Westminster Welcome - Covent Garden to Parliament Square
Tour description
New to London? Then this is the perfect tour to ‘welcome you to Westminster’
I will take you to the major landmarks in this historic borough, and don't worry - this tour is not just a list of names and dates you won’t remember two minute later! I have many interesting stories to make the history come alive.
Covent Garden - Theatre’s re-birth and the best actor you have never heard of.
Trafalgar Square - What is George Washington standing on'? What is Nelson looking at?
The Mall - Elizabeth’s red carpet and the special forces.
St James Palace/Clarence House/Lancaster house - A childhood home/A royal residence/Lockdown wine!
Buckingham palace - Guards and a break-in!
St James park - Pelicans and a mishap with fireworks.
Then to the best place for a photograph of the Houses of Parliament - my opinion ;-) before we get to…
Jewel Tower - How the stock market burned parliament!
Parliament square - stories from the Abbey and the only gravestone that it is forbidden to step on.
A check of the time on the iconic Elizabeth tower will reveal I have absolutely, definitely not ran over time (!) and I’ll wrap it up with the final story of how religious persecution almost led to the destruction of everything around us...
What will we see on this tour?
