Smithfield Market Tours and Tickets

Discover the history and diversity of London by bike on a sightseeing tour. Led by a guide, pedal past the city's top sites, including Covent Garden, Buckingham Palace, Westminster, St. Paul's Cathedral, and Trafalgar Square. Along the way, learn about the city’s colorful history — the glorious, the infamous, and everything in between.  

Learn about London’s darkest tales on a haunted London bus and walking tour. Experience the grisly histories of execution, rebellion, madness, and murder that shadow this ancient city. Discover the stories and sites of Jack the Ripper, Sweeney Todd, and the Cock Lane Ghost. Visit the medieval Smithfield Market and the monument of Sir Willam Wallace, then finish in Trafalgar Square where you can purchase a tasty pub dinner and drink.

Clerkenwell, Farringdon, and Smithfield are three of the City of London’s most historic districts. This audio tour lets you explore at your own pace with a downloadable guide and a pre-programmed map route that follows the path of the Romans. Stop along the way to see sights such as the Crown Tavern, Smithfield Market, and the William Wallace Memorial; hear stories of the area’s fascinating history; and pass cultural institutions such as the Barbican Centre and the Museum of London.

Uncover some of the oldest and most memorable sections of London on this historical walking tour. The 1.5-hour excursion reveals remarkable stories from London's rich past including tales of medieval fairs and Tudor executions. Journey through the important area of Smithfield, and take in all the street scenes and architecture your eyes can handle.

Make the absolute most of your Heathrow layover with a signature London experience: a sightseeing journey around town in a comfortable black cab with a qualified tour guide as your driver. Customize your tour to your personal interests or follow a set highlights route, hitting up favorites like Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, Tower Bridge, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and Buckingham Palace. Your cab has space for six and onboard Wi-Fi.

Learn about London’s most gruesome eras in history during this small-group walking tour. Cover a thousand years in just a couple of hours, from medieval-era plagues and execution techniques to Dickensian slums and an 18th-century ghost. Sights visited include London’s oldest surviving parish church, a thousand-year-old meat market, and a 14th-century monastery and plague pit.

Enter the glamorous world of 007 on this action-packed 4-hour James Bond tour of London. Follow in the footsteps of everyone’s favorite international spy as you visit filming locations from Bond classics like 'GoldenEye', 'The World is Not Enough' and 'Die Another Day', as well as recent hits like ‘Spectre’, ‘Skyfall’ and 'No Time to Die. Brush up on your Bond trivia as you learn more about Bond actors Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, then get a glimpse of the real world of espionage as you pass MI6.

This is our Ultimate 6 hour tour, where you will get to see the majority of what London has to offer. You will get to visit must see sights including (all featured from Highlight’s tour; Big Ben, St Pauls Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey Trafalgar Square, Tower Bridge, Borough market as well as sites from our Hidden Gems Tour including Kensington Palace, Little Venice, Notting Hill,Camden market and many more hot spots). I will be talking to you throughout the tour whilst driving and on our stops. There will be lots of opportunities to stop and take memorable photos. This is a tour you cannot miss whilst visiting London.

If it’s your first time in London, enhance your experience of England’s vibrant capital on a private tour that covers all of its iconic sights. Rather than missing out on scenery during rides on the London Underground, you’ll be transported between highlights such as Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, and many more in your own private vehicle.

Explore the ancient history of London on this private tour around some of the capital city’s hidden gems and historical marvels. See the ruins of a Roman amphitheater and a Roman wall that used to keep Londoninum safe, and travel the city roads in a classic black cab. Explore the medieval center of London, where the Great Fire of London raged and crooks were punished at the Tower of London the gallows of Old Newgate Prison.

London is full of historic monuments, beautiful architecture, and traditional pubs, but this tour is designed to take you off the tourist trail. With a private guide and a custom-made itinerary, discover the sights not included on most city tours—Dickensian alleyways, Roman ruins, ancient churches, and hidden gems that only locals know about.

With more than 2,000 years of history, there’s no wonder London is considered one of the most haunted cities in the world. Delve into the capital’s dark past on a private walking tour that reveals secret alleyways and hidden crannies that you might otherwise miss if exploring alone. Plus, wandering with a private guide ensures you get undivided attention and don’t have to wait for a big group.

Led by one of our fantastic guides, who are not only experienced tour guides, but also actors or directors who trained at some of the finest drama schools in the world, and written by a Ph.D. candidate at Queen Mary University of London's School of English and Drama, this tour blends history, drama, and live performance and is a must for anyone curious or passionate about Shakespeare! Starting at Farringdon Station, we will explore locations that Shakespeare would have been familiar with and which are still left standing after the Great Fire of London and the London Blitz. We will also explore areas of London, which, although much changed, inspired Shakespeare and allowed him to progress from being the son of a glove maker to a servant of the King. During the tour, we will learn how Shakespeare became the ‘immortal bard’, debate if Shakespeare wrote the plays we credit him with and explore why Shakespeare’s works are still enjoyed and celebrated in the 21st Century.

This is an ideal option for fans of spy thrillers—especially James Bond. Swap predictable sightseeing itineraries for something completely different—a spy-themed private tour around London that uncovers mysterious places linked to James Bond and other spies. The tour takes you to key London locations such as Downing Street, the National Gallery, Westminster, and Whitehall—with plenty of surprises and top-secret information along the way.

Discover the significance of American culture in London from the comfort of a private London Black Taxi. I have been a London Taxi Driver since 1994 and I am also a qualified taxi guide.  See parts of London you may not have known about. Be amazed at just how much American influence there is to be seen in London and discover hidden gems that time has forgot. The tour focuses on two broad areas. • The Thames in the east of the city features the beginnings of the 13 colonies from 1606: On the south side, we will visit the iconic Mayflower and travel around London’s Blackwall, Rotherhithe and the pretty Shad Thames moving to the other side of the river to explore trendy Wapping and the City. • St. James’s and Mayfair in the West highlight the beginnings of the nation of the United States from the 1770s. We will visit the former home of one of the Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin. I will show you where the ratification of the Treaty of Paris was signed, and so much more.

This private tour takes you through the nooks and crannies and grand streets of perhaps the greatest city in the world. Greater London might be 671 Square Miles but comparatively few people visit the City of London which is just 1 square mile. This is the original London. The London of the Romans and those who lived before them. The Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans. Money, finance, big business and science mixed with Great Fires, Plagues. poverty, crime, executions and the Blitz. In this walk we will see almost all of it. The modern skyscrapers, the Roman ruins and everything in between. Leave the Big Bus tours behind; many of the places we go, don't even have roads. This is the real, authentic London with medieval lanes not the busy tourist sites in Westminster. We guarantee you won't have seen this side of London because that's what even Londoners have told us.

The walk starts at Farringdon which was the terminus of the first Underground Line in the world. The title – Rebels, Radicals and Rough Justice - characterises the rest of the route. We will be following the footsteps of Wat Tyler, leader of the Peasant’s Revolt of 1381, and William Wallace, Scottish patriot. Both met violent deaths in Smithfield, where cattle were also slaughtered until 1855. We also meet Lenin who lived here before he overthrew the Russian Tsar. We'll see three ancient monasteries and London’s oldest hospital. We'll finish by the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court. This was built on the site of Newgate prison, where many famous inmates were incarcerated before being publicly executed until the 19th Century. The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.

Discover 2000 years of history as you explore the old City of London, from Roman and Dickensian times to WWII and the Great Fire of London. With a small group and a local guide passionate about London history, visit landmarks such as The Monument, the Royal Exchange, and the Guildhall; stroll around London’s oldest market and stop at the city’s oldest pub; and visit sites associated with Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Harry Potter, and more.

Trace London’s history as far back as the 4th century during a time-traveling history tour that reveals parts of the city you might otherwise have missed. You’ll tick off lesser-known sites frequented by Roman cults, astrologers, and ghosts, and benefit from the undivided attention of your private guide.

I’ve walked the streets of London for over 20 years as a police officer and tour guide. I love helping people get the most from their visits to London and England and showing them secret and unusual places as well as the traditional popular sites. My police Sergeant role in Westminster since 2007 means you can rest assured you will be in safe hands, fully first aid and safety trained. I can share many stories of my time on the beat, including policing Royal Weddings, meeting Prime Ministers, sneaking a prince out of a nightclub and escorting Michael Jackson from a theatre. Walking Tours: Some of my ready-made tours include Smithfield Market (6:30am weekdays), City of London highlights , student insights to Oxford and Cambridge, Cotswolds rambles, city highlights in Bath, Canterbury, Hereford, Salisbury, Stratford upon Avon, Winchester and Windsor, Royal Westminster and On the Beat, patrolling Soho and Westminster.

Take a walking tour of London with a big difference and see a side to the city missed by most visitors. This private tour takes you to the sites of some of the most notorious crimes in London's long history, beginning in one of the East End pubs associated with ruthless gangsters, the Krays, then following in the footsteps of Jack The Ripper. Throughout the tour your guide shares stories about executions, murders, and life in the city from medieval times through today.

London’s history dates back thousands of years—and so does the history of its vibrant market culture. On this immersive walking tour, experience this characteristic side of London life when you visit three historical food markets. As you go, admire architectural gems and listen to stories from your guide. You’ll also have the opportunity to sample traditional English dishes, such as steak and kidney pie and scones with marmalade and cream (own expense).

This tour visits the poignant Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice in Postman's Park which remembers dozens of everyday people who lost their lives saving family, friends, and complete strangers. We will visit locations where people lived and died who are commemorated in the memorial and visit parts of London other tours don't come close to seeing as we explore what life was like in Victorian times and remember some of the most tremendous acts of bravery imaginable that are now sadly all but forgotten. We will also learn about the poverty of the times and how the sacrifices of these heroes helped bring about change that finally ended the suffering of these poor but brave and dignified Londoners. Postman's Park is one of the spots in my Secret Gardens of the City of London Walk, a #1 ranking tour and book. This new tour is connected to my latest book Angels of Postman's Park which is out in the Spring of 2023.

Step through the veneer of London's surface and there is a world of hidden temples, forgotten rivers, ancient churches, cobbled stairways that speak of the ruins of a thousand years and stories of lost memories, love, heartache and humour. With your guide and driver you will go where tourists do not - through old alleys in the oldest part of the city. Meet the legends of London - from literature to ghosts, from the forgotten Londoner making ends meet to the doomed aristocratic lovers who were forever lost. Touch an ancient wall, see a lost Roman amphitheatre, a knights temple, the Queen's tea trader and so much more. We do not want to reveal too much for now - what is hidden stays hidden - but on this private tour, you get a once only pass to see what lies behind the looking glass - all is not quite what it seems. Join us.