Alternative Tours

Ideas for exploring the capital.

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The Thin Veil Of London: Explore The Capital’s Mystical Side

A tour of Holborn and Bloomsbury with a sinister difference.

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Row, Row, Row Your Kayak Gently Down The Thames

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, you can even splash your friends.

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Orbit Tower Reopens, Offering Views Of The Olympic Park

Park in Progress tours run till June 2013.

The famous model of the cathedral.

Alternative Tours: The Secret Bits Of St Paul’s Cathedral

A vertiginous staircase, a giant model of the cathedral, and impressive views.

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Take A Rubbish Tour Of London

New guided walks for people interested in the capital’s detritus.

Gary, Alan, and that moany one not pictured.

Take A Tour Of BBC Television Centre

See famous people, read the news.

The old Dulwich College buildings.

Alternative Tours Of London: A Ramble Round Dulwich

See one of the best views of London the public can’t normally access in this walk.

The Royal Festival Hall and The London Eye; 2009

Take A Post-War Bus Tour Aboard A Classic Routemaster

With a bus driving architectural historian.

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Support London Detours’ 24 Hour London Tour

Learn about London and raise money for the Rob Knox Foundation.

Actual bus may not be an actual bus.

Take A Bus Tour Of London’s Mystic Sites…In A Pub

London folk tales on a bus journey to nowhere.

Commissioned by Tony Banks, this anti-nuclear mural on Coldblow Lane must be the only one to feature a missile-riding Michael Heseltine. It was created in 1983 by Brian Barnes and the London Muralists for Peace.

Alternative Tours Of London: The Mural Walk

In search of London’s finest murals.