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Mansion House Guided Tours: Tuesdays

Explore the official home of the Lord Mayor on a guided tour led by a City of London Guide. You’ll see some of the grand 18th century rooms as well as the acclaimed Harold Samuel art collection.

Tours take place on various dates and times. Each tour lasts about one hour and costs £9.50 per person (£7.50 concession). To visit the Mansion House you must book your place via Eventbrite

Please note you will need photo ID and everyone has their bag checked before the tour starts  for security purposes.

Other Tours

The Mansion House can offer private tours of the rooms and its art collection. Visit the City of London website for more information.

 

Illuminated River Walks

Join us for evening walks along the River to discover the Illuminated River, the longest public art commission in the world.

Each bridge has its own lighting sequence created by artist, Leo Villareal and all together they shine a subtle and beautiful light on London.

There are two walks.

Eastern Bridges from Blackfriars Bridge to Tower Bridge

Western Bridges from Blackfriars Bridge to Westminster Bridge

Local London Guiding Day - Saturday October 4th

Every October various Guiding Associations across London offer free walks. These take place across the capital throughout the day. Each tour is just an hour long to allow time to do walks in other parts of London.

In the City of London this year's theme is From Darkness To Light. Walk with us from the shadows of old London to the brilliant lights of the modern City: from dark stories of the Old Bailey and a medieval church, to the glories of gardens made from bombed ruins and St Paul's cathedral risen from the ashes of the Great Fire of London.

You can find out more here or just book your place.

We offer daily, weekly and monthly walks around the City of London. 

Our daily walks run from the City Information Centre, just south of St Paul's. You need to book via Eventbrite to secure you place. Note: the cut-off time for booking our daily walks is 21:00hrs the night before. If we don't have any bookings then the walk will not take place. Read our policy on Refunds. Our weekly walks have individual booking pages and earlier cut-off times, please see the individual listing or download our Daily walks in the City of London leaflet. 

Private tours

If you'd like to organise your own walk, lecture or a virtual tour, then please use our Find a Guide section. If you're a member of an Arts Society or a U3A, a school or another group we'd love to take you on a tour of the City. Or if you're a company based in the City who'd like to organise a social event for your work colleagues, then contact one of our qualified guides, who can put together an evening walk for you.

If you've been on a guided walk with us recently we'd love to hear from you. Why not leave a review on our TripAdvisor page? We've just been awarded TripAdvisor's Travellers' Choice for 2025!