Tag Archives: walking tours

The fake Number 10 Downing Street

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

It’s perhaps the most famous doorway in the world, number 10 Downing Street. For centuries home of the British Prime Minister and I’m standing in front of it. Except it isn’t and I’m not. Though until just the 1990’s, one … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Politics, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged 10 Adam Street, 10 Downing Street, Downing Streel, Life, Prime Minister, Robert Adam, Secret London, walking tours | Leave a comment

Walking Londons Canals…. the Paddington Basin

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Having created a new London Canals Walking Tour with Ye Olde England Tours I thought it was a good excuse to make good use of some of the many photos I took whilst working out my new tour. As mentioned in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Heritage, Life, London, Science and Engineering, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Canals, London, Paddington, Paddington Basin, Travel, walking tours | 5 Comments

My New London Roman Walking Tour

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

You don’t have to go to Rome to see Roman ruins, or even St Albans, Bath or York. Though people were all ready living here, it was the Romans who founded the modern city of Londinium that through the millennia … Continue reading →

Posted in history, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Londinium, London, London Mithraeum, London Wall, London's Roman Amphitheatre, Roman, Temple of Mithras, walking tours, Ye Olde England Tours | 4 Comments

The Sands Film Studio of Rotherhithe & The Rotherhithe Picture Research Library.

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

If there is one thing you might have picked up on during my walk through Rotherhithe, it is that many of the old buildings and locations that were once grimy industrial buildings in unpleasant parts of London have been refurbished … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Costumier, movies, Rotherhithe, Rotherhithe Picture Library, Sands Studio, television, walking tours | 5 Comments

The Rotherhithe Watch House Cafe

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Continuing on my walk through the centrally located but almost entirely unvisited district of Rotherhithe in London, I came across another hidden jewel in the form of the Watch House Cafe. This beautifully secluded cafe is one with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bodysnatchers, Rotherhithe, walking tours, Watch Houee, Watch House Cafe, Watchmen | 12 Comments

The Angel Pub In Rotherhithe

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Last week I went on a reconnaisance trip to scout out a new tour I have been wanting to start offering to my lovely tourists. As well as the regular tourist hotspots, I really enjoy taking people to the lesser … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bermondsey, Captain Cook, Pubs, Rotherhithe, Smugglers, The Angel Pub, The Mayflower, walking tours | 12 Comments

A timely Sherlock Holmes tour of London

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Originally posted on Luxereporter:
It’s 130 years since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes novel and his character is, after numerous incarnations on screens large and small, probably going stronger now than it has since the early…