Curious Walks Around London

A comprehensive, informative and highly entertaining walking guide to the well-known and less well-known, areas of London.

Join John Rogers as he ventures out into an uncharted London like a redbrick Indiana Jones in search of the lost meaning of our metropolitan existence. Nursing two reluctant knees and a can of Stella, he perambulates through the seasons seeking adventure in our city’s remote and forgotten reaches.

Discover London with "Amazing London Walks" Written by a professional London tour guide, travel writer and journalist, this London selection of walking tours is the best way to make the most of visit to London. This selection of walking tours is unlike any other and is an excellent choice for first-time visitors, repeat visitors or curious Londoners wanting to know more about their city. Each walking tour covers the major highlights you would expect to see on a visit, with hidden secrets and gems off the beaten path. This book covers 10 walks which cover the main areas of downtown central London - if you are visiting for a first time, this is all you need to explore at your own pace. If you are a Londoner then this is a great chance to discover or rediscover the city. Our 10 Amazing Walks are: 1) Mayfair - London's poshest area 2) St. James's and Royal London - From Buckingham Palace to the oldest hat shop in the world. 3) Westminster, Whitehall and Government - See Big Ben and Westminster Abbey, discover one of the most expensive schools in the country, and even where Benjamin Franklin once lived. 4) The West End - Trafalgar Square, a cafe in a crypt, Piccadilly Circus, London's real life "Diagon Alley", Covent Garden, Neal's Yard and so much more. 5) Embankment and South Bank - London's oldest outdoor monument, sphinxes, how the river Thames changed London, the Southbank, a Roman Bath and much more. 6) Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens - With over 625 acres to cover, we make sure you see the best bits. Public executions, speaker's corner, the Serpentine Lake, Peter Pan's statue, Kensington Palace and much more. 7) Knightsbridge and South Kensington - Harrods, the Museum Quarter, the Royal Albert Hall and more. 8) Bankside and The City of London - St. Paul's Cathedral, How London Bridge was moved to the USA, Why London's Skyscrapers Have such Incredible architecture and names (the cheesegrater? the shard?), The Great Fire of London and more. 9) Aldwych to Tower Hill - The Great Plague, Abandoned Churches, Secret Gardens and much more. 10) Camden, Regent's Park and Baker Street - Camden Town Market, the home of Sherlock Holmes, an enormous rose garden and more. Maps and photos throughout the book help you navigate your way, as well as clear instructions. Each walk lasts 1 to 2 hours and you will discover a mix of history, modern culture, fascinating stories and fun facts making these tours ideal for all ages. Scroll up and get your copy of Amazing London Walks now.

A guidebook to walking the Pilgrims’ Way, a 230 km (138 mile) historic pilgrimage route to Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, home of the shrine of the martyred archbishop, St Thomas Becket. With relatively easy walking on ancient pathways, it can be comfortably completed in under a fortnight. The route is presented in 15 stages ranging between 7 and 22 kms (5-14 miles) and is described from both Winchester in Hampshire (138 miles) and London’s Southwark Cathedral (90 miles), with an optional link to Rochester. 1:50,000 OS mapping for each stage Detailed information on accommodation, public transport, and refreshments for each stage Information on the historical background of the pilgrimage, historical figures, and local points of interest GPX files available to download Facilities table to help you plan your itinerary

London Orbital is Iain Sinclair's voyage of discovery into the unloved outskirts of the city. Encircling London like a noose, the M25 is a road to nowhere, but when Iain Sinclair sets out to walk this asphalt loop - keeping within the 'acoustic footprints' - he is determined to find out where the journey will lead him. Stumbling upon converted asylums, industrial and retail parks, ring-fenced government institutions and lost villages, Sinclair discovers a Britain of the fringes, a landscape consumed by developers. London Orbital charts this extraordinary trek and round trip of the soul, revealing the country as you've never seen it before. 'My book of the year. Sentence for sentence, there is no more interesting writer at work in English'John Lanchester, Daily Telegraph 'A magnum opus, my book of the year. I urge you to read it. In fact, if you're a Londoner and haven't read it by the end of next year, I suggest you leave'Will Self, Evening Standard 'A journey into the heart of darkness and a fascinating snapshot of who we are, lit by Sinclair's vivid prose. I'm sure it will be read fifty years from now'J. G. Ballard, Observer Iain Sinclair is the author of Downriver (winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Encore Award); Landor's Tower; White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings; Lights Out for the Territory; Lud Heat; Rodinsky's Room (with Rachel Lichtenstein); Radon Daughters; London Orbital, Dining on Stones, Hackney, that Rose-Red Empire and Ghost Milk. He is also the editor of London: City of Disappearances.

London: A Guide for Curious Wanderers presents a miscellany of historic and quirky curiosities to spot as you wander around the capital.

Travel under the streets of London with this lavishly illustrated exploration of abandoned, modified, and reused Underground tunnels, stations, and architecture.