Visit London - Prize for Best Initiative

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.

Catch Simon's latest Radio London interview, where he Discusses some of his Blue Badge walks.
Broadcast 3rd November 2007

Latest News at Silver Cane Walking Tours:

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 vic-
tims, on the infamous Jack the Ripper tour.

Or visit Covent Garden's in-
famous 1660'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?

Monty ~ Churchill ~ Hitler
Oswald Mosley ~ Lord Nelson

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 the royals.
All the dirt 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 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.

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.