Soho & Chinatown: A Tale of Refugees, Radicals, Revolutionaries & Social Rebels (Some Adult Themes Not Suitable for Younger Children)

Soho & China Town: A tale of refugees, radicals, revolutionaries and sexual rebels, from Karl Marx, to George Orwell, Oscar Wilde and beyond

Welcome, I'm Justin. But some friendly advice! If you just want to take pretty pictures to put on social media (and don't really like walking much), I am the wrong tour guide for you! My tours attract people who like ideas, history and books. If that is not what interests you, book another tour :)

I have 5 walking tours on GuruWalk: 1) The City, 2) Soho, 3) Covent Garden, 4) the South Bank, and 5) St James's & Mayfair, which together have over 4,000 reviews averaging 5 stars (the highest on GuruWalk).

Highlights of the tour include: 

• Site of the old Red Lion pub: Where Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels were instructed to write the Communist Manifesto, a document that changed the world
• The John Snow Memorial Pump: The place where Dr Snow demonstrated the link between dirty water and cholera 
• 22 Dean Street: The apartment where Marx started work on Das Capital and three of his children died in conditions of extreme  poverty
• The Dog & Duck Pub: Where George Orwell celebrated the publication of Animal Farm
• St Anne's Churchyard: Resting place of a Corsican king who died in poverty in London in exile 
• Old Compton Street: Centre of Soho's gay community, underground until 1967, when homosexuality was legalized in the UK
• Kettners: The famous restaurant where the author and playwright Oscar Wilde dined with his aristocratic lover Bosie and unfortunately became the target of Bosie's rabidly homophobic father 
• 1 Greek Street: Home of Richard Beckford, one the wealthiest men in London, whose money was made from slave plantations in Jamaica  
• Soho Square: Home to waves of immigrants and now the centre of London's creative industries 

I do have a card reader so can can take credit/debit cards for tips.