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Discover the secrets and treasures of the City of London with one of our qualified guide. Join one of our walks or a take a tour inside one of its buildings

We're the Official Guides to the City of London. Our full title is the City of London Guide Lecturers Association, as some of our members give walks in the City and lecture on City-related topics. We were founded in 1983 to promote and maintain a high standard of guiding in, and lecturing about, the City of London. As well as giving walks and tours, many of our members offer lecture titles connected to the City. We offer a weekly programme of guided walks on all aspects of the City, as special events such as London Open House and the Lord Mayor's Show. And many of our guides offer tailor-made tours.

12/10/2026

✨ Fancy seeing London in a different light?

There are still a few tickets available for our Illuminated River walk this Thursday, exploring the eastern bridges after dark.

📍 Meet at Blackfriars Bridge at 6.30pm.

Discover the stories behind the bridges and the lights that bring them to life; head over via the link in comments to book 🎟️

📸 Alicia Clarke

01/10/2026

Congratulations to all of our newly qualified City Guides, who received their badges from our patron, the Lady Mayor’s Consort, at Mansion House yesterday✨

We can’t wait to see you out and about in the City sharing stories of the Square Mile.

26/09/2026

Two weeks to go 🔔

On Saturday 10th October we’ll be joining our friends from and for London Local Guiding Day - a day of free walks around London.

Explore how the past shapes the City on a 60-minute walking tour. Walks leave on the hour from 10am to 4pm; turn up on the day or book via Eventbrite✨

20/09/2026

From Guildhall to Leadenhall and everywhere in between, thank you to everyone who explored the City with our guides over the Open House Festival 2026 ✨

18/09/2026

👻 Boo! Celebrate Halloween with the City Guides and . This special series of walks starts Wednesday 7th October - book your place via the link in bio 🎃

📆Wednesdays and Fridays in October
⏰ 6.30 pm
📍Leadenhall Market

11/09/2026

Our popular tours of St Bart’s Hospital are back with two new dates for autumn 🍁🍂

Join our guides to hear the story of this historic hospital and experience the newly restored Great Hall and William Hogarth paintings.

📆 17th September and 11th November
⏰ 2pm

📷 Matthew Andrews

09/09/2026

Join us next week for a very special edition of our Illuminated River walking tours, showcasing a site-specific film installation by Turner Prize-nominated artist Catherine Yass.

Turning the Tide will be projected onto the iconic red disused columns of Blackfriars Railway Bridge for four days only. Created for Thames Festival 2026 in partnership with disabled-led theatre company and , the artwork celebrates and makes visible D/deaf and disabled people who are often marginalised in public space.

Our guides will be leading two walking tours:

📆 17th and 19th September
⏰ 8pm
📍 Blackfriars Station (Northside)

📷 Catherine Yass and Becky Bailey

06/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our third annual Pepys Day on Friday. Our guides commemorated the anniversary of the Great Fire with a series of walks exploring London’s most famous diarist 🪶

31/08/2026

As the evenings get darker, our popular City Guides walks with are back for another season ✨

Discover the history and stories behind the illuminated bridges of the Thames with a City of London Guide.

Booking is now open via our Eventbrite page.

19/08/2026

🔔 Booking opens at midday today 🔔

The City Guides are back at Open House Festival with a programme of free walking tours. They sell out fast so set a reminder and head over to https://programme.openhouse.org.uk/calendar at midday to secure your spot ✨

📆 19 and 20 September
📍 Tours leave from Guildhall Yard

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