Whitechapel Jack the Ripper Walking Tour

This private walking tour will transport you back to the dark and chilling world of the Whitechapel Murders in East London. Follow in the footsteps of the notorious and never identified Jack the Ripper.
During the autumn of 1888, Jack the Ripper murdered, at least, five women with several other horrendous killings before and afterwards that may or may not have been carried out at the hands of the man voted The Worst Briton of All Time.

Explore the old streets of Whitechapel on this private 2.5 hour day-time tour (so you can actually see everything properly) and learn what life was like for the people who lived here.

We've had everyone from school-children to corporate bankers on this tour as well those who just want to see a different side of London. With the seal of approval of homicide detectives from New York, London, Melbourne and many other places and even enjoyed by some of the team behind the BBC show 'Ripper Street'.

Meeting Point

Whitechapel

277 Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BY, UK

Just outside the entrance of Whitechapel Underground Station.

What's included:

• Local guide
• Private tour
• Professional guide

Not included:

• Transportation to/from attractions

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours

East End

London

We will explore the streets of Whitechapel, Spitalfields and Aldgate and follow in the footsteps of Jack The Ripper as we visit the locations of his murders and those strongly linked with him.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Durward Street

Durward St, London E1, UK

Open for the first time in almost a decade, we will visit Durward Street and the murder location of Mary Ann Nichols

5 minutes

The Royal London Hospital

Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1FR, UK

Where the first victim in the Whitechapel Murders died and where an investigation into a body part revealed terrible findings. Nearby we will see where the inquests into several of the murders took place. The Elephant Man also lived here during these years and 80 years later the streets were the home to the legendary gangsters, The Krays.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Henriques Street

Henriques St, London E1, UK

This still atmospheric street was the site where Elizabeth Stride met her end, the first in the infamous Double-Event night of murders.

5 minutes

Whitechapel Bell Foundry

32-34 Whitechapel Road, , London, E1 1EW

As well as visiting this icon of the East-End, nearby we will visit the two locations where a chief suspect for Jack The Ripper lived.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Gunthorpe Street

Gunthorpe St, London E1, UK

We will follow in the footsteps of Martha Tabram down this eerie cobbled lane. Sadly Martha never made it to the end of the street, hopefully we will & round the corner we will see where Emma Smith was fatally attacked,

10 minutes

Frying Pan

13 Brick Ln, London E1 6PU, UK

A key spot in last night of Mary Anne Nichols

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

The White Hart

89 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7RA

This is where the tour begins and one of the pubs closely associated with Jack The Ripper

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Brick Lane

London

We will pass down the famous Brick Lane, once in the very heart of Jack The Ripper territory. Then as now with a bustling immigrant community,

15 minutes

29 Hanbury St

29 Hanbury St, London E1 6QR, UK

The site of the murder of poor Annie Chapman and nearby we will learn of two more deaths that Jack The Ripper was indirectly responsible for.

10 minutes

The Ten Bells

84 Commercial St, London E1 6QQ, UK

One of the pubs most closely linked with Jack and his victims.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

London Fruit & Wool Exchange

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

Dorset street itself isn't exactly here any more but we will visit the site of the murder of Mary Kelly and learn of its greater importance both in the Jack The Ripper killings and its wider legacy for police around the world.

5 minutes

Brick Lane Mosque

59 Brick Ln, London E1 6QL, UK

Now a mouse but in 1888, Brick Lane Synagogue. One of many in the area then for the growing Jewish community of the East-End.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Christ Church Spitalfields

Commercial St, London E1 6LY, UK

See the church that played a pivotal role in the lives of the people in 19th Century Whitechapel and learn of the terrible poverty that was all around.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Old Spitalfields Market

16 Horner Square, , London, E1 6EW

We will pass through the very same market that was here in 1888 and right in the middle of some of the murder locations we will visit.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Petticoat Lane Market

119-121 Middlesex Street, , London, E1 7JF

This famous old East-End Street was said to be the place where James Maybrick stayed in the infamous Diary of Jack The Ripper.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Goulston Street Food Court

Sabarella Ltd, 40 New Goulston St, London E1 7TP, UK

We will visit the spot of the only real evidence left by Jack The Ripper on the night of the Double-Event murders

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor

Brune Street, London, E1 7NE

Whitechapel was a very Jewish area and we will visit the first Jewish soup kitchen.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Mitre Square Garden

Mitre Square, London EC3A 5DH, UK

We will finish off just round the corner from our oldest Synagogue in Mitre Square, the only place where you can be certain you are standing exactly where Jack stood when he murdered

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Aldgate Pump

65-68 Leadenhall St, London EC3A 2AD, UK

As if Jack The Ripper wasn't bad enough for the locals, if your legs don't mind a small diversion, we will also famous the Aldgate Pump of Death!

5 minutes