My passion is to mostly provide exclusive private tours  –  (I also love commissions – new tours are so exciting to research).

I have over 600 five star TripAdvisor reviews, and guiding is my total pleasure!

I work also for corporate clients such as Deloitte, CBRE, DWS, Deutsche Bank, London BID teams, The City of London Corporation and the Guards Museum.

Please contact me for more details on:

david@thelondonspy.com

Prices for personal tours for small groups of up to 10 people (friends and families)

I charge from £280 for a private tour of up to 2 hours

Between 2 and 4 hours (a half day) the price is from £400

Between 4 and 8 hours (a full day) the price is from £700

The price may vary depending on the type of tour and specifics.

The cost does not include tickets for entry to attractions, your travel and food.

For Corporate rates please ask.

Here is a list of some of my tours:

City of London

Heroes and Villains of the City – The Heroes and Villains tour starts in Leadenhall Market, and takes in Livery Companies, murderers, Dick Whittington, treacherous geese, Puritans, Monarchy, the Great Fire, Coffee Houses, Bank Vaults, the Samaritans and Roman remains.

Roman London Wall – London’s most ancient boundary marker defining the “Square Mile” dating back to around 200 AD, this is the extent of original Londonium. It can still be visited in many surprising places, including building basements, a car park, museum, underground stations and medieval churches.  Experience the might of the Romans in this far flung rainy outpost of the Empire.

Dickens tour – the evocative story inspirations from the man who invented Christmas

Ye Olde Pub tour – 

Harry Potter in the City and Southwark – City of Magic tour with iconic film locations

Fleet Street Stroll – the Street of Shame. Walking along the Strand and Fleet Street, covering 17th century churches, the Royal Courts of Justice and the heart of London’s journalism and print history along with historic pubs and churches, a James Bond film location, Sweeney Todd and WB Yeats 

Fleet Street Apocalypse (A Radiohead inspired tour)

Wall to River- Aldgate to Tower

Roman City tour – the original Londinium, founded in 43 AD

Spooky City – a ghostly tour of the City of London

“Westward Ho!” – Guildhall to Blackfriars

Billingsgate Roman Bath House – a unique surviving private house with an astonishing extra bathhouse – who knew!

Coffee Houses history tour

Guildhall Art Gallery tour

Leadenhall Market Tour – meet Tom, Dick and Harry Potter

Guildhall interior

Corruption and Lies tour – history of financial crime in the City

Moorgate meander 

City of Westminster

Spies and Secrets – A tour of Spy Central in London – Westminster and St James’ – learn your own tradecraft, brush shoulders with Bond and real life traitors.

The tour route includes The St Ermin’s Spy Hotel, where SOE was created, and make our way through the history of Espionage, mostly factual but with a nod to James Bond locations also, along with learning real Tradecraft.

Some personalities and events we meet include Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, Ian Fleming, The Berlin Spy Tunnel, MI6, GCHQ and much more.

Covent Garden – Opera, aristocracy, crime, thievery and illicit pleasures

Sculpture Wars – statues have been attacked for millennia, recent events are nothing new – a history of violence both political and surprisingly artistic.

Soho – Theatreland, the literary demi-monde and clashing cultural values

Royal Westminster tour

Harry Potter Magical Westminster tour with iconic film and book locations

Great Scotland Yard Hotel – the heart of Crime in the centre of Government

Victoria’s values – from Suffragettes to Slums, from MI6 to Monarchy 

National Gallery tour

Guards’ Museum tour

Bond Street – the Heart of Luxury

British Museum treasures tour

Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace

Fitzrovia – George Orwell, the Great Satan himself and banished revolutionary heroes.

Other Areas:

Kings Cross – stunning new developments against industrial heritage

Clerkenwell – a centre for protest and revolt, an ancient Order of St John and cutting edge modern architecture

Paddington – Brunel’s greatest station, the home of Paddington Bear, amazing bridges, SOE spies and much more

I also often provide volunteer tours at the Guildhall Art Gallery and for the Friends of City Churches Watcher scheme.