London TourWalking London ToursWalking ToursLondon Walking ToursWalking London Tours
  • Virtual Tours
  • London Walking Tours
    • See All Tours
    • Quirky Bloomsbury
    • Feminist Jack the Ripper
    • Sordid Soho
    • Bermondsey: Off the Beaten Track
    • The City: Power and Sacrifice
    • The Spirit of Spitalfields
    • Bankside’s Bad Behavior
    • Fleet Street
    • Smithfield & Clerkenwell
  • Private London Tours
    • Private London Tours
    • Museum & Gallery Tours
    • Top London Attractions
  • Gift Vouchers
  • About | Contact
  • London Blog
  • Shop
  • Virtual Tours
  • London Walking Tours
    • See All Tours
    • Quirky Bloomsbury
    • Feminist Jack the Ripper
    • Sordid Soho
    • Bermondsey: Off the Beaten Track
    • The City: Power and Sacrifice
    • The Spirit of Spitalfields
    • Bankside’s Bad Behavior
    • Fleet Street
    • Smithfield & Clerkenwell
  • Private London Tours
    • Private London Tours
    • Museum & Gallery Tours
    • Top London Attractions
  • Gift Vouchers
  • About | Contact
  • London Blog
  • Shop
Parkland Walk | Look Up London

Parkland Walk | Walk Along An Abandoned Railway Line

Posted on April 11, 2021
in London, London Underground, nature, North London, Things to do in London
8 Comments

The full Parkland Walk route goes from Alexandra Palace to Finsbury Park, but you can also take a shorter route between Highgate and Finsbury Park....

Highgate Cemetery | Circle of Lebanon - Look Up London

9 Things Not to Miss at Highgate Cemetery

Posted on April 6, 2021
in Churches and Graveyards, London, Look Up London, Things to do in London
1 Comment

You can now explore the West side of Highgate Cemetery on a self-guided tour, here are some of the absolute highlights!...

Greenwich Park History

Hidden History in Greenwich Park

Posted on March 23, 2021
in London, Look Up London, nature, South London, Things to do in London
2 Comments

One of London's Royal Parks, Greenwich Park is packed with history and these more surprising sites are a great place to start...

Tate Winter commission Chila

Tate Winter Commission 2020: Chila Burman

Posted on November 23, 2020
in installations, London, Look Up London, Things to do in London, West London
0 Comments

The Tate Winter Commission is bright, bold and beautiful, it's hard not to feel joyful when you see it...

Clara Grant Mural Bow Road - Look Up London

The Clara Grant Mural, Bow Road

Posted on October 27, 2020
in East London, installations, London, Look Up London, Things to do in London
2 Comments

Clara Ellen Grant, local hero, has been commemorated in an epic mural outside Mainyard Studios...

Best Historic London Alleys - Goodwins Court Look Up London

The 10 Best Historic London Alleys

Posted on October 20, 2020
in London, Look Up London, Things to do in London
8 Comments

London has plenty of tiny passageways and more often than not they have a fascinating bit of history to tell!...

Top 20 Things to do in London

Top 20 Things to Do in London

Posted on October 14, 2020
in London, Look Up London, Things to do in London
0 Comments

As a Londoner who's always seraching for hidden gems, here's my alternative things to do in London (and the unusual bits of the iconic spots)...

Willesden Jewish Cemetery

Visiting Willesden Jewish Cemetery

Posted on October 6, 2020
in Churches and Graveyards, London, Look Up London, North London, Things to do in London
10 Comments

If you've explore London's magnificent seven cemeteries, you need to visit Willesden Jewish Cemetery!...

Aberfeldy Street Murals

Aberfeldy Street Murals

Posted on September 29, 2020
in East London, installations, London, Look Up London, Things to do in London
5 Comments

During lockdown, Aberfeldy Street in Poplar has undergone a colourful transformation...

Open House London Highlights 2020

The Best of Open House London – 2020 Highlights

Posted on September 25, 2020
in architecture, Interiors, London, Look Up London, Things to do in London
16 Comments

Inside a Brutalist icon, epic London skyline views, and a crumbling Victorian chapel. It could only be Open House Weekend!...

  • 1
  • 2

London Tours & More

London Walks
Private London Tours
Museum & Gallery Tours
London Sightseeing Tours
Corporate London Tours
Treasure Hunts
Contact Me
London Blog
Blue Badge Tour Guide
T&Cs

 

Get in touch

Look Up London Tours
71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden London WC2H 9JQ
katie@lookup.london
Mo,Tu,We,Th,Fr,Sa,Su 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

@look_uplondon

Although it’s no longer a pub, The Turk’s Head Although it’s no longer a pub, The Turk’s Head in Wapping was lucky to survive at all!  Gutted after a fire and left derelict in the 1980s, a local woman; Maureen Davies led a group on a campaign to save the building. They were brilliantly known as the ‘Wild Women of Wapping’!  Today it’s a cafe and - as far as I know - still offering takeaways at the moment. As for the name, it’s actually a reference to a type of knot, rather than a severed head of someone from Turkey. However on a more macabre note, they claim the pub used to be the location for the final drink of condemned pirates facing their fate on execution dock 😅  #lookuplondon #wapping #turksheadwapping #londonhistory #EastLondon #wappinghistory #explorelondon #londonpubs #londonpubhistory #discoverlondon #londonguide #visitlondon #londoncorners #cutelondoncafes #localhistorylondon #londonwalks @theturksheadwapping
Well doesn’t this just lighten the mood?! Spott Well doesn’t this just lighten the mood?!  Spotted this Mary Poppins-esque figure on the side of The Harrison Pub in Bloomsbury. It’s been there since at least 2009 (from a google street view stalk!) but I don’t know the artist or what prompted it to be painted.  I suppose nestled in Bloomsbury it’s in good literary company and JM Barrie - author of Peter Pan - lived an 8 minute walk away between 1885-1888.  Ever spotted it?  #lookuplondon #london #londonStreetArt #bloomsbury #theharrison #londondetails #explorelondon #londonwalks #discoverlondon @harrisonpub
Fancy brightening up your Thursday Evenings? From Fancy brightening up your Thursday Evenings?  From 21 January I’m running my fifth series of virtual tours! At 7pm we’re kicking off with “Greenwich: Heroes & Villains” - a look a the iconic sights and surprising hidden gems of this beautiful London neighbourhood.  Other tours include;  • Hampstead & Highgate - 28 Jan, 7pm
• Holborn & Fleet Street - 4 Feb, 7pm
• Along Regent’s Canal - 11 Feb, 7pm  Can’t make them live? No problem! Book membership for £32 (plus booking fee) which gives you access to ALL four tours and the catch up recordings!  📍 link in bio to join the fun! @look_uplondon 👈🏼  What people say about the tours 🗣  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “The Very Best. If you’ve never done a virtual tour before this is the best place to start (and stay).” - Judith  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Lockdown means nothing when you have Katie ‘walking’ you around interesting parts of London” - Lavender  #london #visitlondonfromhome #londonguide #londonvirtualtour #londontour #londonguide #lookuplondon #explorelondon #lockdownlondon #londontour #visitgreenwich #thingstodoinlondon #greenwichhistory
FIRST YOUTUBE VIDEO IS UP! 📺 📍link in bio! FIRST YOUTUBE VIDEO IS UP! 📺  📍link in bio! Tap 👉🏼 @look_uplondon to watch!  It was hard to pick a first video - the presssure!! But it’s... 🥁  The Hidden History of Tower Bridge.  Aside from Big Ben, probably THE most recognisable building in London and yet there are many sneaky symbols and little details which contribute to its history, plus I’m sharing some of my favourites stories which are stranger than fiction!  Really hope you enjoy it ☺️  #lookuplondon #london #visitlondon #thisislondon #londonhistory #TowerBridge #TowerBridgeHistory #londonhistoryvideo #londonviews #londonphotography #londondetails #hiddenhistorytowerbridge
I used to think graveyards were creepy. 
Don’t I used to think graveyards were creepy.

Don’t get me wrong, I probably wouldn’t wander through one alone at night but living beside one and regularly walking through, I now find them kind of inspiring.  Before lockdown I managed to squeeze in a self-guided visit to Highgate Cemetery and one of the more unusual graves is that of Thomas Sayers, the Victorian bare-knuckle prize fighter.  His burial was one of the largest ever seen here, with reportedly 10,000 people in attendance! Chief mourner, riding just behind the coffin in the funeral procession, was his pet dog; ‘Lion’. His statue can be seen lying on his master’s tomb today.  📍This is one of 10 strange London memorials I’ve written about on the blog. Tap my bio link to have a read! 👉🏼 @look_uplondon  #london #highgatecemetery #londoncemetery #londongraves #londonhistoryblog #lookuplondon #londoncemeteries #highgatelondon #visitlondon #exporelondon #discoverlondon #londonoffthebeatentrack #londonguide #londonwalks #londontourguide #bludebadgetouristguide #thomassayers #londonstatues #hiddenhistory #londonhiddenhistory @highgate_cemetery
Along Barking Road you’ll spot the extraordinary Along Barking Road you’ll spot the extraordinary West Ham Central Mission.  Today known as the Memorial Community Church, it was founded as the West Ham Central Mission back in 1871.  The current building was finished in 1922, the whole - impressive - structure serving as a memorial to local men who were killed during the First World War.  There’s a further memorial in the form of 10 bells hanging in the East Tower. There are 172 names cast into the bells, 169 closely associated with the church, one dedicated to the Unknown Warrior and another to Prince Maurice of Battenberg, the youngest grandchild of Queen Victoria and the only member of the Royal Family killed during WWI.  In June 1921 a report in the Tabernacle Messenger stated that “The music of the bells will ever remind us of the heroic sacrifice of our men who gave their lives for us.” #lookuplondon  #londonhistory #plaistow #eastlondon #eastlondonhistory #BarkingRoad #warmemorials #Londonhiddenhistory #londonoffthebeatentrack #explorelondon #londonguide #westham #discoverlondon #byzantinearchitecture #londonarchitecture #londonchurches
Follow Me On Instagram
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.OK