Mark King

Languages:

English.

Themes:

Architecture, Evening walks, Film & TV locations, Financial Institutions, General city tour, Great Fire of London, Jewish history, Legal London, Pub tours, Religion, River Thames, Romans, St Paul's Cathedral, Wartime.

Biography

Enjoy touring with a local, professional guide.

London born, Oxford degree, international marketing career in US & Europe then worked in City's prof. services sector in corporate/commercial law firms. 

Full-time guide: London Blue Badge region & City of London. Chairman, British Guild of Tourist Guides (2016-18).

Author: The Blue Badge Guide's London Quiz Book (2016) https://www.londonsociety.org.uk/post/book-review-the-blue-badge-guides-london-quiz-book

Discover secrets of London's exciting past, present and future...!

Qualifications

14 years experience working in the City of London

BA Hons. University of Oxford (Modern History & Modern Languages)

2014 - now: City of London tourist guide (Winner of Katrine Prince Best Student Prize, 2014)

2010 - now: London Blue Badge tourist guide (Class Prize for Best Tour of Westminster Abbey, 2010)

Olympic & Paralympic venues for London 2012 (Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park)

Member of the Institute of Tourist Guiding

Chairman, British Guild of Tourist Guides 2016-18; elected as a Life Fellow.

Author: The Blue Badge Guide's London Quiz Book https://www.londonsociety.org.uk/post/book-review-the-blue-badge-guides-london-quiz-book

CITY OF LONDON GUIDE, London Blue Badge Guide.

Guided Tours

City of London

London's other central and suburban districts especially the East End, Westminster, West End, north-western suburbs, Canary Wharf business district, Greenwich, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Bankside. WW1 and WW2, Winston Churchill tours, modern architecture, Romans, Museum of London (inc. Docklands), Kenwood House & Iveagh Bequest, Barnet, Hampstead Garden Suburb.

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Talks

Kenwood House (Hampstead), Lord Mansfield and Dido Elizabeth Belle. World War One Zeppelin raids in London. London in WW2. Jewish London.

Temporary exhibition at Kenwood until 5 October 2025 - Heiress: Sargent's American Portraits.