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 Let the award winning Simon Rodway introduce you to London's history. These vivid tours walk you through the very
steps of London's writers, politicians, scientists and murderers. These are the people and places
that are London's history. There's something for everybody, from Oscar
Wilde to Dickens, Jack the
Ripper to Nell Gwynn, or Oswald Mosley
and the Mitford girls. Or take one of Simon's famous movie or book
walking tours - try Bridget Jones or Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. And
there's Monty, the Suffragettes, Churchill.....
We'll even make a unique tour for you.
Latest News at Silver Cane Walking Tours:
LEA AND THE OLYMPICS
Stroll along ancient canals, past gems of London's industrial past. Pay
homage to the Three Mills 'Big Brother' film studios and wonderful Victorian
architecture at Abbey Mills. Then see what is happening to 500 acres of
redundant East London rail yards! This walk gives you the latest on the
London 2012 Olympic Park, and explains why East London was chosen. Start point is
usually Bromley By Bow tube. £120. Get the gang together - you can tell all
your friends that you were there first!
Book now.
First Wednesday Walks!
First Wednesday Walks is a chance to come along on some of silvercanetours
most popular London walks and at a very affordable £5 a head. Walk in the
footsteps of Oscar Wilde, Ian Fleming, Dylan Thomas, Alfred Hitchcock and
many more.
NEXT FIRST WEDNESDAY WALK - Wednesday July 1st, Nell Gwynne's Covent Garden,
in the alleyways of London's Theatreland. SEE UP COMING SECTION
Time Out Walking Tours
Read Simon's latest Time-Out article. Featured in the London guide's 'Great London Walks', Simon takes the reader on a two hour walk from Canary Wharf. The tour features Gordon's gastropub, yuppie architecture, the extensive wharfs and St Katharine Dock.
This is one of the richest walks in terms of the real history, covering everything from the extensive trading history based around the docks, to the darker side - where the pirates were hanged! Great views, great history, great walk.
New Article in Hammersmith & Fulham News
Simon is interviewed by Tim Harrison of the H&F News about why so many of his walks seem to end up-going through Hammersmith and Fulham and why he became a blue badge guide.
And what exactly makes a good tour? Just some of the secrets of the trade..
Welcome to Albertopolis
Simon Rodway is interviewed on 'By Royal Appointment' about Prince Albert's contribution to Kensington, London. See the Albert Hall, Albert's Memorial, The Victoria and Albert Museum and The Great Exhibition.
Bond's 100th Birthday?
Well Ian Fleming's actually - the ever popular author of the Bond novels. Interest in both Bond and Fleming continues, spiking with the release of each Hollywood blockbuster. Simon Rodway was recently featured in Time Out talking about his ever popular James Bond walking Tours.
April 2008 [article]. Or take this quick video tour through Fleming's Mayfair:
London's Black History Walk
See details of Simon Rodway's walking tour that celebrated Black History Month. This walk centred on Hammersmith's rich past covering the key abolitionists, run-away slaves, the music and culture - and the fascist, Oswald Moseley. Details published in Black History Month Magazine. Oct 2007 [article]
Blue Badge Guide Seeks to Save Twyford Abbey!
Simon Rodway stumbled upon a rarely seen jewel in west London. Twford Abbey is empty, crumbling and unique. Simon's talks to TimeOut about why this amazing building ,
with so much potential, still lies empty. Aug 2007 [article]
Just Moved To London?
A walking tour just for you to introduce you to you to the past, present and future of your new borough. All the gems of your neighbourhood, the things to point out to your visitors from home (and your new London neighbours). £110
Hen & Stag Nights... a Walking Tour with a difference
A different way to celebrate the great event - come on a walking tour and end up in a convivial boozer. It's the ultimate Bridget Jones hen night, THE BIG KNICKERS WALK - Bridget Jones Diary, WHORES RAKES AND GREASEPAINT - Nell Gwynne's Covent Garden WOMEN BEHAVING BADLY - Suffragette's London BOHEMIANS IN LOVE - the pubs and dives of Fitzrovia.
For the guys, it's: THE JAMES BOND WALK - spies in Mayfair
WAPPING RIVER - Captain Kidd and Execution Dock "WHAT A PRETTY NECKLACE I GAVE HER" - Jack the Ripper and Whitechapel. Each tour £120.
Walks for Workers
Offer your staff a Blue Badge guided tour of their immediate working area. Improves morale, provides gentle exercise, builds your team and usually ends-up in a local pub. It's a great way for staff of different departments to meet each other, for leaving dos or other celebrations. Price of tour - £150.
Or try our
Peace Walk
A walk to celebrate peace in the streets, gardens, and institutions that London has to offer. Visit the Tree of Life in the British Museum's Africa Galleries. Visit Tavistock Square, remembered for the bus bombing of 7th July 2005, with its ironically placed tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. Pass the home of George Orwell, the author of the original Big Brother (1984). Finally visit the British Library, home to the 1215 Magna Carta, the world's first Bill of Rights.
Our Classic London Walking Tours
Walk the streets where Jack stalked his victims, on the infamous
Jack the Ripper tour. Or visit Covent Garden's red light district. And
just where did Nell Gwynne buy her oranges?
Churchill single-handedly roused the Brits to fight again when others were
appeasing Hitler.
Who were the hawks and who were the doves? And what was
Monty planning for the Germans?
The writers that changed and recorded the course of history. Shakespeare, The
Mitford Girls, Charles Dickens, Conan Doyle, Oscar WIlde and many more....
England created the first and greatest modern democracy; the modern west
was born. While politicians replaced Kings John Locke discovered rights and
penned his second treatise on civil government. Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler,
Oswald Mosley, The Mitfords, The Suffragettes.
Elizabeth David was the famous cook and writer who changed forever the way
we all eat. Before she came along just after World War II the brits thought olive
oil was for loosening ear wax. And then there's Newton and Darwin and many
more.
London has Europe's biggest sports good store, Lillywhites. More world
class football teams than we can raise a can of London Pride ale to. Plus we're
revving up for the 2012 Olympics. See the sights where the gold silver and
bronze will eventually be decided.
Before soap-operas we had teh royals. All thedirt and not a copy of OK in sight!
Princess Diana, Mary Queen of Scots, King Philip of Spain, King Charles II.
Come to spooky Clerkenwell, London's oldest suburb, where Richard The
Lionheart launched the Third Crusade - an early attempt by Europeans to go on
a packaged holiday!
Or let's wander the alleys of The Temple by gaslight. Or
how about an evening's pub crawl across Old Midtown. Expect a ghostly tap on
the shoulder. Remember to wrap up warm.
London's Awsome Museums
London has a fantastic collection of world-class museums. See Jane Austen's
writing desk (next door to the Magna Carta), original Beatles' lyrics, the body of
Ginge (he's 5,000 years old), the first ever automatic machine, the finest example
of Medieval military architecture in Europe.
Get Out and About
Go outside London. Just two hours away is mystic Stonehenge, just three hours
is elegant city of Bath. Walk 2,000 year old pavements in the (still working!)
Roman Baths. Come to dreamy Oxford University where Lord of the Rings was
written, or mighty Canterbury Cathedral where St Thomas Beckett was
butchered on the orders of King Henry II.
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