Hello, and welcome to London! I'm Don, a London Blue Badge Guide since 2016, a graduate of Oxford university and the former Director of the London Society.

Let me take you round this incredible city - from the sites that every visitor must see, to the places that even most Londoners don't know about.

Whether your stay is for half a day or for a week or more, I can help you experience the very best of London at a pace that suits you.

Discover the history of the capital and its hidden by-ways, experience the world's greatest museums and galleries, visit Royal palaces and 1, 000 year old fortresses, see the Changing of the Guard, walk the streets down which Shakespeare, Dickens, Pepys and Churchill (not to mention the Beatles, David Bowie and the Rolling Stones) once strolled, go to some of the most famous shopping streets and establishments in the world.

There is so much to see and do, and I can help you get the most from your visit.

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I am not a driver. I can arrange for a separate car and driver.

Start near St Paul's cathedral we can then go through into the 1960s 'brutalist' Barbican development (which, despite its name, is really lovely); Smithfield (site of Bartholomew Fair, religious executions and the Peasants' Revolt) and the very old (12th century) church of St Bartholomew's; back down past the site of Newgate Prison (now the old Bailey courthouse) into Blackfriars (where one of the old monasteries sat), then Fleet Street, through the legal district of Temple and out to Somerset House. That brings us close to Covent Garden and the west end. If we've got any more energy after that then we can walk into Soho, the place where London goes for a night out.

22 July morning tour

In the 1960s and '70s, London was the world capital of popular music. This two hour walk will show you where the Beatles held their final live gig (as well as the venue of their first ever London performance), the pub where the Rolling Stones were formed in 1962, and where Bowie was photographed for the cover of the Ziggy Stardust album.

Going from Regent Studios to Regent Street, we'll visit the bars, clubs and studios where musical history was made, the venues that hosted the Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Hendrix, the Pistols, the Clash and others, meet the characters who transformed teenage rebellion into big business, and hear stories of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.

For any fan of 'classic rock' or the British bands of the 1960s and 1970s, this will be a fun and interesting stroll through one of London's most exciting districts.

Rock and Roll Soho

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