Guided walks
Get walking and uncover London’s secrets!
From ancient ruins to modern day facades London is a city of many stories. Join experts from the Museum of London Docklands and professional guides as they lead all kinds of special walks and visits with something in the programme for everyone. So put on your walking shoes and find out where a Museum of London Docklands walk will take you! Once tickets are booked our Box Office will advise you on where the walk will start from.
Walk the Olympic way
Sat 25 Feb, 31 Mar, 28 Apr, 26 May, 11am – 1pm
Book in advance £10 (concs £8, Friends £7)
Discover the redevelopment of the area around the Olympic Park, including a look at finds unearthed on site by the Museum of London’s archaeologists.
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For the friends concessionary rate, please call the Museum of London Box Office on 020 7001 9844.
Art London: Arts and Crafts
Sat 3 Mar, 11am – 1pm
Book in advance £10 (concs £8, Friends £7)
Explore the personalities and architecture of the late 19th and early 20th century Arts and Crafts movement, including William Morris, CR Ashbee and Liberty of London.
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For the friends concessionary rate, please call the Museum of London Box Office on 020 7001 9844.
Hidden Hackney
Sat 17 Mar, 11am – 1.15pm
Book in advance £10 (concs £8, Friends £7)
Rachel Kolsky uncovers Hackney old and new, from an ancient church tower to the 16th century Sutton House and Hackney Empire music hall.
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For the friends concessionary rate, please call the Museum of London Box Office on 020 7001 9844.
Dickens fact from fiction: the Thames
Sat 14 & Sun 15 Apr, 11am – 1pm
Book in advance £10 (concs £8, Friends £7)
Inspired by our Dickens and London exhibition, join Chris Everett for a tour of Thames-related Dickens tales, from its use as a setting in his novels to a riverside inn frequented by the author.
Part of City Read London
Book tickets for 14 Apr - SOLD OUT
Book tickets for 15 Apr call 020 7001 9844
For the friends concessionary rate, please call the Museum of London Box Office on 020 7001 9844.
Shakespeare in the City
Sat 21 Apr, 11am – 1pm
Book in advance £10 (concs £8, Friends £7)
Tread the streets of Shakespearean London as Niall McDevitt uncovers the Bard’s little-known history – including lodging with Huguenots and owning the Blackfriars Playhouse.
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For the friends concessionary rate, please call the Museum of London Box Office on 020 7001 9844.
Royal London
Sat 12 May, 11am – 1pm
Book in advance £10 (concs £8, Friends £7)
Get to know our monarchs past and present on a tour that takes in Westminster Abbey, St James’s Palace and Marlborough House.
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For the friends concessionary rate, please call the Museum of London Box Office on 020 7001 9844.
Old Limehouse
Sat 19 May, 11am – 1pm
Book in advance £10 (concs £8, Friends £7)
Encounter the dark past of London’s original Chinatown, notorious in the 19th century for criminal gangs and opium dens, as Brian Grover unpicks the myths and realities of life in
Limehouse.
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For the friends concessionary rate, please call the Museum of London Box Office on 020 7001 9844.
London, protest and revolution
Sat 9 Jun, 11am – 1pm
Book in advance £10 (concs £8, Friends £7)
Hear about Oliver Cromwell, Karl Marx, the Pankhursts and more in this journey through the capital’s rebellious past in the heart of Westminster.
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For the friends concessionary rate, please call the Museum of London Box Office on 020 7001 9844.
Art London: Art Deco
Sat 16 Jun, 11am – 1pm
Book in advance £10 (concs £8, Friends £7)
Chris Everett reveals the legacy of the jazz age in the West End, evident in the elegant angles and riotous curves of Claridge’s, BBC Broadcasting House and more.
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For the friends concessionary rate, please call the Museum of London Box Office on 020 7001 9844.
The sights and sites of Roman London
Sat 23 Jun, 11am – 1pm
Book in advance £10 (concs £8, Friends £7)
Through visits to the Roman amphitheatre, military fort and Temple of Mithras, discover how the capital’s first residents would work, rest and play throughout the rise and fall of Londinium.
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For the friends concessionary rate, please call the Museum of London Box Office on 020 7001 9844.
Old Poplar
Sat 7 Jul, 11am – 1pm
Book in advance £10 (concs £8, Friends £7)
Enjoy a stroll through historic Poplar, from the hardship of its workhouses to the wealth created by the East India Docks.
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For the friends concessionary rate, please call the Museum of London Box Office on 020 7001 9844.
That’s entertainment
Sat 14 Jul, 11am – 1pm
Book in advance £10 (concs £8, Friends £7)
A rollicking romp through the film and TV studios, music halls and cinemas of Shepherd’s Bush, ending on the site of the 1908 Olympic Stadium.
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For the friends concessionary rate, please call the Museum of London Box Office on 020 7001 9844.
Tooting: saris, spice and splendour
Sat 21 Jul, 11am – 1pm
Book in advance £10 (concs £8, Friends £7)
Take in delights from Indian sweetmeats to 1920s tube stations, plus a visit to the Granada cinema with its magnificent Moorish interior.
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For the friends concessionary rate, please call the Museum of London Box Office on 020 7001 9844.
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