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If you are a visitor looking to explore what the city of London has to offer, London walking tours are one of the best ways to experience the city up close and personal. London has a vast number of side-streets and alleyways, which might make it difficult to navigate through everything and see the many attraction sites. In addition, ticket prices to museums, parks or pubs can be expensive for many visitors to London as an every day activity. However, you don’t have to break the bank so that you can visit the best sites in London with a walking tour. There are many companies, historians and locals that offer to show you the rich history of London in an affordable way.

A walking tour in London helps you discover the unique culture of the city through a native guide. Choosing tour companies which offer a native guide who is knowledgeable will help you learn the culture and history of London at every stop. It also affords you the chance to see London most unique attractions from a different angle. If you are looking for walking tour companies, there are plenty of them that offer this service. Let’s take a look at some of the best walking tours in London.

Strawberry Tours

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Strawberry Tours offers informative and fun tours which takes you through a journey of London history. Their guides don’t offer boring lectures, so you don’t have to worry about being bored during the tour. When you choose this walking tour company, you will have lots of laughs as you learn about the fun facts. Strawberry Tours takes you through London amazing streets as you discover fascinating history about the city. Some of the walking tours they offer include Free Harry Porter Tour, Free Street Art Tour, Free London In a Day Tour, Free Ghost Tour, Private Tours among others. This tour company gives visitors the chance to contribute a fee to the tour if they want to, depending on the experience they had.

Contact: +44 (0)207 859 4996

Website: https://strawberrytours.com/

Discover Walks London

DiscoverWalks offers tourists a walking tour in London with a native who is knowledgeable. This tour company offers walking tours in London every day including public holidays (except on 24th and 25th December). Some of the tours offered by DiscoverWalks include London Street Tour, Royal London Tour, London Food & Beverage Tour, Corporate Events & Walking Tours and Private Family Tour among others.

Contact: +44 20 3514 0211

Website: https://www.discoverwalks.com/city/london-walking-tours/

East End Tours

If you are looking to explore London’s most infamous quarter, East End Tours helps you see London from a different side which has not been explored before. East End Tours is renowned for offering the some of the best walking tours in London, including Jack the Ripper Tour, Street Art tour, the Gangster Kray Twins tour, London Ghost Walk, The West Minster tour among others. The London Ghost tour usually happens on the eve of Halloween week, and is one of the most sought after walking tours in London. Jack the Ripper Tour is an award winning tour which helps you learn about the world’s greatest mystery. Jack the Ripper Tour happens everyday at 7.30 p.m.

Contact: +44 (0)77 950 80615

Website: http://www.eastendtours.com/

Look Up London

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This tour company helps tourists discover things that they did not know about London. You will walk through hidden alleys which you did not know existed and get the chance to meet amazing people in London. The City tour helps you discover eccentric entrepreneurs and secret writers in London. The Southwark tour last 90 minutes and takes you through amazing tourist attractions.

Website: https://lookup.london/

London Street Tours

This walking tour company offers a playful but informative tour making sure tourists have fun throughout the walk. London Street Tours brags about sharing the most bizarre stories you can find about London, including hidden histories and strange characters. In addition, this tour company has a background researching the city so that they can retell the stories through their guides. That’s why they consider their tour to be fact filled for newcomers to London. If you are looking to learn more about the architecture, history, bizarre stories or the different folklore in London, then you should take this tour. London Street Tours works with tourists to make sure they have the best experience within their chosen area.

Website: londonstreettours.co.uk

Free Tours By Foot

Free Tours By Foot offers guided walking tours in London, including self guided tours which take people to popular tourist destinations. Free Tours By Foot offers London walking tour services which takes you to the center of the city and the famous Westminster Tour in Buckingham Palace. In addition, they give you the opportunity to decide what you want to do during the tour. If you are running out of time, you can consider to go for the London All In One Tour, which takes six hours and includes more than just a tour. If you are looking to experience a different side of the city, you can choose the London Graffiti and Street Art Tour, which takes you through the art, culture and history of the city. Some of the self guided tours they offer include Harry Potter Tour, Borough Market Food Tour and James Bond Tour.

Contact: +44 (0)203 287 0675

Website: http://www.freetoursbyfoot.com/london-tours/

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