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

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

Here is a list of some of my tours:

City of London

    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 places from the man who invented Christmas

Ye Olde Pub tour

Heroes and Villains of the City

Harry Potter  – City of Magic tour with iconic film locations

Fleet Street Stroll – the Street of Shame

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

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

Sculpture Wars – statues have been attacked for millennia, Colston toppling is 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

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

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.