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Secret City

Walk back in time

Hidden away from the busy main roads there exists a secret city of narrow alleyways, hidden courtyards and buildings cobwebbed by time. On this unique walk we take you into this secret world and show you places where history was made and time stands still. This is the London that Dickens and Shakespeare both knew; the London where the Romans walked 2000 years ago; the London that has been devastated by Plague, scorched by fire, but which time and again has risen ‘Phoenix-like’ from it’s ruins.

We explore the places that illustrate each incarnation of this truly magical city. Roman temples and Christian citadels, historic pubs and mediaeval streets, gabled houses that survived the great fire, and secret burial grounds where victims of the plague still lie,

But we won’y just point at these streets and buildings and bombard you with dry dates and dusty facts, we will people them with those who lived here and tell their stories and give them a ‘voice’ so we can say their stories.
The highlights will include: one of Sir Christopher Wren’s most beautiful city churches, a mediaeval street along which Shakespeare once walked, London’s magnificent mediaeval palace, a roman tower and one of the best preserved sections of the ancient city wall.

We take a journey back to a city that has apparently vanished but on closer inspection is right under our very noses. If we imagine the buses cars and taxis fading from our minds eye replaced by horses, carriages and a noise no less intense but from a different age. An age of myth legend and surprising history. Please do join us for a surprising adventure into the Secret City of Old London.
We begin our journey through London’s hidden past in Roman London and walk through the ages from Saxon to tudor to Victorian London. Ravages such as the Great Plague and Great Fire and even Hitler’s Blitzkrieg have all left there mark but none more so than post-war redevelopment. Somehow though, the SECRET CITY still defies everyone and can still be found if we scratch the surface of 21st Century London life.

Uncover a Roman city under the shadow of the great new financial capital – venture off the beaten track and discover the city’s roman heart that was to form the very backbone of this great metropolis.

This is the story of London’s great heroes, from King Alfred to Christopher Wren - from Pocohontas to the founder of the Samaritans Chad Varah. This is London at it’s most surprising.

How to Book >
Duration: approximately 1 hour 45 minutes – 2 hours
Meeting Point: Bank Underground

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