Historic London Pub Tour
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Historic London Pub Tour
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Lowest price guaranteeReserve now & pay laterFree cancellation
Ages 18-99, max of 20 per group
Duration: 1h 45m
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English
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- Local guide
- Half-pint of beer
What's not included- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Start:
- Chancery Lane Station, London WC1V 6BS, UKChancery Lane Tube Station on the corner of Grays Inn Road
End:- The Lamb & Flag, Covent Garden, 33 Rose St, London WC2E 9EB, UK
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 10192P3- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 10192P3
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- London WC1V 6BS, UKChancery Lane Tube Station on the corner of Grays Inn Road
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- 33 Rose St, London WC2E 9EB, UK
About the operator
Don’t take it from us – here’s what people have to say about this operator:
- Getaway091154372690 contributionsGreat tourA great tour that takes you into a forgotten London. For the tour the weather really helped, dark, cold and drizzly. This brought the subject matter to life. You appreciated the hardship of London in the 1800's. (Dont be put off by bad weather, its a dark subject, but I know you will want dry warm weather). Cova our guide was excellent. So much knowledge and passion for the subject. A brilliant personality, it was a joy to spend time with her.Written February 7, 2025
- kooroshn20250 contributionsA great experienceWe had a great time on the ghost walk! George was brilliant, full of knowledge and so many interesting stories. Would recommend!Written January 26, 2025
- V9648BEadamh0 contributionsFantastic walking tourGeorge was a fantastic tour guide. Extremely knowledgeable, friendly and engaging. There's a lot of myth and legend about Jack the Ripper and while a lot of it we'll still never know, George helps separate the facts from the fiction but also adds some weight to the lesser know theories too. Highly recommended. For anyone concerned with the distance/length of the walk, don't be. It's all very manageable.Written January 20, 2025
- markgD9904BS0 contributionsGreat Ghost walk around LondonGreat insight to some spooky tales around the streets of London - Gordon was super at bringing alive the stories of ghosts and ghouls. All the family enjoyed it 5 *Written December 21, 2024
- Travlingwithfamily0 contributionsFascinating and deep - Thank you, GeorgeFascinating and deep. As well as being passionate about history, George brought to bear his theatrical gifts as a stand up comic to vivify the grizzly events of 1888. I was also impressed by his consideration — offering key words in foreign languages and cheerfully guiding a few latecomers on how to find us, by mobile, without missing a beat — as well as his compassion for the denizens of this poverty stricken area of Whitechapel in the Victorian era. We learned not only about the murders, evidence and investigations, but about the social history of this microcosm . . . Not to mention, the grim origin of the word “hangover.” I will see this part of London very differently now. My group signed up as a Christmas gift and George did us proud.Written December 20, 2024
- Mbwild220 contributionsGhostlyExcellent, I would highly recommend it. George the tour guide is a natural narrator and highly knowledgeable. Good value for money.Written December 20, 2024
- Family A0 contributionsExcellent tourExcellent tour, George was excellent story teller. Children really enjoyed it and remembered the stories the next dayWritten December 15, 2024
- Z2364IImarcop0 contributionsFun and entertainingTour guide was George. Very nice and personable. We had a good time. It was fun and entertaining. We walked around a few places and George told very interesting storiesWritten November 30, 2024
- Amy A0 contributionsGreat tour and guideThis tour was fantastic, George was very knowledgeable not only about the tour but other facts about London and was fully of great recommendations for things for us to see.Written November 30, 2024
- liacaras20240 contributionsAmazing!!!It was just amazing! It was a little bit rainy but nobody can change that and it just added to the experience and atmosphere. We heard a lot of really cool ghost stories and a lot of really cool fun facts. We had a blast!!!Written November 24, 2024
- jessaL1552WG0 contributionsSolid Walking TourGeorge was a great tour guide! Very knowledgeable and easy to hear him even over a lot of background noise throughout the city. My only wish is that the ghost stories were spookier! Otherwise, good tour and fun walk around the city.Written November 4, 2024
- Anita2519910 contributionsBrilliant tourWe did this tour on Halloween and it was fantastic. There were a very large group for the tour (around 40) but at no point could you not hear George. He was very knowledgeable throughout and we learnt so much about the city we call home. Would recommend this to absolutely everyone, skeptics and believers alike - you'll learn something!Written November 1, 2024
- BillyF3120 contributionsExceptional ToursGeorge is exceptional at what he does, a fantastic route through London, a superb speaker who brings the stories to life in both an entertaining and informative way. Filled with knowledge and fun facts about London and history in London not just within the “official stops” but also just wandering around. Cannot recommend his tours enough whether you’re visiting or a Londoner.Written October 31, 2024
- 771orlaghk0 contributionsInformative TourGeorge was very engaging and enthusiastic. He is a skilled talker and you couldn't help but be drawn into what he was saying.. George was open to questions anytime and very knowledgeable Personally I was expecting it to be more scary and was hoping we would visit more dark alleyways or more creepy places. I did however, learn lots of historical facts about London. Thank you.Written October 30, 2024
- scottbL8074WK0 contributionsGeorge -THE best Jack the Ripper tour host everThank you George. What a wonderful guide. Informative, energetic enthusiastic, multi lingualish (key words in French and German) including Freemasons in both languages plus in 'teenager'. A truly memorable couple of hours. Thank you from Scott Alex and Phoebe - Farnborough, HampshireWritten October 30, 2024
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BrianOgden1
Preston, UK54 contributions
An absolutely brilliant tour. Our tour guide George could not have been better. He was knowledgable, interesting, informative and friendly. The pubs we visited were literally hundreds of years old. George told us all the background to the pubs and their respective histories which was fascinating. To sit inside them and hear all about the history of each pub was amazing. We also had a sample of the beer - delicious. George also told us much about the history of the surrounding areas that we walked around. If you had a more general question about the history of London, George was only too happy to answer and he was so knowledgeable. What really came over to me was his enthusiasm and passion for the history of the city of London. I would recommend this tour to anyone who is at all interested in the history of our oldest drinking establishments. Thank you George - the tour made our day.
Written July 10, 2022
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Betty N
Austin, TX7 contributions
Aug 2019 • Family
We spent a wonderful couple of hours with George, our guide. But George is much more than a guide. We’re traveling with our 19 yr old grandson and we’re looking for a fun and informative tour. George was full of information, history, interesting facts, and all the things that make a good guide special. I have been with many many guides in several countries and George is exactly the kind that you want at every stop.
As in all history classes (and London is an open history class) it can either be the most interesting are the most boring class. George made it the most fun the most interesting and the most memorable. Thank you George!
As in all history classes (and London is an open history class) it can either be the most interesting are the most boring class. George made it the most fun the most interesting and the most memorable. Thank you George!
Written August 12, 2019
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Llamajuana
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Nov 2017 • Friends
George was very knowledgeable and a fun guide. Enjoyed a couple tasty beers in a couple historic pubs. Learned a lot of history along the way.
Written November 13, 2017
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Borbála M
2 contributions
Jul 2024 • Couples
Lovely and knowledgeable guide, fun facts not only about pubs but history of the city also, nice venues, we could try different types of beer and cyder at the stops.
Written July 14, 2024
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Samuel M
1 contribution
Nov 2023 • Couples
Just go ahead and book the pub tour with George. It’s worth your money and time. Absolutely full of knowledge and a wonderful guide.
Written November 12, 2023
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Mary S
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Dec 2022 • Friends
This pub tour was the highlight of our trip! We learned so much from our knowledgable and funny guide, Mark. We got to try delicious cask ales at some really special pubs.
Written January 9, 2023
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rabbie919
Birmingham, UK5 contributions
Apr 2022 • Couples
Excellent tour - lots of history and good ale - thanks to Chris. Added real colour to the culture behind modern London
Written April 13, 2022
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daisyeatsinreading
Reading, UK54 contributions
Had a fun afternoon, walking round London picking up facts and drinking in quirky, old pubs! Planning on the ghost tour next. Thanks George! 🙂
Written February 29, 2020
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Nisey3325
Annapolis, MD2 contributions
Jun 2019 • Couples
The Historic Pub tour was great. Our guide George was knowledgeable, friendly and funny. He told great stories while we sipped 4 different kinds of local beer at 4 historic pubs. I highly recommend the tour.
Written June 19, 2019
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Mette A
Oslo, Norway234 contributions
We was so lucky that it was just My husband and me on the tour with George. He was energic, funny and knew a lot of stories. We had a fantastic 2 hours walk in London and we enjoyed every minute of it. We went inside 2 pubs and got served beer of course.
A big thankyou to George who answered all our questions.
We will recommend this tour if you want to do something a little outside the mainstream.
A big thankyou to George who answered all our questions.
We will recommend this tour if you want to do something a little outside the mainstream.
Written March 11, 2019
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