London Crimes And Punishment Private Walking Tour
London Crimes And Punishment Private Walking Tour
London Crimes And Punishment Private Walking Tour
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This tour will cover a number of neighbourhoods, all of different characteristics & historical time periods. Starting in the East End where The Krays famously & violently ruled the roost in the heart of the old East End.
Not too far away you will go back in time almost a century and retread the footsteps of Jack The Ripper & his victims whilst visiting and learning about the feared Workhouses that so many lived in and so many were trapped in. Then towards Smithfields, home of many a famous & bloody execution. Stopping briefly at the beautiful St. Bartholomews church before visiting the shrine of William Wallace (Braveheart) where he was put to death in one of the most horrible ways imaginable.
Then to old Newgate prison where people awaited their trials & deaths for centuries before standing on the spot where many of the executions were enacted. The notorious Clink Prison awaits us... then the maze of alleys around Borough Market & the poverty stricken neighbourhood of Charles Dickens.
Itinerary
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
10 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedHaving visited an important site relating to early Communism, we next stop off here at the famous foundry which made Big Ben and the Liberty Bell and will learn how Big Ben got its name.The Blind Beggar Public House Whitechapel
10 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedThe scene of perhaps the most infamous London gangland shooting back in the 60's with the feared Krays.... Londons answer to Al Capone!The Ten Bells
5 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedThe pub most closely linked with Jack The Ripper, possibly at the end of the street at which he lived.The White Hart
10 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedThis famous pub is one of a few closely associated with Jack The Ripper. After few minutes up the road we will visit the site of a potential Ripper killing.Brick Lane
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeNow a trendy street and home to a thriving 1-mile stretch of curry restaurants, we will learn what life was like here in Victorian times when Jack was about.Brick Lane Jamme Masjid
5 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedNow a beautiful mosque, at the time of Jack The Ripper the building was a synagogue and a century earlier a Protestant church for fleeing French refugees. Learn about the history and heritage of this once poverty stricken part of LondonGolden Boy of Pye Corner
5 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWhy do we have a golden statue of a rather fat young boy in this quiet London Street? It's all to do with The Great Fire of London.Christ Church Spitalfields
10 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedThis beautiful stone built church was the centre of Victorian life and just across the road from both the bustling market and brewery but also adjacent to perhaps the most dreadful street in London.Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor
5 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedHere we can see the first and indeed one of the last Jewish soup kitchens in the East End of LondonOld Spitalfields Market
5 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedOnce an industrial market, now a funky market where these is always something to see under the fabulous old Victorian roof.Smithfield Market
10 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedSmithfields has long been the centre of the London meat trade. Centuries ago when food production was less ethical, it wasn't just dead animals that were butchered here.WIlliam Wallace Memorial
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeSee the site of where William 'Braveheart' Wallace was Hung Drawn and Quartered as well as quite a few other interesting histories just a few feet away.Peasants' Revolt Plaque
5 minsAdmission Ticket FreeLearn all about the infamous Peasants Revolt and how it helped shape life in modern day Western countries today.Church of St. Bartholomew the Great
5 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedVisit this small but fascinating graveyards and learn of the secrets within.St. Paul's Cathedral
5 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedFrom the outside see one of the most beautiful of buildings and learn of how it miraculously avoided destruction in WW2.The Viaduct Tavern
5 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedThis old pub is notorious for both being right next to the site of centuries of executions but also in the cellars beneath the streets being holding cells where condemned men would spend their last night on earth.Holy Sepulchre London
5 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedLearn the often rather gruesome history of this fabulous old church.Old Bailey
5 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedPerhaps the oldest court in the Western World. Still the place where the baddest of the bad are put on trial.Christchurch Greyfriars Church Garden
5 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThis small garden and ruins is a memorial garden to The Blitz in WW2.London Bridge
5 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe modern incarnation of London Bridge with the large ceremonial spike on which the heads of the executed would be stuck as a warning to those entering the city.The National Firefighters Memorial
5 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThis small memorial remembers those who gave their lives protecting London and other cities from the terrible bombings and fires of the WW2 Blitz bombings by the Luftwaffe.Millennium Bridge
5 minsAdmission Ticket Not Included20 year old Millennium Bridge doesn't have any gore itself but from here we can see what was once one of the top suicide spots in London and decidedly sexist it was too!Shakespeare's Globe
10 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedNow one of the finest places to see a play but in the time of Shakespeare, this area was the absolute pits. Rather like the Amsterdam of its day... for good or for bad!Clink Prison Museum
10 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedNot going in the museum itself but the outside is very authentic as it is. We'll learn why this part of London was just so bad.Winchester Palace
5 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedWinchester Palace, mostly destroyed in one of the many huge fires of London. Once the home to the Bishop and we'll find out about his terrible ways just a little bit further on.Borough Market
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeNow entering the heart of Dickensian London and the setting for much of Oliver Twist. There has been a market here pretty much since Roman times.Marshalsea Prison South Wall
10 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedWe finish the tour at the location of an old debtors prison that had such a terrible impact on Charles Dickens.Crossbones Graveyard & Garden of Remembrance
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeCrossbones Cemetery if almost unknown even to Londoners, perhaps because of its grisly history. The resting place of criminals, prostitutes, plague victims and suicides for centuries. Learn the fascinating story this tragic but beautiful place.Red Cross Cottages & Garden
5 minsAdmission Ticket FreeLearn the story of one of the first attempts to improve the welfare of the poverty stricken in London.Ye Olde England Tours
3 hoursAdmission Ticket IncludedThis tour is run by Ye Olde England Tours
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