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Business Tours
In the evening, or after your meetings, relax and enjoy a
different side of London after a busy day’s work. Take an
evening tour, stop off in interesting pubs, eat in a good local
restaurant.
Partners
Let me look after you while your travel partner is engaged in
business. Whatever you wish: sightseeing, gallery visiting, antiques
hunting, markets or shopping.
Chiswick House and Kew Gardens
Chiswick House One
of England’s finest Palladian villas, designed by and for the third
Earl of Burlington. William Kent designed the sumptuous interiors.
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew 300 acres of landscaped gardens
with over 50,000 types of plants, magnificent conservatories,
including the Palm House and the Princess of Wales Conservatory.
Can be combined with West London Villas, or Syon
House
 Docklands, modern and historic
A city for the 21st Century! Just East of Tower Bridge, an area of 8.5 square miles, previously the throbbing commercial centre
of the Port of London, became increasingly forlorn and derelict as the
London docks began to close in the 1960s. The last dock closed in 1981
leaving the area in deep economic and social decline. 
A
massive regeneration programme has ensured a major transformation, including striking new architecture, and the UK's
tallest building (800 ft) at Canary Wharf. An extraordinarily vibrant mixture of the
historic and the new, the 15th C riverside smugglers pubs, the old
warehouses, the marinas, the vast open docks with their watersports,
some remaining cranes and the striking new commercial and residential
buildings.
Makes a great morning or afternoon tour, or make a day of it by
combining it with a visit to Historic and Royal
Greenwich just across the river Thames.
Evening Panoramic
Tour (and visit to charming pub or chic bar)
See London by night on a panoramic tour, with an optional visit
to a charming pub. You can see many of the beautifully lit up
buildings at night in a short time due to reduced traffic.
Dinner already arranged? Take a tour and I will drop you
afterwards at the restaurant of your choice.
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Gardens
Thanks to our temperate climate, the gardens of Britain are
among the finest in the world. All kinds of gardens are open to
visitors, dating from the 16th C to the present day. Visits to
private gardens can be arranged with some notice.
Lovely parks and gardens to visit in London
include:
Chelsea Physic Garden, the Society of
Apothecaries old medicinal garden, Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew: 300 acres of landscaped gardens with over 50,000
types of plants, magnificent conservatories, Kew Palace, Museum of Garden
History,
in a church opposite Parliament, The Royal Parks of London, including
Queen Mary's Rose Garden in Regent's Park, St. James' Park, Kensington
Gardens Richmond Park with its
deer.
Gourmet Tours in London
A personal favourite. Shopping for food, or just ogling! Gourmet
heaven in London! Drool or buy in all kinds of speciality shops and
some big stores for various goodies. From traditional tea and coffee
stores, wine and spirit merchants, through specialist c heese
shops to delicatessens from a variety of countries, bakers and food
markets. London has changed so much: you can eat superbly well here!
PLUS tried and tested restaurant, café and bar recommendations.
Restaurants of all nationalities and styles to suit all pockets.
Greenwich
 A
short drive South East from the centre of London to the home of TIME!
A UNESCO World Heritage Site: maritime and Royal connections since
14th C. See the restored 17th C Queen's House, the Royal
Observatory (through which the Greenwich Meridian passes) and the
superb Royal Naval College with its Painted Hall, stunning views of
London from the top of the hill in Royal Greenwich Park . The National
Maritime Museum and the 19th C Cutty Sark tall ship, once the fastest
tea clipper in the world and much more! Arts and crafts market three
days a week.
Jewish London
A full or half day exploration of the 1000 year old history of the
Jews in London and England right up to the present day. See and
hear about the Jewish side of London. Anything from a walk
in the historic East End district, a walk in or drive through the City
of London (now the financial district) where Jews settled in the year
1066. Visit major Synagogues of differing styles and periods,
including the stunning Bevis Marks Synagogue (dating from 1701 and
still in daily use), Jewish Museums, and other areas of Jewish
interest.
Syon House and Kew Gardens
Syon House London home of the Duke of Northumberland since 16thc.
with fine Robert Adam interiors and gorgeous gardens. Used for many
period films. Can combine with
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew 300 acres of landscaped
gardens with over 50,000 types of plants, magnificent conservatories,
including the Palm House and the Princess of Wales Conservatory.
Walking tours in London
Southwark
Explore a key developing area of central London along the Thames
riverside: the new Tate Modern Art Museum in an
ex-power station, old sailing ships, old markets, a cathedral
connected to Harvard, 14th C palaces, stunning views of the City of
London, Shakespeare's New Globe Theatre, the Clink, ancient pubs, a 17th C
galleried coaching inn.
Thames-side in London
With its 2000 year old history, one of the most fascinating stretches
of the river in London.
Historic and modern Docklands
The city holding the future of London for the 21st Century!
East of Tower Bridge, an area of 8.5 sq. miles,
previously the throbbing commercial centre of the port of London, went
into deep economic and social decline. Now a vibrant,
colourful mixture of the historic and the new, the 15th C riverside
smugglers pubs, the old warehouses, the marinas, the vast open docks
with their watersports, some remaining cranes and the striking new
commercial and residential buildings.
 Route 1: through old Wapping and Shadwell towards the new Docklands
developments, pausing if desired in a riverside pub.
Route 2: partly on foot, and partly using the above ground Docklands Light Rail
system, a more extensive tour of the Docks than possible on foot only.
West London Villas: Syon, Osterley, and Ham
Houses
Three wonderful examples of great aristocratic houses,17th and 18th
C, filled with great portraits by Van Dyke, Kneller, Lely and
Reynolds and Robert Adam interiors. A true symbol of the wealth and
power of Britain in the 18th century. Ham, owned by the same family
for 300 years, has barely changed since its days at the centre of
court intrigue in the late 1600s...
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Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus; Royal Kensington and St
James' Palace, Tower Bridge and The Tower of London (spectacular
Crown Jewels). There might be time to see the Changing of the
Guard outside Buckingham Palace or at Horseguards. St Paul's
Cathedral (only 560 steps to the top of its dome for spectacular
views over London!).
Extend
this to a full day and you could visit The Tower and the
cathedral or one or two of London's many museums and galleries
such as the National Gallery of Art (13th century to early 20th
century European painting), the British Museum 
(from Egyptian
Mummies to early Celts via ancient Greece), the Cabinet War
Rooms (unchanged since used by Sir Winston Churchill as Prime
Minster during World War II), or Madame Tussaud's Waxworks (have
your photo taken with the famous and notorious). Just a few
miles downstream is Greenwich, the home of time, and the prime
Meridian. The choice is yours.
Architecture
rea of special interest, I will
devise a programme to show you either the highlights of some of the
major museums in your allotted time frame, or a number of small
specialised places or spend more time concentrating on one or two
collections. Let me delight you with some of London's fabulous and
lesser-known collections too! Such as the exquisite gems of Sir John
Soane's House, Leighton House, or the Courtauld Institute and
Gilbert Collection at Somerset House.