In The City Walking Tour takes you on a personal wander of London’s West End / Soho to celebrate and highlight the many Mod, Punk and Rock and Roll landmarks in the area.

Featuring The Jam, David Bowie, The Beatles, The Style Council, Polydor Records, The 100 Club, Carnaby Street, The Small Faces, Sex Pistols, Solid Bond Studios, Tin Pan Alley, The Marquee and many other places of interest within the 3-mile walk.

The knowledgeable and friendly tour guides. Stuart Deabill, Nicky Weller

& Steve 'Tufty' Carver will share their stories and insights into many of the artists and buildings that make up the tour.

Learn where The Jam recorded their album, 'In The City' and how they impacted our lives with detailed background.
 We also take you down in the tube station at midday to show you where The Jam's classic picture sleeve was shot.

Get the lowdown on Carnaby Street through the ages, see where David Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' cover sleeve was photographed and learn the history of Apple Records and The Beatles last ever performance.

Find out how The Vortex Club, made famous by it's violence featured in 'A Bomb In Wardour Street', quickly became the epicentre of London punk and see where Trident Studios stands (Transformer by Lou Reed, Electric Warrior by T-Rex, I Don't Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats, Hey Jude by The Beatles and countless other massive records)

This year we will start at 9.45am outside Regent Sounds at 4 Denmark Street, London, WC2H 8LP and finish the walk at the former Solid Bond Studios, nr Marble Arch. We then visit a traditional London pub for a well earned drink.

This exciting and lively medium-paced walk takes approximately two and a half hours.

Each tour is limited in numbers to give each walker a more personal experience, but also to ease the group through the West End and Soho as it gets busier throughout the morning.

All will receive a complimentary map.

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*Any under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult.

*Not wheelchair accessible

*Wear sensible footwear

*Stairs involved

*Tube Travel Involved

*Two or all the tour guides will accompany each group.

*We reserve the right to cancel the walk due to extreme weather warnings or illness at least 24 hours before the walk is due to start with full refunds given

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