A diverse walking tour, with a qualified guide, in the heart of Westminster where we visit some statues and places that have a significance to tyranny, colonialism and slavery. The walk is accessible to all and ends in Trafalgar Square.

Modern red brick building purpose-built to house the City of Westminster's historic records. Opportunity to visit the conservation studio and see treasures of the archives.

Tim Drewitt, 1995

Victor Keegan, author of two acclaimed books on Lost London, asks how the streets around the Thorney Island Society Archives in Old Pye Street could have been so lawless and deprived, so close to Westminster Abbey and Parliament.

A rare example of Thomas Archer's work and a masterpiece of English Baroque, originally dubbed Queen Anne's Footstool. A Grade I listed building, restored by Marshall Sisson after extensive bombing damage, now a busy concert hall.

Thomas Archer, 1714

10 Downing Street has been the residence of British Prime Ministers since 1735. Behind its famous black door the most important decisions affecting Britain for the last 284 years have been taken.

William Kent, 1735

Stunning regal building, the only surviving building from Whitehall Palace, one of the first examples of the principles of Palladianism being applied to an English building. Site of a set of magnificent ceiling paintings by Rubens.

Inigo Jones, 1619

A Grade 2 listed former Territorial Army Drill Hall featuring restored elements of the original 1882 design. It has a triple height central hall with the restored wrought iron balconies and roofing. Notable Neo-Georgian design brickwork.

Duncan Cardow of T.P.Bennett (1985) and John McVicar Anderson (1882), 1985

A significant new redbrick addition to London’s civic architecture, Lambeth Palace Library is the first new building on the site for 185 years and hosts the Church of England’s archive.

Wright & Wright Architects, 2021

Have you ever walked through London and wondered “Where are the statues of women?” or have you ever walked around London and counted the statues of women then tried to do the same with the statues of men?

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Setting off from the Festival of Britain site we cover icons of the South Bank before heading into the back streets to see different types of social housing. We travel over to Bankside to see an overview of the historic and contemporary.

Unknown, 19

Founded in 1840, our church began as a major force for good in the local area. We are still operating as a Church today where it was nicknamed 'The Devil’s Acre’ by Charles Dickens due to great poverty and oppression.

Scott Whitby Studio (for renovation work), 1840