Walking routes · London, United Kingdom
Walking routes in London
Self-guided routes through London — every stop timed, mapped and in the order that works on the ground.
The Rosetta Stone, the garden squares of the Bloomsbury Group, Dickens's house, the Gothic front of St Pancras and the canal at King's Cross.
British Museum · Russell Square · Charles Dickens Museum · St Pancras International · Granary Square
The tea clipper, the Painted Hall, the market, the meridian line and the view back over London from the hill.
Cutty Sark · Painted Hall · Greenwich Market · Royal Observatory · General Wolfe statue
A Victorian market hall, Hawksmoor's church, the silk weavers' houses, Brick Lane's bagels and the street art of Shoreditch.
Old Spitalfields Market · Christ Church Spitalfields · Fournier Street · Brick Lane · Redchurch Street · Columbia Road Flower Market
The river walk east from the Eye past the Globe and Borough Market to Tower Bridge.
London Eye · Southbank Centre · Shakespeare's Globe · Borough Market · Tower Bridge
The palace guard, the pelicans, the royal grocer, the Regency arcade, the Royal Academy, Savile Row, Bond Street and afternoon tea at Claridge's.
Buckingham Palace · St James's Park · Fortnum & Mason · Burlington Arcade · Royal Academy of Arts · Savile Row · New Bond Street · Claridge's
The Tower and the Crown Jewels, a bombed church turned garden, the glasshouse on top of the Walkie-Talkie, Leadenhall Market and the Roman arena under the Guildhall.
Tower of London · St Dunstan-in-the-East · Sky Garden · Leadenhall Market · Royal Exchange · Guildhall · Postman's Park
The abbey, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden, then the river crossing to St Paul's and Tate Modern.
Westminster Abbey · Houses of Parliament and Big Ben · Trafalgar Square · Covent Garden · St Paul's Cathedral · Millennium Bridge and Tate Modern
The British Museum, lunch in Chinatown, the V&A and the Natural History Museum, the Albert Hall, the Serpentine, sunset on Primrose Hill and dinner in Camden.
British Museum · Chinatown · Victoria and Albert Museum · Natural History Museum · Royal Albert Hall · Serpentine · Primrose Hill · Camden Market
The Tower at opening, Tower Bridge, lunch at Borough, Tate Modern and St Paul's, Covent Garden, the National Gallery, Parliament and the London Eye at dusk.
Tower of London · Tower Bridge · Borough Market · Tate Modern · St Paul's Cathedral · Covent Garden · National Gallery · Houses of Parliament and Big Ben · London Eye
Planning the rest of the trip
These routes cover the walking. The London guide has where to stay, what a day costs at each tier, and what to book before you go.