2 hours
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Travel through a thousand years of history, meeting medieval knights, body snatchers, Charles Dickens, an eighteenth century ghost, and William Wallace - aka Braveheart (and learn how he was in no fit state to shout "Freeeedoooommmm!" whilst being executed!)
On our guided walking tour we'll visit the areas around Smithfield, for centuries London's site of both animal and human slaughter. We'll learn about how the city disposed of the tens of thousands of Black Death corpses in the fourteenth century, the execution methods used in the Middle Ages, and how the area became a notorious slum which Dickens used as the setting for Oliver Twist.
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The guided walking tour begins outside Barbican Station, ends near to Farringdon Station, and will take around two hours. Total distance is about two miles.
Ticket sales will be limited to fifteen attendees, to ensure maximum enjoyment for everybody on the tour.
Parents can bring younger children, but it's at their own discretion on the understanding that there will be adult themes on the tour
Thank you for booking my walking tour of London's bloody past! We will meet just outside Barbican Station and finish not far from Farringdon Station around two hours later. Please aim to arrive five minutes early, as the tour will start on time. If your plans change and you aren't able to make the tour or you will be late, please do send me a quick message on +44 7783 401 129 so that I know whether to send you our live location on WhatsApp.
Many thanks!
Tom