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London Audio Walking Tours

Self-guided, narrated walks through London. Buy a tour once, download it, and hear the story at each stop while you walk at your own pace.

Tours from $11.99

Friends walk free. One purchase covers everyone on your walk. Start the tour, invite your friends to join, and it plays on every phone in your group.

London audio tours

Each tour is a mapped route with narration at every stop. Buy it once and it is yours to keep, no subscription.

  • London Assassin's Creed Syndicate

    St Paul's Cathedral · Blackfriars Bridge · Dickens's office, Wellington Street · Leicester Square (the Alhambra) · Charing Cross Station · Big Ben · Buckingham Palace

    6 km · 83 min · 7 stops

  • London Blitz and Churchill Walking Tour

    Churchill War Rooms · Downing Street · The Savoy · St Clement Danes · St Bride's, Fleet Street · St Paul's Cathedral · Christ Church Greyfriars · Bank Junction

    4.6 km · 65 min · 8 stops

  • London Great Fire 1666 Walking Tour

    Seething Lane Garden · The Monument and Pudding Lane · Royal Exchange · St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside · Guildhall Yard · St Paul's Cathedral · Golden Boy of Pye Corner

    3 km · 43 min · 7 stops

  • London Harry Potter Film Locations Walk

    Leadenhall Market · Millennium Bridge · St Paul's Cathedral · Australia House · Scotland Place · Westminster Station · Lambeth Bridge

    6 km · 84 min · 7 stops

  • London Henry VIII Six Wives Walking Tour

    Westminster Abbey · Banqueting House · Durham House Street · Temple Bar · Blackfriars Priory · St Paul's Cathedral · Leadenhall · Tower Hill

    5.5 km · 78 min · 8 stops

  • London Whitechapel 1888 Walking Tour

    Durward Street (Buck's Row) · Hanbury Street · Flower and Dean Walk · Henriques Street (Berner Street) · Mitre Square · Goulston Street · Dorset Street site (Commercial St)

    4.1 km · 58 min · 7 stops

  • London James Bond Walking Tour

    National Gallery · Admiralty Arch & Old Admiralty · The Old War Office · Westminster station · Westminster Bridge · Lambeth Bridge · Vauxhall Bridge · MI6 Building, Vauxhall Cross

    4 km · 55 min · 8 stops

  • London Notting Hill Film Walking Tour

    Tony's restaurant corner · The blue door · The Notting Hill Bookshop · The Travel Book Company · Lansdowne Road & Rosmead Gardens · St Peter's Church · The Coronet

    2.7 km · 38 min · 7 stops

  • London Sherlock Holmes Walking Tour

    221B Baker Street · Sherlock Holmes statue · Conan Doyle's consulting room · The Langham · Montague Place · Montague Street · Russell Square · Speedy's, North Gower Street

    5.2 km · 73 min · 8 stops

  • London South Bank Walk

    Westminster Bridge · London Eye · Southbank Centre · Gabriel's Wharf · Tate Modern · Shakespeare's Globe · Borough Market · Tower Bridge

    5.9 km · 75 min · 8 stops

  • London Westminster Walk

    Westminster Abbey · Houses of Parliament · Whitehall · Trafalgar Square · Covent Garden · St Paul's Cathedral · Millennium Bridge · Tower of London

    7.5 km · 105 min · 8 stops

  • London Royal Parks Walking Tour

    Horse Guards Parade · St James's Park Blue Bridge · Buckingham Palace · Wellington Arch · Hyde Park Rose Garden · Serpentine Boathouses · Diana Memorial Fountain · Albert Memorial · Kensington Palace

    5.9 km · 81 min · 9 stops

What to expect on a London audio walking tour

A London audio walking tour takes you along the Thames and through the city's grand set pieces, Westminster, the bridges, the markets, with narration timed to each stop so you're never fumbling with a guidebook while double decker buses rumble past.

The South Bank Walk starts at Westminster Bridge with the London Eye turning slowly across the water, then follows the river past the Southbank Centre and the food stalls at Gabriel's Wharf. You'll pass Tate Modern and Shakespeare's Globe before the route ends near Borough Market and Tower Bridge, about 5.9 kilometers in total.

For the bigger loop, the Westminster Walk covers more ground, roughly 7.5 kilometers and just under two hours, tracing Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament through Whitehall to Trafalgar Square. From there you'll wind through Covent Garden and past St Paul's Cathedral before crossing the Millennium Bridge toward the Tower of London.

If you'd rather trade traffic for green space, the Royal Parks route links St. James's Park, Green Park, Hyde Park, and Kensington Gardens into one 4 kilometer walk. It's the shortest of the three and a good one to save for a sunny afternoon when you want the narration but not the crowds.

Where to walk in London

A few of the stops you will pass, and why they are worth slowing down for.

Riverside promenade along the South Bank in London

South Bank

The South Bank is one of the liveliest riverside walks in London, a wide paved promenade running past street performers, secondhand book stalls, and food carts with the Thames rolling alongside you. You'll get postcard views of St Paul's and the City skyline across the water, plus landmarks like the London Eye and Tate Modern right along your path. On weekends it fills with skateboarders near the Southbank Centre and crowds drifting toward Borough Market. It's flat, easy walking with something new to look at every few hundred meters.

Path through Hyde Park in London

Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens

Together these two royal parks form one enormous green stretch where you can walk for an hour and barely notice the city around you. The Serpentine lake glints in the middle, rowboats drifting past joggers and dog walkers on the surrounding paths, while grand old plane trees shade the wider avenues. Wander toward Kensington Gardens and you'll find the Italian Gardens and the ornate Albert Memorial framed by open lawns. It's the kind of park that rewards a slow, unplanned stroll rather than a straight line from A to B.

Covent Garden piazza in London

Covent Garden

Covent Garden's cobbled piazza is full of energy, street performers drawing crowds under the old market roof while cafes and flower stalls line the edges. You'll want to poke into the covered Apple Market for handmade crafts and then wander the surrounding lanes packed with shops and theaters. It's a compact, walkable area, but the buzz and the architecture make it easy to spend far longer than you planned. Come in the evening and the whole square glows under string lights with a real West End atmosphere.

Trafalgar Square with Nelson's Column in London

Trafalgar Square to Westminster

This stretch takes you past some of London's most recognizable set pieces, from the lions and fountains of Trafalgar Square down Whitehall's grand government buildings to the Gothic towers of Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. You'll pass Downing Street, the Cenotaph, and eventually Big Ben rising over the Thames. It's a walk full of history, with wide pavements that make it comfortable even in a crowd. Plan on a leisurely thirty to forty minutes if you stop to take it all in.

Food stalls at Borough Market in London

Borough Market

Tucked under railway arches near London Bridge, Borough Market is a feast for the senses, stalls piled with cheese, fresh bread, spices, and street food from every corner of the world. You'll weave through narrow aisles shoulder to shoulder with locals doing their weekly shop and tourists grabbing lunch. The mix of Victorian ironwork overhead and modern food stalls below gives it a great atmosphere, part historic market, part food hall. It pairs naturally with a South Bank walk, so plan to arrive hungry.

Get the Audio Tour in 3 Simple Steps

All in the free Walk With Me app, and the first stops of every tour are free to try.

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Walk It Solo or Invite Someone

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Press Play and Walk

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Handcrafted for Your Time in the City

These tours aren't a checklist of sights. They're made to be walked slowly, headphones on, eyes on the city.

Meditative and Immersive

Each story is told where it happened. The app chimes when you reach a stop, one tap starts the story, and the stretch between stops is yours to take in at your own pace.

Handcrafted With Care

We choose every route and every stop ourselves and shape each story with care, so the time you have in the city goes to the places most worth seeing.

Better With Someone

Every walk is better with someone beside you, so if you can bring a friend, we really hope you do. That's why one purchase covers everyone you invite: they join your tour free.

Frequently Asked Questions

They range from about 56 minutes for the Royal Parks route up to nearly two hours for the full Westminster Walk. The South Bank Walk sits in between at around 75 minutes, so there's a length to match however much time you've got.

Definitely. The routes are paced so you can slow down at Trafalgar Square or Borough Market without losing your place, and the narration waits for you to reach each stop rather than running on a fixed clock.

No. One purchase covers everyone on your walk. Start the tour with a friend or open it for others to join, and everyone who joins your walk in the app hears every stop, on iPhone or Android. They just need the free Walk With Me app. The tour stays yours, so they can't replay it on their own later.