Secrets of Central London Walking Tour – London, United Kingdom

EXPERIENCE:

London Transport Museum, the world’s leading museum of urban transport, invites you to take a Hidden London guided walking tour around Theatreland, Covent Garden, Kingsway, and the Embankment.

This walking tour reveals little known facts about the area that were pulled straight from our archive, including the story of Convent Garden (as it was originally known), how London’s first professional police was born, and how well-known streets shaped London’s transport systems – from the construction of the Piccadilly line and Kingsway Tram Tunnel to the works to build Crossrail in the 2010s.

Along the way you’ll get a glimpse of some iconic Hidden London tour sites, see the oldest shop in the city, hear about the first theatres that opened in the area, and learn about the remarkable feats of engineering that shaped modern transport.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Explore the history of Central London from the 1500s to present day
Discover some of London’s transport secrets hidden in plain sight
Learn more about the first public transport thoroughfare of London; the Thames
Hear about the multitude of tunnels underground in the Holborn area
Find out why you hear trains running when walking in tranquil Embankment Gardens

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