A walking tour in the City of London revealing its unique status among other boroughs of London. It gives an opportunity to learn about the City – a tiny area, covering just over one square mile packed with history, exclusive rights and peculiar customs. It’s not just a walking tour, it’s also an adventure packed with activities, which unveil a piece of the City you never knew about.

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 in 2009 became 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

Would you like a jogging tour? South of the river is packed with untold history but often gets overlooked. To cover so much you have to move fast! This 10k jog from London Bridge to Greenwich will look at the coming of the Romans to London, maritime development under the Tudors, Victorian slum clearance and how transport in the south determined modern-day London. See southeast London and get fit all at the same time!

Walk through the City of London from the Thames 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 Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke, 1677

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

Some of London's best Roman remains, comprising late 2C house with a 3C bath house built within its courtyard. First discovered in 1848.

Roman , 200

Built after the Great Fire of London (1666), St Mary at Hill survived two further major fires, and stood unscathed through the Blitz. Although marked by its experiences, the spectacular interior retains the beauty and grace Wren’s vision.

Sir Christopher Wren, 1677

Resonance FM is a pioneering, non-profit community radio station, with a studio at 7 Risborough Street, Southwark, London. Broadcasting 24/7 on 104.4 FM, DAB, and online, it offers over 100 weekly shows created by volunteer engineers and programme-makers. The station champions free expression and artistic diversity, providing a platform for local and international voices across arts & culture.

James Pooley Architecture, 2025

St Mary Abchurch is a unique City church. Unlike almost every church in the City of London it has an almost complete Christopher Wren interior, and it has a painted dome: one of only three Wren domes in the City.

Christopher Wren, 1686

Have you ever fancied waking up early before the city gets busy, then going for a walk and sketching many of London’s most iconic sights in just 1.5 hours? If yes, then join other fellow creatives for this untutored, friendly, social urban sketch event organised by EarlyMasterworks.com for The Open House Festival.

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There has been a Bakers' Hall on our current site since 1505. The current incarnation dates from 1964, and is a unique collaboration of old and new. The hall was originally designed by Trehearne and Norman, Preston and Partners in conjunction with Past Master William Newcome- Wright and is the first of the post-war [World War II] livery halls in a Modernist idiom.

Trehearne and Norman, 1964