London River Thames Walking Tour: Historic Sights

Explore London’s medieval history with an expert guide. Walk from the Tower of London to St. Paul’s Cathedral, uncovering secrets and stories along the Thames.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Tower of London - Pass by the infamous Tower of London, and learn of its 900+ year history, from the time of William the Conqueror to the modern day! Originally built in 1078, The Tower is one of history’s most infamous and notorious buildings, and has been the scene for countless historical events throughout its history.
  • Tower Bridge - Cross…
What's Included
  • Expert Guide
Additional Information

This wonderful walking tour along London’s River Thames gets you up close with some of London’s oldest sights (as well as some of its newest) with an expert historian guide!
From the 11th-Century Tower of London, we’ll take you across the iconic Tower Bridge and along the banks of the Thames, to step back in time and discover London’s forgotten history –…

Location
Tower Hill
Meet your expert guide outside the western exit of Tower Hill tube station, near Trinity Square, The Citizen M Hotel, and the 'Tower Hill Tram' burger van. Your guide will be holding a flagpole with a Union Jack flag flying from it.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Grace_p
Sep 9, 2025
A great walking tour, a... - A great walking tour, a lot of detail but not too much to remember! Really enjoyed the tour and learnt a lot. We felt we saw parents of London we spend time in but really got to learn the history. Would definitely do this tour again. Guide was brilliant and knows his stuff!!
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Rochelle_m
Sep 8, 2025
A fantastic experience! - We had a very interesting tour with our friendly guide who was extremely knowledgeable about the history of London, we highly recommend this tour!
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Cary_f
Sep 7, 2025
This will be the highlight of your London trip! - This was a brilliant walking tour! We landed at Heathrow this morning, and this tour marked the beginning of our first vacation in London. After finishing this walking tour, if I had had to turn around immediately after the tour and go straight back to the airport and fly home today, only spending a few hours in London, I would still be able to say that I had a wonderful time in London, and it was worth the 8-hour flight. Just for this tour! Tower of London. Tower Bridge. London Bridge. St. Paul’s Cathedral. And so much more! My wife and I are pretty enthusiastic history students, and we take walking tours like this everywhere we go. This was the best historical walking tour we’ve ever taken. Anywhere. I would be happy doing the exact same history walk tomorrow. I just might! Bottom line: If you have only one day to spend in London, spend it doing this tour. You will be glad you did.
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Aabdoddy
Sep 7, 2025
A great and fun way to learn about london - A fab way to see and learn londons history by walking round familiar sites and learning from an excellent guide, mick. It's great to have things pointed out to you that you would normally wall by without noticing the little moments of londons history. Well recommend. Thank you mick for a fab afternoon
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Caronj92
Sep 6, 2025
Learned a lot and saw many interesting locations - Mik was an excellent tour guide, definitely knowledgeable on the history and cultural topics he was discussing. He also had a great sense of humor. His flipbook of photos and drawings added additional context that was helpful in appreciating the historical significance of the sites as well as how London has changed over the centuries. The route was great and gets you a nice loop around the river. Well worth the price!
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Laura_h
Sep 3, 2025
The tour was great. It... - The tour was great. It was nice to hear about the history of London. I learned quite a few new things I did not know before. The tour guide is very knowledgeable and friendly. Even got to take pictures along the way. Would highly recommend.
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Seshagopalan_n
Aug 31, 2025
Great informative tour - Thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Had to walk a lot. Would recommend doing this at the start of your tour. Gives better idea of things you want to cover again. As described in listing you end up walking along all the places while taking pit stops at places for guide’s briefings and pictures.
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Teresa_m
Aug 31, 2025
Mike was a fantastic tour... - Mike was a fantastic tour guide very knowledgeable and an interesting person to talk to we had a small group and we left the tour very informed
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Maureen_h
Aug 31, 2025
It was very fun and... - It was very fun and informative ! Our guide was amazing , full of interesting stories and took pictures for us along the way. He made sure I knew how to get back to my hotel and walked me to the station.
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Alison_m
Aug 27, 2025
Excellent overview - I’d highly recommend this tour. Our tour guide, Mick, was incredibly knowledgeable, personable and provided in depth information. His engaging stories, humour and clear interest in history made this tour a definite highlight on our visit to London.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).