• Historic Highbury- a guided history walk with pub stop

    Highbury & Islington Station

    Join Greg The Guide for a fun stroll through Highbury’s history, with history and stories along the way, and a comfort stop at a local pub Historic Highbury - a guided walk with pubs Join ````Qualified Islington guide and local resident Greg for a fun and informative stroll through the streets of historic Canonbury, starting ... Read More

  • From bridges to canals: remarkable women in Kings Cross

    From warrior queens to scientists, writers, reformers and pop icons, this tour uncovers the powerful, rebellious and visionary women who shaped not only this neighbourhood, but the wider world. Expect hidden histories, bold personalities, and a fresh perspective on a part of London you thought you knew. Over approximately 2 hours, we’ll explore powerful highlights—from ... Read More

    £16.96
  • Canonbury Tower Tour

    Canonbury Tower guided tours – March 2026

    Canonbury Tower was built in the late 16th century and is a rare survivor of Tudor domestic architecture in London. The Tower was added onto a manor house built in the early 1500s as the country retreat of the Canons of St Bartholomew's Priory in Smithfield. On this 90-minute tour you'll see the existing Tudor ... Read More

  • Former Carlton Cinema, Essex Road – guided building tour

    Gracepoint Church 161-169 Essex Road, London, United Kingdom

    Take a rare look inside Islington's glorious Grade II* listed 1930s Egyptian cinema. When the Carlton Cinema on Essex Road opened in 1930 it was advertised as ‘North London’s most palatial cine-variety theatre’ with 2,500 seats and an in-house orchestra. After the cinema closed in 1972 the building was converted into a bingo club which ... Read More

  • Former Carlton Cinema, Essex Road – guided building tour

    Gracepoint Church 161-169 Essex Road, London, United Kingdom

    Take a rare look inside Islington's glorious Grade II* listed 1930s Egyptian cinema. When the Carlton Cinema on Essex Road opened in 1930 it was advertised as ‘North London’s most palatial cine-variety theatre’ with 2,500 seats and an in-house orchestra. After the cinema closed in 1972 the building was converted into a bingo club which ... Read More

  • Regent’s Canal, a walking tour of its industrial past & sustainable future

    On this linear walk along the Regent's Canal from Angel Station, led by qualified Clerkenwell & Islington guide and conservation architect Minerva, you will: • Discover how Victorian industrial wasteland became London's most desirable waterside living – and what this transformation cost some communities • Learn why adaptive reuse of old buildings is the ultimate ... Read More

  • Eclectic Clerkenwell

    Monks, nuns, courthouses, rookeries, radicals, distillers, pubs, crafts, trades and architecture! “Great Tour... Perfect style and pace.” 5* Tripadvisor “Really interesting and entertaining... Jonathan is a knowledgeable and personable guide.” 5* Tripadvisor “Excellent tour. Very interesting and informative.” 5* Tripadvisor “Another fact filled walk... off the beaten track... Thoroughly recommend.” 5* Tripadvisor On this circular ... Read More

  • The Slow Horses Stroll

    The Slow Horses Stroll

    Barbican Tube Aldersgate Street, London, United Kingdom

    Prepare to immerse yourself in the authentic London of Mick Herron's Slow Horses novels and the acclaimed TV adaptation. This walking tour takes you beyond the screen and pages, directly into the streets that inspired the stories and characters you love. Your guides, Caroline and Nigel, will take you in the footsteps of your favourite ... Read More

  • Caledonian Clock Tower

    Caledonian Clock Tower

    Discover the hidden history of the Caledonian Market Clock Tower, the last surviving structure of Islington’s vast Victorian livestock market. On this guided tour with Islington Guided Walks, you’ll explore how thousands of cattle, sheep and pigs once passed through this site each week, shaping the streets, pubs and daily life of north London. Climb ... Read More

  • Caledonian Clock Tower

    Caledonian Clock Tower

    Discover the hidden history of the Caledonian Market Clock Tower, the last surviving structure of Islington’s vast Victorian livestock market. On this guided tour with Islington Guided Walks, you’ll explore how thousands of cattle, sheep and pigs once passed through this site each week, shaping the streets, pubs and daily life of north London. Climb ... Read More

  • Union Chapel Guided Tour

    Union Chapel Guided Tour

    Union Chapel 19b Compton Terrace, London, United Kingdom

    The Union Chapel has towered over Upper Street in Islington since the 1870s and today thrives as an award-winning venue, homelessness project and a working radical church. On the tour, led by an expert Islington Guided Walks guide, you’ll see this architectural gem up close and discover the building’s fascinating history. The Grade I listed ... Read More

  • Art Deco

    Art Deco Holloway

    On this guided walk, Jane will show you some marvellous 'statement' architecture constructed in the interwar years during a design period that came to be identified as 'Art Deco'. The modernist architecture of the 1920s and 1930s with its clean geometric lines, simplicity, functionality and minimal decorative enhancement was designed to impress and inspire – ... Read More