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The Lambeth Tour Guides Association are proud to represent tour-guiding across the diverse and historic borough of Lambeth.

Upcoming Walks

  • Crossing the Thames
    Crossing the Thames
    Mon, 07 Oct
    London
    07 Oct 2024, 13:30
    London, Bondway, Wandsworth Rd, London SW8 2LN, UK
    07 Oct 2024, 13:30
    London, Bondway, Wandsworth Rd, London SW8 2LN, UK
    Seven bridges cross the Thames from the borough of Lambeth (counting Hungerford and the Golden Jubilee bridges as three) but more than that have been replaced or have vanished altogether. Let's walk along the Lambeth side of the river to hear of the bridges, and the ferries, and the tunnels
  • Guided Walk: Steampunk Vauxhall - Reimagining the Past... and the Future
    Guided Walk: Steampunk Vauxhall - Reimagining the Past... and the Future
    Sat, 12 Oct
    London
    12 Oct 2024, 13:00 – 14:30
    London, London SW8 2LN, UK
    12 Oct 2024, 13:00 – 14:30
    London, London SW8 2LN, UK
    Journey back through time with David Turnbull, Lambeth Tour Guide and author of steampunk adventure The Dragon Breath Chronicles, to Vauxhall's Victorian and industrial past. This guided walk will explore how authors of Victorian era scientific romance (the forerunner of science fiction) imagined
  • Around the Common in 90 Minutes - A Streatham Common walking tour AM
    Around the Common in 90 Minutes - A Streatham Common walking tour AM
    Sat, 19 Oct
    London
    19 Oct 2024, 10:30 – 12:00
    London, 37 Streatham Common S, London SW16 3BZ, UK
    19 Oct 2024, 10:30 – 12:00
    London, 37 Streatham Common S, London SW16 3BZ, UK
    This 90 minute (approx) Walking Tour will highlight · Roman origins & feudal past · Industry growing from local natural resources and enterprise · Equality emerging from the Suffragette movement · Sacrifice – honouring those who died and those affected by conflict
  • Around the Common in 90 Minutes - A Streatham Common walking tour PM
    Around the Common in 90 Minutes - A Streatham Common walking tour PM
    Sat, 19 Oct
    London
    19 Oct 2024, 14:00 – 15:30
    London, 37 Streatham Common S, London SW16 3BZ, UK
    19 Oct 2024, 14:00 – 15:30
    London, 37 Streatham Common S, London SW16 3BZ, UK
    This 90 minute (approx) Walking Tour will highlight · Roman origins & feudal past · Industry growing from local natural resources and enterprise · Equality emerging from the Suffragette movement · Sacrifice – honouring those who died and those affected by conflict
  • Streatham-Art Deco Capital of South London
    Streatham-Art Deco Capital of South London
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, 20 Oct
    London
    20 Oct 2024, 10:30 – 12:00
    London, Pullman Court, London SW2 4SZ, UK
    20 Oct 2024, 10:30 – 12:00
    London, Pullman Court, London SW2 4SZ, UK
    We enjoy Grade 2 listed buildings, walk in a conservation area and discuss Pulman Court - the visionary Modernist residential site. Throughout, we encounter 1930s blocks of trendy apartments with their own built-in social life once boasting dance floors, gardens and swimming pools.
  • Unseen Vauxhall – the Vanished and the Unnoticed - Guided Walk
    Unseen Vauxhall – the Vanished and the Unnoticed - Guided Walk
    Sat, 02 Nov
    London
    02 Nov 2024, 14:00
    London, S Lambeth Pl, London SW8, UK
    02 Nov 2024, 14:00
    London, S Lambeth Pl, London SW8, UK
  • On safari in SE1 - The amazing animals of Waterloo
    On safari in SE1 - The amazing animals of Waterloo
    Sat, 09 Nov
    London
    09 Nov 2024, 13:00
    London, Underground Ltd, Lambeth North Station, 110 Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7XG, UK
    09 Nov 2024, 13:00
    London, Underground Ltd, Lambeth North Station, 110 Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7XG, UK
    Join us for an exciting adventure as we explore the incredible animal life right in the heart of Waterloo! Get ready to encounter a host of different creatures and learn how they made SE1 their home.
  • Unseen Vauxhall 2 - More Vanished and More Unnoticed - guided walk
    Unseen Vauxhall 2 - More Vanished and More Unnoticed - guided walk
    Wed, 13 Nov
    London
    13 Nov 2024, 14:00
    London, S Lambeth Pl, London SW8, UK
    13 Nov 2024, 14:00
    London, S Lambeth Pl, London SW8, UK
    There are more unnoticed details and vanished history in Vauxhall than can be seen in one walk - so here's a second walk!
  • What's behind the South Bank?
    What's behind the South Bank?
    Sun, 15 Dec
    London
    15 Dec 2024, 14:00 – 16:00
    London, London SE1 7ND, UK
    15 Dec 2024, 14:00 – 16:00
    London, London SE1 7ND, UK
    In an area that offers so much to see and do it’s easy to overlook some of its most intriguing features. This walk from Waterloo to Blackfriars Bridge highlights hidden gems; some tucked away and others hiding in plain sight. We explore new developments alongside remnants of its industrial past
  • Beating Lambeth's Bounds (part 1) A guided walk along the first mile of the Lambeth parish boundary.
    Beating Lambeth's Bounds (part 1) A guided walk along the first mile of the Lambeth parish boundary.
    Thu, 19 Dec
    London
    19 Dec 2024, 13:30
    London, Waterloo Rd, London SE1 8TY, UK
    19 Dec 2024, 13:30
    London, Waterloo Rd, London SE1 8TY, UK
    Beating the Bounds is an ancient custom that was originally devised for local officials to inspect the parish boundary and the various markers thereof, and to fix the boundaries in minds of poor parishioners by having boys whacking the boundary with willow sticks as the party proceded
  • Unseen Vauxhall 3 - Even More Vanished and Unnoticed (1)
    Unseen Vauxhall 3 - Even More Vanished and Unnoticed (1)
    Sat, 25 Jan
    London
    25 Jan 2025, 13:30
    London, Wandsworth Rd, Nine Elms, London SW8 2GE, UK
    25 Jan 2025, 13:30
    London, Wandsworth Rd, Nine Elms, London SW8 2GE, UK
    Where was the first museum open to the public in England? Did Vauxhall have its own three musketeers? What is the last remaining clue to the location of Walton Terrace? Why are detatched tearraced houses often found next to schools? Your guide: Geoff Fairbairn, walkinglambeth@gmail.com
  • Crossing the Thames
    Crossing the Thames
    Fri, 07 Mar
    London
    07 Mar 2025, 13:30
    London, Bondway, Wandsworth Rd, London SW8 2LN, UK
    07 Mar 2025, 13:30
    London, Bondway, Wandsworth Rd, London SW8 2LN, UK
    Seven bridges cross the Thames from the borough of Lambeth (counting Hungerford and the Golden Jubilee bridges as three) but more than that have been replaced or have vanished altogether. Let's walk along the Lambeth side of the river to hear of the bridges, and the ferries, and the tunnels
  • Walking Tour - Waterloo in Fiction
    Walking Tour - Waterloo in Fiction
    Sun, 09 Mar
    London
    09 Mar 2025, 14:00
    London, Lambeth North Station, 110 Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7XG, UK
    09 Mar 2025, 14:00
    London, Lambeth North Station, 110 Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7XG, UK
    This walk explores the Waterloo of historical fiction. Tracy Chevalier's Burning Bright brings William Blake's Lambeth to life, Michael Sadleir's Forlorn Sunset and Renton Nicholson's Dombey and Daughter explore its seamier side in Victorian times, while for Sam Selvon's Lonely Londoners of the 1940
  • South Bank Walks: From Palace to Station, Lost & Hidden Architecture Pt I (1)
    South Bank Walks: From Palace to Station, Lost & Hidden Architecture Pt I (1)
    Time is TBD
    London
    Time is TBD
    London, 5 Lambeth Palace Rd, London SE1 7LB, UK
    Time is TBD
    London, 5 Lambeth Palace Rd, London SE1 7LB, UK
    A walking tour of South Bank exploring the South Bank's lost and hidden architecture.
  • Halloween Horror Walk
    Halloween Horror Walk
    Time is TBD
    London
    Time is TBD
    London, 4 York Rd, London SE1 7NA, UK
    Time is TBD
    London, 4 York Rd, London SE1 7NA, UK
    The nights are drawing in. Witches are abroad. The dead walk. Wolves howl at the moon. Something wicked is coming this way and calling you to join this creepy and fun guided walk. Hear about the Celtic origin of Halloween and the 'guisers' who predated Trick or Treat. Learn about classic cult movie
  • Words in Waterloo - Remembrance
    Words in Waterloo - Remembrance
    Time is TBD
    London
    Time is TBD
    London, Waterloo Station, London SE1 8SR, UK
    Time is TBD
    London, Waterloo Station, London SE1 8SR, UK
    Join Lambeth Tour Guides, David Turnbull and Peter Brown, on this remembrance walk around Waterloo and the Southbank, exploring war poetry in all its aspects, both military and civilian, and its Lambeth connections
  • The Story of Pantomime. A Guided Walk.
    The Story of Pantomime. A Guided Walk.
    Time is TBD
    London
    Time is TBD
    London, Lambeth North Station, 110 Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7XG, UK
    Time is TBD
    London, Lambeth North Station, 110 Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7XG, UK
    A Guided walk revealing the origins, history and traditions of Christmas shows and Lambeth's unique role in their development!
  • In Search of Brixton - Walking Tour (1)
    In Search of Brixton - Walking Tour (1)
    Time is TBD
    London
    Time is TBD
    London, Brixton Underground Station Underground Ltd, Brixton Rd, London SW9 8HE, UK
    Time is TBD
    London, Brixton Underground Station Underground Ltd, Brixton Rd, London SW9 8HE, UK
    ​What do you think of when you say the name? Riots? Gentrification? Nightlife? It's a diverse and thriving south London town centre, with Lambeth Town Hall, Windrush Square and the bustling market at its heart – let’s take a look. Led by Chris Everett, City Highlights.

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