London Jack the Ripper Murder Tour

Before your tour you can enjoy Fish & Chips or other price equivalent dishes at Poppies just yards from where Annie Chapman was murdered.
Then to walk off your meal, you can join us for a 2.15 hours tour about the murders committed by Jack the Ripper with photos of victims, crime scenes, newspaper reports and the local streets in 1888 all shown clearly on a 14" tablet!

Meeting Point

Aldgate Station

Aldgate Station, Aldgate High St, London EC3N 1AH, UK

Guide will be directly outside with a meeting point Jack the Ripper Walk board

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes

St Botolph's Aldgate

Aldgate High Street, London, EC3N 1AB

The introduction takes place outside St Botolph's Church known as the Prostitutes Church because girls used to solicit on the island where it stood.

5 minutes

Aldgate Square

Aldgate Station Aldgate High Street, London, EC3N 1AH

Moving round to the square beside the church. You then have a description of what life was like in the poverty stricken overcrowded of Whitechapel in 1888. The squalor, crime and degradation of the people living on the breadline.

7 minutes

EC3A 5BU

Mitre St, London EC3A 5BU, UK

Mitre Street just inside the City boundary is the stop about Elizabeth Stride (Long Liz) the 1st victim killed by Jack on the night of the double event. Also, we will move a few yards to talk about the death of Catherine Eddowes killed only 45mins later right here!

15 minutes

Petticoat Lane Market

119-121 Middlesex St, London E1 7JF, UK

Now called Middlesex St this is the boundary between the City of London and the Metropolitan area an important distinction as there were separate police forces for these areas.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Goulston Street

Goulston St, London E1, UK

We proceed to the doorway where the only clue was found on the same route that the police took that night hot on the trail of Jack the Ripper

8 minutes

Gunthorpe Street

Gunthorpe St, London E1, UK

We view Gunthorpe St from Wentworth St looking towards the spot where Martha Tabram was found murdered on 7th Aug 1888 in George Yard Buildings she is now thought to be the most likely 1st victim of Jack the Ripper

8 minutes

Thrawl Street

Thrawl St, London E1, UK

We continue to Brick Lane and stop opposite the Frying Pan Pub on corner of Thrawl St where Mary Ann Nichols had her last drink before staggering down Whitechapel Rd to be murdered by Jack in Bucks Row behind Whitechapel Station

8 minutes

Hanbury Street

Hanbury St, London E1, UK

We continue up Brick Lane to turn left into Hanbury Street where Annie Chapman was murdered in the back yard of 29 Hanbury St

10 minutes

Wilkes Street

Wilkes St, London E1, UK

We turn into Wilkes St, a street untouched by time sine the 1800's and make our way to Puma Court where you will hear about the Dear Boss letter

8 minutes

The Ten Bells

84 Commercial St, London E1 6QQ, UK

We stop opposite the Ten Bells Mary Kelly's favourite pub and also view Christchurch Graveyard known as Itchy Park, where the homeless would sleep in the daytime

6 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Old Spitalfields Market

16 Horner Square, , London, E1 6EW

Opposite the market is the London Fruit & Wool Exchange we stop in the entrance for the letter sent to George Lusk head of the Whitechapel Vigilance Group

6 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

London Fruit & Wool Exchange

1-10 Brushfield St, London E1 6EN, UK

In the square behind the London Fruit & Wool Exchange we end our tour with the murder of Mary Kelly, Jack's last victim killed on 9th Nov 1888. from here it is a 5 min walk to Liverpool St Station where there is a choice of tube train lines

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included