This rarely opened space began as a medical school library in 1902 as part of Guy's Hospital Medical School. It then became a more general bioscience library, part of which iin 2009 the Museum of Life Sciences. Building of red brick with additional stonework and partially covered in creeper. Internally are carved oak cabinets and ornate columns.

Unknown, 1826

A modern conversion of a 19th-century hop warehouse and a 1980s office building, joined by a striking helical staircase. It is the home of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and other women’s health organisations.

Bennetts Associates, 2019

The walk will start at the Old Operating Museum in Southwark and finish near Waterloo station, taking in major landmarks such as the Shard, or the former Bethlehem Hospital, alongside little known gems such as Octavia Hill's cottages for the poor. Based on the recently published book 'London's South Bank - The History'.

Thomas Cartwright, 1702

St Thomas' Church attic (1703) once part of old St Thomas' Hospital, houses the hospital's Herb Garret and the oldest surviving operating theatre (1822) in Europe.

Thomas Cartwright, 1703

Experience a fascinating and immersive walking tour exploring the East India Company's historic beginnings in Tudor England. Trace the steps of English merchants who established the company in 1600 - uncovering its important role as a significant precursor to colonial rule. Visit the sites of iconic buildings and places that played a part in this journey.

, 1500

Discover the stories of 19th century people working, living and dying across Southwark and Lambeth and the remarkable individuals who strove to make life better. Remnants of 19th century architecture are to be found at every turn; the site of Charles Dickens' childhood trauma, a Victorian railway for the dead, a magnificent theatre still vibrant today and a street where time has stood still.

A great example of the rich evolution of London’s buildings; from noxious leather treatment warehouse complete with sloping floors, winch poles and loading platforms to a stylish hidden Art Collector’s Studio in the space of 150 years.

Three buildings - one concrete, one Victorian, one timber - have been designed, adapted, restored and extended by Allies and Morrison to create the compact, integrated campus of studio space that the practice calls home.

Allies and Morrison, 2003

A walking tour exploring how the dockside of ‘the busiest port in the world’ has been repurposed but not destroyed to make a peaceful riverside enclave. Along the way we will discover some amazing spaces serving London in ways far beyond the imaginations of past Londoners and we will see evidence of current trends to reduce the carbon cost of redevelopment as London continues to change.

A walk through the City of London from the Thames (at the pool of London) up to Lloyds of London (site of the former HQ of the East India Company) looking at buildings and architecture built during the time of British Empire.

Sir Horace Jones, 1850

Proudly carved over the door are the words ‘Facts not Opinions’. Inside, the authentic sight - and smell - of Kirkaldy’s Testing and Experimenting Works is a unique and direct link with an ingenious age of engineering.

Thomas Roger Smith, 1873