London Historical Taxi Tour Experience

These tours are provided in Electric Black London Cabs. The drivers are real certified London Black Cab Drivers who are qualified London tour guides. The tours are conducted and organised by a training historian.
We stop at as many of the sites as we can, getting out to go over the history of the sites listed (and the unlisted around it). There is history around every corner of London, so you will received entertaining narrated history from the start to end of your tour.

This tour is perfect for history buffs (from amateur to academics), informed by detailed research about London, Britain, the British Empire and international context.

Upon taking a tour with us at London History Taxi Tours, you will have gained more insightful knowledge about London and its sights than the average Londoner. Become an honorary Londoner!

Learn London, Love London, Live London

Total duration of this tour includes travel time.

What's included:

• USB charger points
• If requested with enough notice, we can provide some written information for deaf guests

Not included:

• We do not provide food and drinks so as to avoid allergens

What to expect:

Duration: 4 hours

Tower of London

London, EC3N 4AB

The Tower of London at Tower Hill, is surrounding by much history of London, ranging from the Roman times, through medieval, early-modern and modern periods.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

21 New Globe Walk, , London, SE1 9DT

Around the Shakespeare's Globe guests will be told about Shakespeare's history, Elizabethan, early-modern and modern London.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

St. Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Churchyard, London, EC4M 8AD

St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London is at the heart of Old London. The church famous for royal weddings and ceremonies is at the heart of over 1400 years of history.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Fleet Street

Fleet St, , London, EC4

The street made famous in modern history for "Sweeney Todd the demon barber" but also famous the printing press and early-modern London.

Pass by without stopping

Strand

Strand, , London

The Royal Highway between "The Two Cities", known for its theatres and shops, but historically famous for the division between The City of London and The City of Westminster.

Pass by without stopping

Trafalgar Square / Embankment

London

Trafalgar Square - the epicentre of London and heart of Londoners. Filled with British, Napoleonic and American history, including the English Civil War.

Pass by without stopping

Whitehall

Whitehall, Michigan

The horse guards, the English Civil War, Downing Street - The Residence of the Prime Minister and more!

15 minutes

Big Ben

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

Big Ben, the famous "clock tower", at Westminster Palace (The Houses of Parliament)
Covering the architecture, culture and vast history going back c.1000 years!

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Westminster Abbey

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

The famous Abbey! Where Kings and Queens are coronated, married and more.
Learn about 1000 years of history about the Monarchy, the "Tale of Two Cities", the English Reformation and more!

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Buckingham Palace

Spur Road, London, SW1A 1AA

The Royal Palace! The official home of the English Monarch. Built in the early eighteenth century and heart of the British Monarchy.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

South Kensington

South Kensington, Maryland

South Kensington developed largely between the late seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. Plenty of royal history, the Great Exhibition, the Glorious Revolution and more!

25 minutes

Mayfair

London

The heart of British luxury and aristocracy. Also in London: Little America! Learn about the rich American history and British history since the early-modern period.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included