Look Up London

Look Up London I organise private London tours and public weekend walks for Londoners and London lovers! I offer private, bespoke tours as well as public ones.
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Blue Badge Tourist Guide offering fun and fascinating walks and virtual tours across London. Look Up London is also an award-winning London history blog, specialising in the lesser-spotted details across the capital.

As well as the famous red phone boxes, there are a surprising number of sneaky telephones hiding in architecture around ...
31/05/2026

As well as the famous red phone boxes, there are a surprising number of sneaky telephones hiding in architecture around London as well as the historic telephones that are worth visiting! How many have you spotted? ☎️

London History | Hidden Gems | Historic Phone Boxes | London Red Phone Boxes | London Tour Guide

19/05/2026

You can read my full blog on the history of Albury Street on my substack, leave a comment and I can send you the link.

Thank you for this look inside. Give them a follow if you love Georgian interiors, they’re working on lots of fascinating projects across London.

One of the great things about being a London tour guide is that you’re always walking past things that you know most peo...
17/05/2026

One of the great things about being a London tour guide is that you’re always walking past things that you know most people have no idea are there!

How many of these have you spotted? Some are very poignant and moving, some are just for fun but these tiny sculptures are a great example of the hidden details all over London that you just need to keep your eyes open to spot!

15/05/2026

A historic world-first in engineering that millions of Londoners still use today!

Whenever you use the Windrush line you’re travelling through history. You can visit to find out all about this amazing project and visit the entrance shaft.

11/05/2026

London’s Tiniest Art Gallery by Tony Art Show, designed by Holly Welch installed by Owen John. Find it on the corner of Brick Lane and Princelet Street.

Happy hunting!

Visit a world first in Rotherhithe!The Thames Tunnel was the first tunnel dug under a navigable river in the world and a...
07/05/2026

Visit a world first in Rotherhithe!

The Thames Tunnel was the first tunnel dug under a navigable river in the world and amazingly it's still used today, a fun thing to contemplate if you ever use the windrush line between Rotherhithe and Wapping.

Read all about the history from my visit to the Brunel Museum: https://lookup.london/thames-tunnel-brunel-museum/

Two St Paul’s Cathedrals in one view!Along the south bank, look down and you can spot a piece of Ben Wilson’s Chewing Gu...
05/05/2026

Two St Paul’s Cathedrals in one view!

Along the south bank, look down and you can spot a piece of Ben Wilson’s Chewing Gum paintings which shows the Old St Paul’s as it appeared in the mid-14th Century.

This version burnt down in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the one today (with its famous dome) was officially complete in 1711.

Across London, one of the historic shop signs you can look up to find are these large jars on the side of buildings.They...
29/04/2026

Across London, one of the historic shop signs you can look up to find are these large jars on the side of buildings.

They are oil jars, a symbol that oil can be bought from the shop below.

In this week's new blog read about their history and find a map with all the surviving ones today: https://lookup.london/oil-jars-historic-shop-signs/

One of the best curious details to find in London is this gorgeous lamppost…It’s outside Two Temple Place, a late Victor...
27/04/2026

One of the best curious details to find in London is this gorgeous lamppost…

It’s outside Two Temple Place, a late Victorian mansion built by one of the wealthiest men in the world at the time, William Waldorf Astor.

In order to show off his new home (which had all the latest technology available) the lamppost shows two cherubs using an old fashioned telephone, a huge novelty to have in your house in 1895.

I wonder what they’re chatting about?!

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