London Layover History and Sightseeing Tour

This tour allows you to truly experience as much of London as possible during a layover - fully narrated by experienced guides in taxis.
The tour guides are highly experienced and qualified. All guides are official London Black Cab Drivers (London Taxis) and qualified London Tour Guides. The knowledge behind our expertise comes from education and research, so all the information you are given is academically factual.

The tours are carried out in London Black Cabs, of which are partitioned, comfortable and traditional.

Whilst the tours are based on a template platform, we do provide customisable features of the tour - of which can be discussed prior to the tour. Our tours are built upon experience, yet are bespoke to the guest.

The tours covers a myriad of British and London History, ranging from the Romans to Anglo-Saxons, Medieval to Early Modern, and to modern.

This tour provides sightseeing to all the landmarks with a great deal of fascinating and amazing history.

What to expect:

Duration: 8 hours

Tower of London

London, EC3N 4AB

Tower of London and sights / history of Tower Hill, including history from Roman Londinium to the modern era.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

The Monument to the Great Fire of London

Fish St. Hill, , London, EC3R 8AH

The Monument to the Great Fire of London, discussing the fire of 1666 and the devasting impact on medieval/Tudor London

Pass by without stopping

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

21 New Globe Walk, , London, SE1 9DT

The famous Shakespeare's Globe in Southwark, and history on Southwark - Roman, Medieval, Early Modern to Modern

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

City of London

London

Within the City of London (The Mile Square), visitors will see various sights and locations of London's old history.
Including:

- The Cockney Londoner, what makes one?
- Medieval and Early Modern London, the who, the what and the where?
- Executions and celebrations
- Colonial England, the first ventures and adventures
- William Shakespeare
- Elizabeth I and the defeat of the Spanish Armada
- A separate city???

1 hour

St. Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Churchyard, London, EC4M 8AD

St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Covent Garden

London

The famous Covent Garden market, established in the seventeenth century, reflecting the beauty of Early Modern England and buzzing London

30 minutes

Piccadilly Circus

London, W1V 9LB

The Heartland of Westend London, the iconic, Piccadilly Circus

Pass by without stopping

Trafalgar Square

London, WC2N 5DS

See all the sites in and surrounding the centre of London, Trafalgar Square, consisting of Lord Horatio Nelson's Column (Nelson's Column), The National Gallery, King Charles I and much more!

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Mayfair

London

The wonderful, extravagant Mayfair of London's Westend. Also, within , Little America, the area rich with Anglo-American history.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Marble Arch

London, W1H 7EJ

Marble Arch, to the north of Park Lane, the former entrance to Buckingham Palace. Furthermore, Tyburn, the site of the infamous former execution site.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Hyde Park Corner

The Mall / Piccadilly / Grosvenor Place, Hyde Park, London, W1J 7JZ

Hyde Park Corner, Aspley House, history of the Duke of Wellington and more

Pass by without stopping

Buckingham Palace

Spur Road, London, SW1A 1AA

Buckingham Palace, the official residence of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria and more

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

St. James's Park

Horse Guards Road, The Storeyard, London, SW1A 2BJ

St James Park and the former rear grounds of Whitehall Palace

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Whitehall

Whitehall

Whitehall, the site of the former Whitehall Palace, the official residence of the Monarch throughout most of the Tudor and Stuart periods.
The Horseguards

Banqueting House

Downing Street

30 minutes

Big Ben

Parliament Square, Elizabeth Tower - Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA

Big Ben, the famous bell/clock tower of the Houses of Parliament

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Houses of Parliament

Parliament Square, London, SW1A 0AA

Houses of Parliament, the famous home of British Government, also known as the Palace of Westminster
Discussion of the monarchy, the English Civil War, the history of parliament and more!

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Westminster Abbey

20 Dean's Yard, Broad Sanctuary, London, SW1P 3PA

Westminster Abbey, the Collegiate Church of St Peter
Learn all about the history of London, the competition between two cities, the settlement and disruption of the monarchy, the church, the Reformation, coronations and much more!

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included