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Central London
Private Dark History Tours
Our talented, attentive and qualified guides provide a wide variety of private walking tours based on the dark side of London's history.
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Qualified London Guides
some are award-winners too!
Optional Extras
Hotel pick up and photo album
Tour Duration
Most are c. 90 mins
Real London History Tours
Private Dark History Tours
Come with us and explore the dark side of London's history.
When we talk about the past it is often with a sense of nostalgia. We often gloss over the harsh living conditions, poverty and inequalities which most people considered to be their lot in life.
On a private dark history walking tour you will hear of the world in which they lived and died. Public executions and scandals were the norm.
City of London
Heretics and Horrors
Explores the horrors of living through some of the major historical events in the City of London.
Farringdon
Bleeding Hearts and Body Parts
Cold-blooded murders, public executions and body parts associated with them.
Fleet Street
Ghosts and Gallows
A superstitious teenager, hauntings from the civil war and bodged public executions.
Marylebone & Mayfair
Haunted London Tour
Book a private haunted London tour and hear tales which will give you a chilling thrill.
Real London History Tours
Private Real History Tours
Want a private London history tour with a personal touch?
Our private walking tours are perfect for individuals, couples, families or groups who want a real London history tour delivered with professionalism and personality.
Your very own qualified London tour guide will tailor your private tour's content on your own level of knowledge and interest. No two tours are ever the same.
Popular
Private Photography Tours
Book your very own photographer guide and learn how to take your smartphone photography skills to the next level.
Take away with you a suite of London photographs and new or refined smartphone photography skills.
Perfect for the hard-to-impress, selfie-obsessed teenager!
You will also receive a Top Ten Tips worksheet to help you continue to develop your smartphone camera skills.
Duration: 90 mins. Android or iPhone welcome.
7 London locations available: Southbank | Barbican | Tower Hill | St Paul's | City Skyscrapers | Greenwich | Brick Lane
Private Tours
Family-Friendly Tours
Get your family out and about in London and make memories that will last a lifetime.
Instagram Workshop
Great Fire of London Tour
Bleeding Hearts and Body Parts
Heretics and Horrors
Wonders of Whitehall
Pokemon Go Tours
Throughout December
Private Christmas Tours
Book your very own private Christmas-themed walking tour in London.
A Victorian Christmas - From St Paul's to Somerset House. Explore the old streets of the City of London while exploring how the Victorians repackaged Christmas into the main calendar event it is today.
A Christmas Carol - From Monument Station to Bank Station. Get to know Charles DIckens's most famous ghost story. Walk through the narrow streets he was so familiar with and wove into his novella. You even have the chance to meet Scrooge himself!
Instagram Tour - From Somerset House to Covent Garden. Develop your photography skills and instagram know-how as you capture the Christmas magic on the streets of Central London.
Christmas Lights Tour - This is your chance to walk among the glittering streets of London's West End. Get to know the history behind the lights and those who design them today.