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Walks

Practical London guides tagged Walks.

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The two tiers of cream wooden galleries on the George Inn, off Borough High Street, over a cobbled yard set with barrel tables, stools and picnic tables under green umbrellas

London areas

A Walk Through Bankside and Borough: Inn Yards, Bishops and Shakespeare in Eleven Stops

A numbered walking route from London Bridge to the Millennium Bridge through Southwark's coaching-inn yards, the George Inn, Cross Bones, Borough Market, the cathedral, the Clink and the sites of the Rose and the first Globe. With the days each stop opens.

  • Bankside
  • Borough
  • Southwark
  • Walks
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One of the Spirit of Christmas angels, wings spread under a canopy of white lights, above Regent Street at night with two red buses below

London areas

A Christmas Lights Walk in London: Oxford Street to Trafalgar Square in Ten Stops

A numbered after-dark walk through London's Christmas lights, from the Oxford Street stars through Bond Street, the Regent Street angels, Carnaby and Seven Dials to the Covent Garden and Trafalgar Square trees. With the 2026 switch-on dates, when it gets dark and which night is quietest.

  • Christmas
  • Walks
  • Free things to do
  • Oxford Street
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The crossing at the centre of Leadenhall Market, its maroon and cream columns, gilded dome and glass roofs lit up, with the Lamb Tavern at the end of the cobbled lane

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A Harry Potter Filming Locations Walk: Leadenhall Market to Lambeth Bridge in Nine Stops

A numbered walking route through the London locations used in the Harry Potter films, from Leadenhall Market and the Leaky Cauldron door to Gringotts, Westminster station and the Knight Bus bridge, in two halves. With the days each stop opens.

  • Harry potter
  • Filming locations
  • Walks
  • Free things to do
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Banksy's Blind Patriotism statue on its plinth on Waterloo Place, a flag blowing across the figure's face, with a crowd photographing it from behind green barriers

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The London Banksy Route: Ten Originals from St James's to Stoke Newington

A numbered route past the best original Banksys still standing in London, from the 2026 statue on Waterloo Place to the 2001 Royal Family in Stoke Newington — on foot, with one Tube ride and one Overground train where the walk would otherwise drag.

  • Banksy
  • Street art
  • Walks
  • Free things to do
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The view from Greenwich Park over the Old Royal Naval College and the Thames to Canary Wharf's towers, with both ends of the walk in one frame

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A Walk from Canary Wharf to Greenwich: Under the River in Eleven Stops

A numbered walking route from the Crossrail roof garden to Greenwich Park, going under the Thames through the 1902 Greenwich Foot Tunnel. With prices and what is open on which day.

  • Canary Wharf
  • Greenwich
  • Walks
  • Free things to do
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The south front of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Wren's long brick facade behind the lawns

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Chelsea to Belgravia: A Blue Plaque Walk in Eleven Stops

Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Bram Stoker and George Eliot lived within ten minutes of each other. A numbered walking route through the densest run of blue plaques in London, with what is open on which day.

  • Chelsea
  • Belgravia
  • Walks
  • Free things to do
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A corner terrace of small houses on Hillgate Place painted pale blue, red, cream and yellow under a clear sky

London areas

Notting Hill's Colourful Houses: Which Streets Actually Have Them

Notting Hill's colorful houses are on eleven residential streets, not on Portobello Road. Start at Hillgate Place, two minutes from Notting Hill Gate station.

  • Notting Hill
  • Photography
  • Free things to do
  • Walks
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A duckweed-covered pond fringed with reeds in a wooded corner of Hampstead Heath

London areas

The Hampstead Heath to Primrose Hill Walk: Two Free Skyline Views

A numbered walk from Hampstead village over the Heath to Kenwood House, Parliament Hill's protected view, Keats House and Primrose Hill. Ten stops, about 9km, with what is open on which day.

  • Hampstead
  • Hampstead Heath
  • Primrose Hill
  • Kenwood House
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Narrowboats moored along the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, with the Westway flyover crossing behind

Things to do

The Best Canal Walks in London: Little Venice to Limehouse

The Regent's Canal broken into walkable sections with real distances, where the towpath disappears, and the two tunnels you have to walk over rather than through.

  • Walks
  • Canal walks
  • Regent's Canal
  • Walking
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The Chinatown gate on Wardour Street, a painted Qing-style arch with tiled roofs, above a street strung with red lanterns

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A Walk Through Soho and Chinatown: Tin Pan Alley to Gerrard Street in Eleven Stops

A numbered walking route through Soho from Denmark Street to Chinatown: the plaques to Marx, Mozart and Blake, Berwick Street market, Kingly Court, a churchyard raised by its burials, and where to eat on the way. With what is shut on which day.

  • Soho
  • Chinatown
  • Carnaby Street
  • Walks
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The interior of Covent Garden Market, its green cast-iron arches and glass roof above a crowd watching a street performer

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A Walk Around Covent Garden: Leicester Square to Somerset House in Eleven Stops

A numbered walking route through Covent Garden, from the Leicester Square ticket booth to Somerset House, taking in a Victorian bookselling alley, Seven Dials, the Apple Market and a free rooftop terrace over the Piazza. With the one day the markets change.

  • Covent Garden
  • Seven Dials
  • Walks
  • Free things to do
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Tower Bridge seen along the Thames, both towers and the high walkway in full, under a bright sky

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A Walk Along the South Bank: Westminster to Tower Bridge in Eleven Stops

A numbered riverside route from the London Eye to Tower Bridge, taking in a free gallery, a free view, a second-hand book market and a legal graffiti tunnel. With the one day of the week not to do it.

  • South Bank
  • Walks
  • Free things to do
  • Thames
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Market stalls filling Brick Lane beneath the railway bridge on a Sunday, crowds moving between them

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A Walk Through Shoreditch and Spitalfields: Columbia Road to Petticoat Lane in Eleven Stops

A numbered walking route from Columbia Road Flower Market to Petticoat Lane, through the Boundary Estate, the Truman Brewery's basement vintage market, Brick Lane and Christ Church Spitalfields. With which market runs on which day, from each operator.

  • Shoreditch
  • Brick Lane
  • Spitalfields
  • Walks
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Narrowboats moored on the Regent's Canal beside the wide grass and stone steps below Granary Square at King's Cross

London areas

The Regent's Canal from King's Cross to Camden: A Walk in Ten Stops

A numbered towpath route from Granary Square to Camden Market, taking in a free nature reserve, three working locks and a gasholder with a lawn inside it. With the hours that decide when to set off.

  • King's Cross
  • Camden
  • Walks
  • Regent's Canal
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Tower Bridge from the north bank, both towers and the raised walkways above the road deck

Things to do

The Best Walks Along the Thames in London

The South Bank walk past Tate Modern and Borough Market, the Wapping riverside pub crawl, and the quiet Rotherhithe stretch into Greenwich — every walkable piece of the Thames Path in London.

  • Walks
  • Walking
  • Free things to do
  • Thames
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The glass-roofed Burlington Arcade lined with jewellers' windows

London areas

A Walk from Fitzrovia to Mayfair: Squares, Savile Row and the Arcades in Eleven Stops

A numbered walking route from Fitzroy Square to Green Park by the back streets: All Saints, Savile Row, both Piccadilly arcades, the reopened Grosvenor Square and Shepherd Market. With what is shut on which day.

  • Fitzrovia
  • Mayfair
  • Walks
  • Free things to do
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The Sherlock Holmes Museum shopfront on Baker Street, with a costumed Victorian policeman standing outside

London areas

A Walk from Baker Street to Marylebone Through Regent's Park in Eleven Stops

A numbered walking route from 221b Baker Street through Regent's Park's rose garden and Nash terraces to Daunt Books, the free Wallace Collection and Bond Street. With what is open on which day.

  • Marylebone
  • Regent's Park
  • Baker Street
  • Walks
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The Royal Exchange portico and the Wellington statue at the Bank junction, with the City's glass towers rising behind and the Bank of England under scaffolding to the left

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A Walk Around the City of London: Bank to Tower Bridge in Eleven Stops

A numbered walking route through the Square Mile, from the Bank junction to Tower Bridge, taking in Leadenhall Market, a bombed church that became a garden and a free view from the 58th floor. With what is open on which day.

  • City of London
  • Walks
  • Free things to do
  • Tower of London
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The Thames, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Bridge and the London Eye seen from the Albert Embankment

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A Walk Through Westminster: Westminster Bridge to Trafalgar Square in Eleven Stops

A numbered walking route through Westminster, from the bridge to Trafalgar Square, taking in the free court most people walk past, a free view over the park and the ceremony that only happens three days a week. With what is open on which day.

  • Westminster
  • Walks
  • Free things to do
  • Big Ben
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Gabled yellow-brick houses along the Ornamental Canal at Spirit Quay, red ivy on the end wall and the terrace reflected in still water

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A Riverside Pub Walk from Wapping to Canary Wharf: Four Historic Pubs in Eleven Stops

A riverside pub walk from Wapping to Canary Wharf in eleven numbered stops, built around the Town of Ramsgate, the Captain Kidd, the Prospect of Whitby and The Grapes. With opening hours, kitchen times, who takes bookings and a map.

  • Wapping
  • Limehouse
  • Canary Wharf
  • Walks
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