Meat Market. Another well is Brideswell towards the end ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Well, well well! Why Well, Well, Well? Well! - because we pass a number of places where there were wells and spas. In fact, at the Clerk's Well you can see the original well behind glass. The parish of Clerkenwell was named after this source of water, which later became a pump to service the neighbourhood with clean, fresh supplies from a nearby spring. Unfortunately this tap became polluted and had to be shut down, possibly from the nearby Smithfield Meat Market. Another well is Brideswell towards the end ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Highgate Highgate lies between Haringey, Camden and Islington. It is one of London's more expensive and fashionable neighbourhoods. It has an active conservation society, and has much to conserve. Highgate Hill is one of the highest points in London, and the view from the beautiful Holly Lodge Estate is stunning. There are associations with Charles Dickens: his father and mother took the family here to escape their creditors, and Charles modelled Mr Jingle in Pickwic ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Highgate Highgate lies between Haringey, Camden and Islington. It is one of London's more expensive and fashionable neighbourhoods. It has an active conservation society, and has much to conserve. Highgate Hill is one of the highest points in London, and the view from the beautiful Holly Lodge Estate is stunning. There are associations with Charles Dickens: his father and mother took the family here to escape their creditors, and Charles modelled Mr Jingle in Pickwick Papers on one of its well-k ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Highgate Highgate lies between Haringey, Camden and Islington. It is one of London's more expensive and fashionable neighbourhoods. It has an active conservation society, and has much to conserve. Highgate Hill is one of the highest points in London, and the view from the beautiful Holly Lodge Estate is stunning. There are associations with Charles Dickens: his father and mother took the family here to escape their creditors, and Charles modelled Mr Jingle in Pickwick Papers on one of its well-k ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Highgate Highgate lies between Haringey, Camden and Islington. It is one of London's more expensive and fashionable neighbourhoods. It has an active conservation society, and has much to conserve. Highgate Hill is one of the highest points in London, and the view from the beautiful Holly Lodge Estate is stunning. There are associations with Charles Dickens: his father and mother took the family here to escape their creditors, and Charles modelled Mr Jingle in Pickwick Papers on one of its well-k ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Docklands How can you possibly beat a walk along the Thames on a fine day? Shadwell (the name probably came from Shite-well or Shit-well) might be an unauspicious start, but in a few paces from the Docklands Light Railway or East London Line Zone 2 you come across the fabulous Nicholas Hawksmoor church of St George's with its 160 ft (49m) tower. Dickens described its 'Romish' practices in the mid 19th century as 'miserable fancy dressing pantomime posturing.' ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dockands How can you possibly beat a walk along the Thames on a fine day? Shadwell (the name probably came from Shite-well or Shit-well) might be an unauspicious start, but in a few paces from the Docklands Light Railway or East London Line Zone 2 you come across the fabulous Nicholas Hawksmoor church of St George's with its 160 ft (49m) tower. Dickens described its 'Romish' practices in the mid 19th century as 'miserable fancy dressing pantomime posturing.' Dickens features again and again on ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Docklands How can you possibly beat a walk along the Thames on a fine day? Shadwell (the name probably came from Shite-well or Shit-well) might be an unauspicious start, but in a few paces from the Docklands Light Railway or East London Line Zone 2 you come across the fabulous Nicholas Hawksmoor church of St George's with its 160 ft (49m) tower. Dickens described its 'Romish' practices in the mid 19th century as 'miserable fancy dressing pantomime posturing.' Dickens features again and again o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dockands How can you possibly beat a walk along the Thames on a fine day? Shadwell (the name probably came from Shite-well or Shit-well) might be an unauspicious start, but in a few paces from the Docklands Light Railway or East London Line Zone 2 you come across the fabulous Nicholas Hawksmoor church of St George's with its 160 ft (49m) tower. Dickens described its 'Romish' practices in the mid 19th century as 'miserable fancy dressing pantomime posturing.' Dickens features again and again on ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Marylebone Marylebone is the area north of Oxford Street. It was originally the closest village to central London until developed in the 18th and 19th centuries for housing by two landlords. Now Marylebone is a mixture of housing, offices and retail.The Marylebone walk starts at Marble Arch Underground station (Central Line Zone 1) and finishes at Baker Street (Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, Circle, Bakerloo, Jubilee lines Zone 1). We walk through a number of squares and along Upper Berkeley St ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Marylebone Marylebone is the area north of Oxford Street. It was originally the closest village to central London until developed in the 18th and 19th centuries for housing by two landlords. Now Marylebone is a mixture of housing, offices and retail.The Marylebone walk starts at Marble Arch Underground station (Central Line Zone 1) and finishes at Baker Street (Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, Circle, Bakerloo, Jubilee lines Zone 1). We walk through a number of sq ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Marylebone Marylebone is the area north of Oxford Street. It was originally the closest village to central London until developed in the 18th and 19th centuries for housing by two landlords. Now Marylebone is a mixture of housing, offices and retail.The Marylebone walk starts at Marble Arch Underground station (Central Line Zone 1) and finishes at Baker Street (Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, Circle, Bakerloo, Jubilee lines Zone 1). We walk through a number of squares and along Upper Berkeley St ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Marylebone Marylebone is the area north of Oxford Street. It was originally the closest village to central London until developed in the 18th and 19th centuries for housing by two landlords. Now Marylebone is a mixture of housing, offices and retail.The Marylebone walk starts at Marble Arch Underground station (Central Line Zone 1) and finishes at Baker Street (Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, Circle, Bakerloo, Jubilee lines Zone 1). We walk through a number of squares and along Upper Berkeley St ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bayswater (East) This is the second part of our Bayswater walk. The first part to the west started at Notting Hill Gate Underground (Central, Circle & District Lines Zone 1/2) and finished at Lancaster Gate (Central Line Zone 1). We now continue from Lancaster Gate, and finish at Marble Arch (Central Line Zone 1).Our first port of call is the lovely church of St James the Less in Sussex Gardens. The list of Vicars of Paddington posted on the wall goes back to the 14th Century, and our stroll through Bay ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bayswater (East) This is the second part of our Bayswater walk. The first part to the west started at Notting Hill Gate Underground (Central, Circle & District Lines Zone 1/2) and finished at Lancaster Gate (Central Line Zone 1). We now continue from Lancaster Gate, and finish at Marble Arch (Central Line Zone 1).Our first port of call is the lovely church of St James the Less in Sussex Gardens. The list of Vicars of Paddington posted on the wall goes back to the 14th Century, and our stroll through Bay ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bayswater (East) This is the second part of our Bayswater walk. The first part to the west started at Notting Hill Gate Underground (Central, Circle & District Lines Zone 1/2) and finished at Lancaster Gate (Central Line Zone 1). We now continue from Lancaster Gate, and finish at Marble Arch (Central Line Zone 1).Our first port of call is the lovely church of St James the Less in Sussex Gardens. The list of Vicars of Paddington posted on the wall goes back to the 14th Century, and our stroll through Bay ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bayswater (East) This is the second part of our Bayswater walk. The first part to the west started at Notting Hill Gate Underground (Central, Circle & District Lines Zone 1/2) and finished at Lancaster Gate (Central Line Zone 1). We now continue from Lancaster Gate, and finish at Marble Arch (Central Line Zone 1).Our first port of call is the lovely church of St James the Less in Sussex Gardens. The list of Vicars of Paddington posted on the wall goes back to the 14th Century, and our stroll through Bay ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Campden Hill This is a circular walk through Campden Hill in Kensington starting at Notting Hill Gate Underground (Circle, District and Central Lines Zones 1 and 2). Leave the Underground through exit A and go straight ahead until you turn left into Campden Hill Square. The walk takes us up one side of the square, across the top and down the other side to Holland Park Avenue. This is a lovely sloping square developed over many years around private communal gardens. There were a number of interesting res ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Campden Hill This is a circular walk through Campden Hill in Kensington starting at Notting Hill Gate Underground (Circle, District and Central Lines Zones 1 and 2). Leave the Underground through exit A and go straight ahead until you turn left into Campden Hill Square. The walk takes us up one side of the square, across the top and down the other side to Holland Park Avenue. This is a lovely sloping square developed over many years around private communal gardens. There were a number of interesting res ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Campden Hill This is a circular walk through Campden Hill in Kensington starting at Notting Hill Gate Underground (Circle, District and Central Lines Zones 1 and 2). Leave the Underground through exit A and go straight ahead until you turn left into Campden Hill Square. The walk takes us up one side of the square, across the top and down the other side to Holland Park Avenue. This is a lovely sloping square developed over many years around private communal gardens. There were a number of interesting res ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Campden Hill This is a circular walk through Campden Hill in Kensington starting at Notting Hill Gate Underground (Circle, District and Central Lines Zones 1 and 2). Leave the Underground through exit A and go straight ahead until you turn left into Campden Hill Square. The walk takes us up one side of the square, across the top and down the other side to Holland Park Avenue. This is a lovely sloping square developed over many years around private communal gardens. There were a number of interesting res ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk (East) This is the second the third parts of the 4 part walk. We start at Hyde Park Corner (Piccadilly Line Zone 1) and cross through the Wellington Arch to stand by the Mogul-style Memorial Gate at the top of Constitution Hill. This gate, opened by Her Majesty the Queen in 2002, commemorates the soldiers from the Indian Sub Continent and from Africa and the Caribbean who served in war. Ignore the signpost - it points in the wrong direction and follow my instructio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk (East) This is the second the third parts of the 4 part walk. We start at Hyde Park Corner (Piccadilly Line Zone 1) and cross through the Wellington Arch to stand by the Mogul-style Memorial Gate at the top of Constitution Hill. This gate, opened by Her Majesty the Queen in 2002, commemorates the soldiers from the Indian Sub Continent and from Africa and the Caribbean who served in war. Ignore the signpost - it points in the wrong direction and follow my instructions through The Green Park and d ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk (East) This is the second the third parts of the 4 part walk. We start at Hyde Park Corner (Piccadilly Line Zone 1) and cross through the Wellington Arch to stand by the Mogul-style Memorial Gate at the top of Constitution Hill. This gate, opened by Her Majesty the Queen in 2002, commemorates the soldiers from the Indian Sub Continent and from Africa and the Caribbean who served in war. Ignore the signpost - it points in the wrong direction and follow my instructions through The Green Park and d ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk (East) This is the second the third parts of the 4 part walk. We start at Hyde Park Corner (Piccadilly Line Zone 1) and cross through the Wellington Arch to stand by the Mogul-style Memorial Gate at the top of Constitution Hill. This gate, opened by Her Majesty the Queen in 2002, commemorates the soldiers from the Indian Sub Continent and from Africa and the Caribbean who served in war. Ignore the signpost - it points in the wrong direction and follow my instructions through The Green Park and d ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk (West) I find it sad that there is so little publicity for the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk. If you try searching for a map of the walk on the Net, you will not find one. I even went into the information desk at Marbe Arch and asked for one. The woman on duty who was a member of the Friends of Kensington Gardens handed me a map, which I later found to show the cycle route around Hyde Park but no sign of the walk. The walk is about 8 miles long. It is descr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk (West) I find it sad that there is so little publicity for the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk. If you try searching for a map of the walk on the Net, you will not find one. I even went into the information desk at Marbe Arch and asked for one. The woman on duty who was a member of the Friends of Kensington Gardens handed me a map, which I later found to show the cycle route around Hyde Park but no sign of the walk. The walk is about 8 miles long. It is described as a 'lopsided figure-of- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk (West) I find it sad that there is so little publicity for the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk. If you try searching for a map of the walk on the Net, you will not find one. I even went into the information desk at Marbe Arch and asked for one. The woman on duty who was a member of the Friends of Kensington Gardens handed me a map, which I later found to show the cycle route around Hyde Park but no sign of the walk. The walk is about 8 miles long. It is described as a 'lopsided figure-of- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk (West) I find it sad that there is so little publicity for the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk. If you try searching for a map of the walk on the Net, you will not find one. I even went into the information desk at Marbe Arch and asked for one. The woman on duty who was a member of the Friends of Kensington Gardens handed me a map, which I later found to show the cycle route around Hyde Park but no sign of the walk. The walk is about 8 miles long. It is described as a 'lopsided figure-of- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bergen, Norway This is an indulgence I hope you will forgive. Do not worry. I have not run out of ideas for the podcast yet. This one seemed too good to miss. Does it qualify as a walk in London? Of course not, but on the other hand Bergen is only 90 minutes direct flight from London (Stansted) and the budget airline Norwegian charges very little for a ticket. If you can stand the slooooow checkin and the resultant queues that is...So how come Bergen? Well, Vicky and I were stranded there for a few days w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bergen, Norway This is an indulgence I hope you will forgive. Do not worry. I have not run out of ideas for the podcast yet. This one seemed too good to miss. Does it qualify as a walk in London? Of course not, but on the other hand Bergen is only 90 minutes direct flight from London (Stansted) and the budget airline Norwegian charges very little for a ticket. If you can stand the slooooow checkin and the resultant queues that is...So how come Bergen? Well, Vicky and I were stranded there for a few days w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bergen, Norway This is an indulgence I hope you will forgive. Do not worry. I have not run out of ideas for the podcast yet. This one seemed too good to miss. Does it qualify as a walk in London? Of course not, but on the other hand Bergen is only 90 minutes direct flight from London (Stansted) and the budget airline Norwegian charges very little for a ticket. If you can stand the slooooow checkin and the resultant queues that is...So how come Bergen? Well, Vicky and I were stranded there for a few days w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bergen, Norway This is an indulgence I hope you will forgive. Do not worry. I have not run out of ideas for the podcast yet. This one seemed too good to miss. Does it qualify as a walk in London? Of course not, but on the other hand Bergen is only 90 minutes direct flight from London (Stansted) and the budget airline Norwegian charges very little for a ticket. If you can stand the slooooow checkin and the resultant queues that is...So how come Bergen? Well, Vicky and I were stranded there for a few days w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bayswater (West) Bayswater lies north of the Bayswater Road between Notting Hill to the west, and Mayfair to the east. To the south are Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. Bayswater is more mixed than Kensington - not as chic and certainly not so well cared for. There are more multi-occupancy dwellings, small hotels, rooming houses, and large properties both in need of renovation as well as undergoing improvement. The sound of building works echoes through Bayswater even more than in neighbouring boroughs.The ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bayswater (West) Bayswater lies north of the Bayswater Road between Notting Hill to the west, and Mayfair to the east. To the south are Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. Bayswater is more mixed than Kensington - not as chic and certainly not so well cared for. There are more multi-occupancy dwellings, small hotels, rooming houses, and large properties both in need of renovation as well as undergoing improvement. The sound of building works echoes through Bayswater even more than in neighbouring boroughs.The ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bayswater (West) Bayswater lies north of the Bayswater Road between Notting Hill to the west, and Mayfair to the east. To the south are Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. Bayswater is more mixed than Kensington - not as chic and certainly not so well cared for. There are more multi-occupancy dwellings, small hotels, rooming houses, and large properties both in need of renovation as well as undergoing improvement. The sound of building works echoes through Bayswater even more than in neighbouring boroughs.The ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bayswater (West) Bayswater lies north of the Bayswater Road between Notting Hill to the west, and Mayfair to the east. To the south are Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. Bayswater is more mixed than Kensington - not as chic and certainly not so well cared for. There are more multi-occupancy dwellings, small hotels, rooming houses, and large properties both in need of renovation as well as undergoing improvement. The sound of building works echoes through Bayswater even more than in neighbouring boroughs.The ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Clerkenwell This walk starts at Angel Underground station on the Bank branch of the Northern Line in Zone 1. Angel can be reached by taking the Central Line and changing at Bank. Clerkenwell is a former monastic settlement. The land was originally donated to the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1140. Clerkenwell is a mixed area where ancient buildings, Georgian houses, and loft apartments oc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Clerkenwell This walk starts at Angel Underground station onthe Bank branch of the Northern Line in Zone 1. Angel can be reached bytaking the Central Line and changing at Bank.Clerkenwellis a former monastic settlement. The land was originally donated to theOrder of St John of Jerusalem in 1140. Clerkenwell is a mixed areawhere ancient buildings, Georgian houses, and loft apartments occupiedby media professionals jostle together with wine bars, office blocks,converted warehouses and workshops.The areai ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Clerkenwell This walk starts at Angel Underground station on the Bank branch of the Northern Line in Zone 1. Angel can be reached by taking the Central Line and changing at Bank. Clerkenwell is a former monastic settlement. The land was originally donated to the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1140. Clerkenwell is a mixed area where ancient buildings, Georgian houses, and loft apartments occupied by media professionals jostle together with wine bars, office blocks, converted warehouses and workshops ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Clerkenwell This walk starts at Angel Underground station on the Bank branch of the Northern Line in Zone 1. Angel can be reached by taking the Central Line and changing at Bank. Clerkenwell is a former monastic settlement. The land was originally donated to the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1140. Clerkenwell is a mixed area where ancient buildings, Georgian houses, and loft apartments occupied by media professionals jostle together with wine bars, office blocks, converted warehouses and workshops ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Belgravia A walk from Lancaster Gate Underground (zone 1) or Paddington across Hyde Park to the Lanesborough Hotel, then through Belgravia dn Chelsea to finish at Sloane Square Underground (zone 1). Lancaster Gate is on the Central Line. Sloane Square Underground is on the District & Circle Lines. This walk follows part of the course of the Westbourne River. Starting at Lancaster Gate we cross Bayswater Road and immediately enter the park by the Italianate garden ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Belgravia A walk from Lancaster Gate Underground (zone 1) or Paddington across Hyde Park to the Lanesborough Hotel, then through Belgravia dn Chelsea to finish at Sloane Square Underground (zone 1). Lancaster Gate is on the Central Line. Sloane Square Underground is on the District & Circle Lines. This walk follows part of the course of the Westbourne River. Starting at Lancaster Gate we cross Bayswater Road and immediately enter the park by the Italianate gardens with five fountains and a 173 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Belgravia A walk from Lancaster Gate Underground (zone 1) or Paddington across Hyde Park to the Lanesborough Hotel, then through Belgravia dn Chelsea to finish at Sloane Square Underground (zone 1). Lancaster Gate is on the Central Line. Sloane Square Underground is on the District & Circle Lines. This walk follows part of the course of the Westbourne River. Starting at Lancaster Gate we cross Bayswater Road and immediately enter the park by the Italianate gardens with five fountains and a 173 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Belgravia A walk from Lancaster Gate Underground (zone 1) or Paddington across Hyde Park to the Lanesborough Hotel, then through Belgravia dn Chelsea to finish at Sloane Square Underground (zone 1). Lancaster Gate is on the Central Line. Sloane Square Underground is on the District & Circle Lines. This walk follows part of the course of the Westbourne River. Starting at Lancaster Gate we cross Bayswater Road and immediately enter the park by the Italianate gardens with five fountains and a 173 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Regents Park A walk from Chalk Farm Underground over Primrose Hill through regents Park to Great Portland St. or Regents Park Underground stations.For this walk, take a sandwich and a drink, and enjoy a picnic at the top of Primrose Hill sitting on a bench overlooking a panorama of London below, as I describe the character of the area and the sights from this point, which is only rivaled by Greenwich Royal Observatory as a classic view of the capital.From Primrose Hill we walk down to Prince Albert Road ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Regents Park A walk from Chalk Farm Underground over Primrose Hill through regents Park to Great Portland St. or Regents Park Underground stations.For this walk, take a sandwich and a drink, and enjoy a picnic at the top of Primrose Hill sitting on a bench overlooking a panorama of London below, as I describe the character of the area and the sights from this point, which is only rivaled by Greenwich Royal Observatory as a classic view of the capital.From Primrose Hill we walk down to Prince Albert Road ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Regents Park A walk from Chalk Farm Underground over Primrose Hill through regents Park to Great Portland St. or Regents Park Underground stations.For this walk, take a sandwich and a drink, and enjoy a picnic at the top of Primrose Hill sitting on a bench overlooking a panorama of London below, as I describe the character of the area and the sights from this point, which is only rivaled by Greenwich Royal Observatory as a classic view of the capital.From Primrose Hill we walk down to Prince Albert Road ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Regents Park A walk from Chalk Farm Underground over Primrose Hill through regents Park to Great Portland St. or Regents Park Underground stations.For this walk, take a sandwich and a drink, and enjoy a picnic at the top of Primrose Hill sitting on a bench overlooking a panorama of London below, as I describe the character of the area and the sights from this point, which is only rivaled by Greenwich Royal Observatory as a classic view of the capital.From Primrose Hill we walk down to Prince Albert Road ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Covent Garden Covent Garden fits snugly between the City of London on the east and the West End north of the Strand. It is on the one hand a fashionable and vibrant quarter of London and on the other hand a busy tourist area centred on the piazza - a converted fruit and vegetable market dating back to the early part of the 19th Century and beyond.The walk starts in Trafalgar Square beside Nelson's Column, an icon of London and a place of demonstrations and celebration. Trafagar Square can be reached from ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Covent Garden Covent Garden fits snugly between the City of London on the east and the West End north of the Strand. It is on the one hand a fashionable and vibrant quarter of London and on the other hand a busy tourist area centred on the piazza - a converted fruit and vegetable market dating back to the early part of the 19th Century and beyond.The walk starts in Trafalgar Square beside Nelson's Column, an icon of London and a place of demonstrations and celebration. Trafagar Square can be reached from ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Covent Garden Covent Garden fits snugly between the City of London on the east and the West End north of the Strand. It is on the one hand a fashionable and vibrant quarter of London and on the other hand a busy tourist area centred on the piazza - a converted fruit and vegetable market dating back to the early part of the 19th Century and beyond.The walk starts in Trafalgar Square beside Nelson's Column, an icon of London and a place of demonstrations and celebration. Trafagar Square can be reached from ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Covent Garden Covent Garden fits snugly between the City of London on the east and the West End north of the Strand. It is on the one hand a fashionable and vibrant quarter of London and on the other hand a busy tourist area centred on the piazza - a converted fruit and vegetable market dating back to the early part of the 19th Century and beyond.The walk starts in Trafalgar Square beside Nelson's Column, an icon of London and a place of demonstrations and celebration. Trafagar Square can be reached from ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Kensington Kensington is my home, and so it is surprising I have not done a Kensington walk before now. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea stretches from the River Thames in the South to Notting Hill and North Kensington in the North. It is a large area. The part we are walking through is the wealthiest. Even the smallest houses, of which there are very few, now cost in excess of & ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Kensington Kensington is my home, and so it is surprising I have notdone a Kensington walk before now.TheRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea stretchesfrom the River Thames in the South to Notting Hill and North Kensington inthe North. It is a large area.The part we are walking through is the wealthiest.Even the smallest houses, of which there are very few, now cost in excess of Â1million (currently US $1.93 million).The walk starts at High Street Kensington Undergroundstation, which is on the Circ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Kensington Kensington is my home, and so it is surprising I have not done a Kensington walk before now. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea stretches from the River Thames in the South to Notting Hill and North Kensington in the North. It is a large area. The part we are walking through is the wealthiest. Even the smallest houses, of which there are very few, now cost in excess of Â1million (currently US $1.93 million). The walk starts at High Street Kensington ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Kensington Kensington is my home, and so it is surprising I have not done a Kensington walk before now. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea stretches from the River Thames in the South to Notting Hill and North Kensington in the North. It is a large area. The part we are walking through is the wealthiest. Even the smallest houses, of which there are very few, now cost in excess of Â1million (currently US $1.93 million). The walk starts at High Street Kensington U ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Westminster to Buckingham Palace through St James's A short walk of less than 50 minutes from Big Ben through St James's to Buckingham Palace. Start at Westminster Underground (Circle, District and Jubilee Lines Zone 1). From Parliament Square, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey we walk up Whitehall past the Cenotaph, Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence. The route then crosses Horse Guards Parade to The Mall with views either s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Westminster to Buckingham Palace through St James's A short walk of less than 50 minutes from Big Ben through St James's to Buckingham Palace. Start at Westminster Underground (Circle, District and Jubilee Lines Zone 1). From Parliament Square, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey we walk up Whitehall past the Cenotaph, Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence. The route then crosses Horse Guards Parade to The Mall with views either side towards Admiralty Arch and Trafalgar Square in one direction and Buckingham Palace i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Westminster to Buckingham Palace through St James's A short walk of less than 50 minutes from Big Ben through St James's to Buckingham Palace. Start at Westminster Underground (Circle, District and Jubilee Lines Zone 1). From Parliament Square, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey we walk up Whitehall past the Cenotaph, Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence. The route then crosses Horse Guards Parade to The Mall with views either side towards Admiralty Arch and Trafalgar Square in one direction and Buckingham Palace i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Westminster to Buckingham Palace through St James's A short walk of less than 50 minutes from Big Ben through St James's to Buckingham Palace. Start at Westminster Underground (Circle, District and Jubilee Lines Zone 1). From Parliament Square, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey we walk up Whitehall past the Cenotaph, Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence. The route then crosses Horse Guards Parade to The Mall with views either side towards Admiralty Arch and Trafalgar Square in one direction and Buckingham Palace in t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Riverside Walk - Barnes to Putney The Thames riverside is London's undervalued playground, and walks alongside the river do not get much better than this. We start at Barnes Bridge, and before you say that it is hard to get to this part of London, think again. There is a railway station right beside the bridge, and you can reach it in only 23 minutes from London Waterloo. There are 7 trains per hour. The station is in Zone 3, so if you travel after 9.30am a Zones 1 - 4 One Day Travelcard is a very affordable choice in ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Riverside Walk - Barnes to Putney The Thames riverside is London's undervalued playground, and walks alongside the river do not get much better than this. We start at Barnes Bridge, and before you say that it is hard to get to this part of London, think again. There is a railway station right beside the bridge, and you can reach it in only 23 minutes from London Waterloo. There are 7 trains per hour. The station is in Zone 3, so ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Riverside Walk - Barnes to Putney The Thames riverside is London's undervalued playground, and walks alongside the river do not get much better than this. We start at Barnes Bridge, and before you say that it is hard to get to this part of London, think again. There is a railway station right beside the bridge, and you can reach it in only 23 minutes from London Waterloo. There are 7 trains per hour. The station is in Zone 3, so if you travel after 9.30am a Zones 1 - 4 One Day Travelcard is a very affordable choice in ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Riverside Walk - Barnes to Putney The Thames riverside is London's undervalued playground, and walks alongside the river do not get much better than this. We start at Barnes Bridge, and before you say that it is hard to get to this part of London, think again. There is a railway station right beside the bridge, and you can reach it in only 23 minutes from London Waterloo. There are 7 trains per hour. The station is in Zone 3, so if you travel after 9.30am a Zones 1 - 4 One Day Travelcard is a very affordable choice in ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Legal London - Temples, Inns and the Da Vinci Code A walk around London's Inns of Court, starting at Chancery Lane (Central Line Zone 1) As you exit the Underground, you are immediately entranced by the ancient timbered building in High Holborn. This wonderful half timbered building stands on the south side of High Holborn, and is on your right as you leave the Underground from exit 3. We leave the traffic noise behind us and hundreds of years o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Legal London - Temples, Inns and the Da Vinci Code A walk around London's Inns of Court, starting at Chancery Lane (Central Line Zone 1) As you exit the Underground, you are immediately entranced by the ancient timbered building in High Holborn. This wonderful half timbered building stands on the south side of High Holborn, and is on your right as you leave the Underground from exit 3. We leave the traffic noise behind us and hundreds of years of history by walking through Staples Inn towards the Patent Office and London Silver ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Legal London - Temples, Inns and the Da Vinci Code A walk around London's Inns of Court, starting at Chancery Lane (Central Line Zone 1) As you exit the Underground, you are immediately entranced by the ancient timbered building in High Holborn. This wonderful half timbered building stands on the south side of High Holborn, and is on your right as you leave the Underground from exit 3. We leave the traffic noise behind us and hundreds of years of history by walking through Staples Inn towards the Patent Office and London Sil ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Legal London - Temples, Inns and the Da Vinci Code A walk around London's Inns of Court, starting at Chancery Lane (Central Line Zone 1) As you exit the Underground, you are immediately entranced by the ancient timbered building in High Holborn. This wonderful half timbered building stands on the south side of High Holborn, and is on your right as you leave the Underground from exit 3. We leave the traffic noise behind us and hundreds of years of history by walking through Staples Inn towards the Patent Office and London Sil ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mayfair Mayfair, London's most expensive area. This is a walk from Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo and Piccadilly Lines, Zone 1). We start by walking along Piccadilly to Burlington House, home of the Royal Academy of Arts famous for its Summer Exhibition, exhibitions, events and library. Two beautiful Georgian arcades of shops follow, including Royal Arcade, so named because Queen Victoria b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mayfair Mayfair, London's most expensive area. This is a walk from Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo and Piccadilly Lines, Zone 1). We start by walking along Piccadilly to Burlington House, home of the Royal Academy of Arts famous for its Summer Exhibition, exhibitions, events and library. Two beautiful Georgian arcades of shops follow, including Royal Arcade, so named because Queen Victoria bought her riding skirts from an outlet there.  Shepherd Market is a lovely neighbourhood full of small re ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mayfair Mayfair, London's most expensive area. This is a walk from Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo and Piccadilly Lines, Zone 1). We start by walking along Piccadilly to Burlington House, home of the Royal Academy of Arts famous for its Summer Exhibition, exhibitions, events and library. Two beautiful Georgian arcades of shops follow, including Royal Arcade, so named because Queen Victoria bought her riding skirts from an outlet there.  Shepherd Market is a lovely neighbourhood full of small ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mayfair Mayfair, London's most expensive area. This is a walk from Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo and Piccadilly Lines, Zone 1). We start by walking along Piccadilly to Burlington House, home of the Royal Academy of Arts famous for its Summer Exhibition, exhibitions, events and library. Two beautiful Georgian arcades of shops follow, including Royal Arcade, so named because Queen Victoria bought her riding skirts from an outlet there.  Shepherd Market is a lovely neighbourhood full of small ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Regents Canal - Little Venice to Camden Lock A walk along the Regents Canal from Warwick Avenue Underground (Zone 2). Most of this walk is along the towpath beside the Regents Canal. We start in the neighbourhood known as Little Venice. Here the Grand Union Canal which enters the River Thames at Brentford joins the Regents Canal, built in the 18th Century to link London with the manufacturing town of Birmingham. A later ext ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Regents Canal - Little Venice to Camden Lock A walk along the Regents Canal from Warwick Road Underground (Zone 2). Most of this walk is along the towpath beside the Regents Canal. We start in the neighbourhood known as Little Venice. Here the Grand Union Canal which enters the River Thames at Brentford joins the Regents Canal, built in the 18th Century to link London with the manufacturing town of Birmingham. A later extension was built around 1812 from Paddington to the London Docks through Regents Park and around No ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Regents Canal - Little Venice to Camden Lock A walk along the Regents Canal from Warwick Avenue Underground (Zone 2). Most of this walk is along the towpath beside the Regents Canal. We start in the neighbourhood known as Little Venice. Here the Grand Union Canal which enters the River Thames at Brentford joins the Regents Canal, built in the 18th Century to link London with the manufacturing town of Birmingham. A later extension was built around 1812 from Paddington to the London Docks through Regents Park and around Nor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Regents Canal - Little Venice to Camden Lock A walk along the Regents Canal from Warwick Avenue Underground (Zone 2). Most of this walk is along the towpath beside the Regents Canal. We start in the neighbourhood known as Little Venice. Here the Grand Union Canal which enters the River Thames at Brentford joins the Regents Canal, built in the 18th Century to link London with the manufacturing town of Birmingham. A later extension was built around 1812 from Paddington to the London Docks through Regents Park and around Nor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Kensal Green - a matter of life and death It's a matter of life and death - an unusual and privileged walk through Kensal Green cemetery. It may seem strange to us today that Victorian families enjoyed nothing more than a Sunday afternoon stroll through one of London's great cemeteries. Take this walk with me and you will find out why. I am accompanied by one of my nephews, Andrew Lewis. Together we have the benefit of a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Kensal Green - a matter of life and death It's a matter of life and death - an unusual and privileged walk through Kensal Green cemetery. It may seem strange to us today that Victorian families enjoyed nothing more than a Sunday afternoon stroll through one of London's great cemeteries. Take this walk with me and you will find out why. I am accompanied by one of my nephews, Andrew Lewis. Together we have the benefit of a knowledgeable guide and expert Henry Vivian Neale. Henry is chief guide for the Friends of Kensal Green ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Kensal Green - a matter of life and death It's a matter of life and death - an unusual and privileged walk through Kensal Green cemetery. It may seem strange to us today that Victorian families enjoyed nothing more than a Sunday afternoon stroll through one of London's great cemeteries. Take this walk with me and you will find out why. I am accompanied by one of my nephews, Andrew Lewis. Together we have the benefit of a knowledgeable guide and expert Henry Vivian Neale. Henry is chief guide for the Friends of Kensal Green ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Kensal Green - a matter of life and death It's a matter of life and death - an unusual and privileged walk through Kensal Green cemetery. It may seem strange to us today that Victorian families enjoyed nothing more than a Sunday afternoon stroll through one of London's great cemeteries. Take this walk with me and you will find out why. I am accompanied by one of my nephews, Andrew Lewis. Together we have the benefit of a knowledgeable guide and expert Henry Vivian Neale. Henry is chief guide for the Friends of Kensal Green. F ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Soho - Sex, Chinatown, Theatreland A walk through Soho from Goodge Street to Trafalgar Square. Goodge Street is on the Northern Line (zone 1) and is one stop north of Tottenham Court Road (Central Line) on the Edgware branch. Today's walk starts in Tottenham Court Road near the famous Heal's department store, on the borders of Fitzrovia and Soho. The name 'Soho' comes from a hunting cry. It harks ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Soho - Sex, Chinatown, Theatreland A walk through Soho from Goodge Street to Trafalgar Square. Goodge Street is on the Northern Line (zone 1) and is one stop north of Tottenham Court Road (Central Line) on the Edgware branch. Today's walk starts in Tottenham Court Road near the famous Heal's department store, on the borders of Fitzrovia and Soho. The name 'Soho' comes from a hunting cry. It harks back to the days when this area consisted of open fields over which the king would ride to hounds. First occupied by the aristo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Soho - Sex, Chinatown, Theatreland A walk through Soho from Goodge Street to Trafalgar Square. Goodge Street is on the Northern Line (zone 1) and is one stop north of Tottenham Court Road (Central Line) on the Edgware branch. Today's walk starts in Tottenham Court Road near the famous Heal's department store, on the borders of Fitzrovia and Soho. The name 'Soho' comes from a hunting cry. It harks back to the days when this area consisted of open fields over which the king would ride to hounds. First occupied by the aristo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Soho - Sex, Chinatown, Theatreland A walk through Soho from Goodge Street to Trafalgar Square. Goodge Street is on the Northern Line (zone 1) and is one stop north of Tottenham Court Road (Central Line) on the Edgware branch. Today's walk starts in Tottenham Court Road near the famous Heal's department store, on the borders of Fitzrovia and Soho. The name 'Soho' comes from a hunting cry. It harks back to the days when this area consisted of open fields over which the king would ride to hounds. First occupied by the aristo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Chelsea A walk round Chelsea starting and ending at Sloane Square.We start by walking along the King's Road past the John Lewis department store known as Peter Jones. This shop is the favourite shopping venue for young Chesea women (once known as Sloane Rangers) the aristocracy and member of the Royal Family.From the King's Road we walk through the Royal Hospital, founded in 1862 by Charles II and still the home for the red and blue coated Chelsea Pensioners. You won't find many tourists in its gro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Chelsea A walk round Chelsea starting and ending at Sloane Square.We start by walking along the King's Road past the John Lewis department store known as Peter Jones. This shop is the favourite shopping venue for young Chesea women (once known as Sloane Rangers) the aristocracy and member of the Royal Family.From the King's Road we walk through the Royal Hospital, founded in 1862 by Charles II and still the home for the red and blue coated Chelsea Pensioners. You won't find many tourists in its gro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Chelsea A walk round Chelsea starting and ending at Sloane Square.We start by walking along the King's Road past the John Lewis department store known as Peter Jones. This shop is the favourite shopping venue for young Chesea women (once known as Sloane Rangers) the aristocracy and member of the Royal Family.From the King's Road we walk through the Royal Hospital, founded in 1862 by Charles II and still the home for the red and blue coated Chelsea Pensioners. You won't find many tourists in its gro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Chelsea A walk round Chelsea starting and ending at Sloane Square.We start by walking along the King's Road past the John Lewis department store known as Peter Jones. This shop is the favourite shopping venue for young Chesea women (once known as Sloane Rangers) the aristocracy and member of the Royal Family.From the King's Road we walk through the Royal Hospital, founded in 1862 by Charles II and still the home for the red and blue coated Chelsea Pensioners. You won't find many tourists in its gro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bloomsbury and Charles Dickens A walk round Bloomsbury starting at Tottenham Court Road Underground station (zone 1). The area from Tottenham Court Road to Holborn is known as Bloomsbury. We start by walking up Tottenham Court Road and turn right into Great Russell Street. Bedford Square is the most complete Georgian Square in Bloomsbury. We admire the bizarre church of St George, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bloomsbury and Charles Dickens A walk round Bloomsbury starting at Tottenham Court Road Underground station (zone 1). The area from Tottenham Court Road to Holborn is known as Bloomsbury. We start by walking up Tottenham Court Road and turn right into Great Russell Street. Bedford Square is the most complete Georgian Square in Bloomsbury. We admire the bizarre church of St George, with its pyramidical steeple topped by a statue of George I dressed in a toga. The walk continues through the British Museum with its am ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bloomsbury and Charles Dickens A walk round Bloomsbury starting at Tottenham Court Road Underground station (zone 1). The area from Tottenham Court Road to Holborn is known as Bloomsbury. We start by walking up Tottenham Court Road and turn right into Great Russell Street. Bedford Square is the most complete Georgian Square in Bloomsbury. We admire the bizarre church of St George, with its pyramidical steeple topped by a statue of George I dressed in a toga. The walk continues through the British Museum with its am ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bloomsbury and Charles Dickens A walk round Bloomsbury starting at Tottenham Court Road Underground station (zone 1). The area from Tottenham Court Road to Holborn is known as Bloomsbury. We start by walking up Tottenham Court Road and turn right into Great Russell Street. Bedford Square is the most complete Georgian Square in Bloomsbury. We admire the bizarre church of St George, with its pyramidical steeple topped by a statue of George I dressed in a toga. The walk continues through the British Museum with its am ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Greenwich Taking the Docklands Light Railway to Greenwich is an experience in itself. The DLR travels overground through  London's regenerated Docklands, and gives panoramic views of Canary Wharf. The stations have evocative names, like Mudchute, Custom House and Gallions Reach. You can almost smell the tar and hear the boards creak. Plus the trains are driverless, so if you fancy the experience of taking the controls as the trains dive into tunnels and carve their stately progress in and out of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Greenwich Taking the Docklands Light Railway to Greenwich is an experience in itself. The DLR travels overground through  London's regenerated Docklands, and gives panoramic views of Canary Wharf. The stations have evocative names, like Mudchute, Custom House and Gallions Reach. You can almost smell the tar and hear the boards creak. Plus the trains are driverless, so if you fancy the experience of taking the controls as the trains dive into tunnels and carve their stately progress in and out of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Greenwich Taking the Docklands Light Railway to Greenwich is an experience in itself. The DLR travels overground through  London's regenerated Docklands, and gives panoramic views of Canary Wharf. The stations have evocative names, like Mudchute, Custom House and Gallions Reach. You can almost smell the tar and hear the boards creak. Plus the trains are driverless, so if you fancy the experience of taking the controls as the trains dive into tunnels and carve their stately progress in and out of ... 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 Brompt ... 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 sub ... 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 | 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 | 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 brok ... 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 ... 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 | 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 | 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 p ... 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 Rive ... 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 i ... 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 ... 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 ... 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 y ... 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 ... 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 hid ... 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 a ... 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 | 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 | 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 |