London Highgate Walking Tour
London, United Kingdom
Trip Type: Walking Tours
Duration: 2 hours
This tour takes you through one of London's most picturesque Georgian villages. Known for inspiring some of Charles Dickens' most famous works, strict planning laws maintain its quaint atmosphere. Everything remains as it was when world-renowned artists, dashing highwaymen and political revolutionaries used to drink in its pubs, though the quaint cottages are now owned by today’s rich and famous.
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This tour takes you through one of London's most picturesque Georgian villages. Known for inspiring some of Charles Dickens' most famous works, strict planning laws maintain its quaint atmosphere. Everything remains as it was when world-renowned artists, dashing highwaymen and political revolutionaries used to drink in its pubs, though the quaint cottages are now owned by today’s rich and famous.Meet your guide at Highgate tube station to begin your 2-hour walking tour. On your tour you will have the opportunity to see the centuries old Georgian homes once resided in by great artists, actors and musicians such as Charles Dickens, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, AE Housman, JB Priestley, Yehudi Menuhin and the Bloomsbury group's Roger Fry.
You will then make your way to see gorgeous old pubs once patronized by the likes of Lord Byron, William Hogarth, Karl Marx, dashing highwaymen and members of the Monty Python.
Your guide will take you to see the historical Lauderdale House, and the great views from the beautiful Waterlow Park. You will then make your way to the famous Highgate cemetery, inspiration to writers ranging from Bram Stoker to Neil Gaiman, the resting place of many an interesting personality, and many a quirky story.
You will then make your way to see gorgeous old pubs once patronized by the likes of Lord Byron, William Hogarth, Karl Marx, dashing highwaymen and members of the Monty Python.
Your guide will take you to see the historical Lauderdale House, and the great views from the beautiful Waterlow Park. You will then make your way to the famous Highgate cemetery, inspiration to writers ranging from Bram Stoker to Neil Gaiman, the resting place of many an interesting personality, and many a quirky story.
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