Baker Street Tour: Explore Hidden Underground

Explore Baker Street’s hidden history on a guided tour. Discover original platforms, disused lift shafts, and corridors last seen in 1945.

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Baker Street - Join us to discover the origins of the world’s first Underground network.

What's Included
  • 85 minute tour of Baker Street station
What's Not Included
  • Private transportation
Additional Information

The world’s leading museum of urban transport invites you to join an exclusive guided tour of Baker Street station to uncover the origins of the world’s first Underground network. Opened on January 10, 1863, as part of the Metropolitan Railway, Baker Street was the birthplace of a groundbreaking idea – transporting passengers beneath the crowded streets…

Location
Sherlock Holmes Statue
Marylebone Road
The meeting point for this tour is outside Baker Street Underground Station, in front of the Sherlock Holmes statue. What3words: beard.flips.front A member of the Hidden London team will meet you on arrival. Please arrive 15 minutes before the time on your ticket.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Joanne
May 28, 2025
Hidden gem - This is an excellent way to spend a couple of hours. You get to see parts of the underground not usually seen by the public. The tour guides were extremely knowledgeable and friendly. This tour was very interesting and I will certainly be booking one or two of the many other tours.
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Randell97
May 11, 2025
Great trip behind the scenes - Really fascinating tour of behind the scenes of baker street underground. Your guides very knowledgeable and great to learn about it's history. Guides also unflappable as station was evacuated so handled very well. Will certainly book another soon!
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Johnsg8782fj
May 7, 2025
Great and Informative Tour - We were looking forward to this and were not disappointed at all. A really interesting tour made all the better by our guides Emma and Tom. Will 100% be looking do another hidden tour in the near future
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Samanthavf9828ne
May 3, 2025
Enjoyable experience - Such a fascinating tour and knowledgeable guides. A very interesting and unique tour in that you got to explore throughout the train station.
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863angie
Apr 28, 2025
History of 1st Underground - very interesting tour, Emma our tour guide was very knowledgeable and answered a lot of my questions. I have enjoyed every moment !! Highly recommended
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Joannef754
Apr 27, 2025
A hidden gem - This was an extremely enjoyable tour of Baker Street underground station. The tour guides were very knowledgeable and very friendly. It was great to see parts of the underground the public don't usually get to see and learn the history behind everything. I would definitely recommend this tour and I will also be booking another Hidden London tour in the future.
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Y9918nrcarolinew
May 25, 2025
Interesting tour? Knowledgeable guides. - Guides were great - knowledgeable and excited by the topic. Was good to go behind the scenes at the station! A bit overpriced for the experience, we enjoyed it nonetheless.
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Z223ifalano
May 22, 2025
Another tour of many - A lot of history learned. Staff were so enthusiastic and understanding. This tour was a little gem. This was my fourth hidden London tour, many more to come
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Dylan
May 22, 2025
For £45 activity requires more offerings - Having done the transport museum in the morning prior to the hidden tour I was left disappointed, for £45 you essentially get backstage access to restricted parts of the station and information placards and pictures of old maps and drawings. As the areas are restricted and the station is active you need to be aware of your surroundings and line up in an area when necessary as you await either passengers to move/board train and the next area being open. The hosts were very informative and I appreciate their dedication to the activity and if based on the hosts alone I would give 5 stars to Emma, Anthony and the other lady who starts with M?. I would like to see another tour preferably a fully disused station to see if it differs but I can fully agree with the commenters who had an ok experience also. In total the tour is about 90 mins, you get the transport museum for half price £12.50 to be used within 30 days I actually spent 3/4 hours in the museum and wished I had solely done this. Overall I would probably say try a disused station first and if you don’t thoroughly enjoy that this won’t be for you. Oh there is also 12 of these to try would I be willing to pay £540? On today’s offering I doubt it, I understand this is a charity but it is on the pricey side.
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Matt
Apr 27, 2025
Not enough decent 'secret' areas - Although we enjoyed the tour we feel £45 is too much for the quality/amount of hidden areas you see. Some were filled with rubbish and general maintenance equipment and others were under utilized. For example we were taken to the entrance of the Riffle Club which sits under Baker Street station. We were shown photos of it, .....no doubt the actual space is probably full of rubbish !! I can Google photos on line ! . The lady that did the tour was VERY good, not her fault the quality of the product was not worth the money .
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From $60
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).