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  • Author's Guided Tours of London
    • Minories to Poplar
    • Whitechapel & Bethnal Green
    • Derelict Limehouse & Poplar
    • Woolwich Alldayer
    • Lost Docks of Wapping
    • Isle of Dogs
    • Grand Surrey Canal
    • London's Lost Rivers Tours
    • Shadwell & Stepney
    • Silvertown
    • Bow Creek: River Lea from Bromley by Bow to Leamouth via Canning Town
    • Croydon Canal
    • Dartford guided walk
    • Hammersmith
    • East Finchley to Gospel Oak
    • London's Lost Music Venues
    • Specials
  • Spring 2020 New Pics
  • Summer 2020 New Pics
  • Summer 2020 New Pics part 2
  • Winter 2020/21 New Pics
  • Contact
  • Derelict London - The Book
  • Dereliction and Beyond...Then and Now Photos
    • Derelict London 2008 Book Then and Now Pics
    • Then and Now Pics South of the River
    • Then and Now Pics North of the River
  • London's Lost Rivers - The Book & Website
  • London Transport
    • Derelict London Tube Trains and Stations
    • Derelict London Railway Stations,Lines and Rolling Stock
    • Derelict London Trams
  • Factories and Warehouses
    • North of the Thames Factories and Warehouses
    • South of the Thames Factories and Warehouses
  • Derelict London Homes
    • Homes North of the Thames
    • Homes South of The Thames
    • Derelict homes now Demolished
  • Derelict London Cinemas
  • Derelict London Hospitals
    • Hospitals North of the River
    • Hospitals South of the River
    • Hospitals: Then & Now pics
  • Derelict London Pools and Baths
  • Music History
  • Various Derelict London Buildings
  • Derelict London Pubs
    • North London
    • Derelict East London Pubs >
      • East London Pubs from Dereliction to Demolition
      • East London Pubs - Dead Pubs to Conversion
      • East London Pubs Back from the Brink
    • Central London
    • West & South West London
    • South & South East London Pubs
  • Derelict London Cemetery & Churches
  • Derelict London Hotels and Restaurants
  • Graffiti & Streetart
  • Misc London Derelict pics
  • Derelict London Cafes
  • People
  • Porticos and Pillars
  • Shopping Trolleys
  • Derelict London Shops
  • Signs and Murals
  • Derelict London Sportsgrounds
  • Post Offices
  • Derelict London Toilets
  • Toys
  • Derelict London Telephone Boxes
  • War - Bunkers and Pillboxes
  • Waterways and Wharves
  • Wildlife
  • Vehicles
  • Long Lost Burial Grounds
  • London Riots 2011: The Aftermath
  • Derelict London Boats
  • London's Long Lost Sports Grounds
  • Derelict Kent
    • Derelict Kent DA postcodes
    • Derelict Kent ME postcodes
    • Derelict Kent TN postcodes
  • Derelict Essex
    • Derelict Essex RM postcodes
    • Derelict Essex SS Postcodes
    • Derelict Essex CO postcodes
  • Derelict London Public Buildings
  • Derelict London Offices
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Derelict London - Photography, Social History and Guided Walking Tours
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Author's Guided Tours of London

Walking Tours with Paul Talling

Picture of Paul Talling author of London's Lost Rivers in Wapping giving a guided walking tour of the hidden remains of the lost London Docks in Wapping
pic by Alison Wonderland
Picture of Derelict London's Paul Talling giving a guided walking tour of Silvertown in Newham
pic by David Jenner
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pic by David Jenner
Paul Talling's guided walking tour - The outfall of the lost River Westbourne
pic by Ruth Mandry
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pic by David Jenner
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pic by Dick Millard
Picture of Paul Talling at Thames Barrier Park in Silvertown during a guided walk of the area
pic by David Jenner
Paul Talling's Guided walking tour along the course of the lost Grand Surrey Canal
pic by Ruth Mandry

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(I occasionally take bookings for private groups too)


London's Lost Rivers, Derelict London and London's Lost Music Venues Guided Walks by Paul Talling : Limehouse & Poplar, Shadwell & Stepney, Soho, Covent Garden, River Fleet, River Westbourne, River Tyburn, London Docks (Wapping), The  Woolwich Alldayer, Isle of Dogs, Bow Creek (Bromley By Bow to East India Dock via Canning Town & Leamouth), River Peck, the Grand Surrey Canal, Croydon Canal, Dartford,  East Finchley to Gospel Oak (via The Bishops Avenue), Hammersmith, Whitechapel/Bethnal Green & The Lost Rivers of Hampstead


New date for the River Fleet walking tour: Sunday 9 May 2021
Tickets are available from WeGotTickets
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​(if the agency states 'no tickets available' then that date has already sold out of tickets)
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Tickets for these walks usually sell out months in advance. Click on individual walk for more info and pictures

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The b+w pics above are courtesy of Tim Slessor
Derelict London guided walk in Limehousepic by David Jenner

These walks cover the routes of lost rivers/canals/docks and also takes in other points of interest, social history, trivia & the odd bit of dereliction  along the way. The time estimate of  walks is very rough as I'm in no hurry and these usually result in a social in the pub afterwards. 

Paul has appeared on the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 & also has had numerous appearances on BBC London 94.9, BBC1 and ITV London as well as features about his work in the Guardian (Inc a 4-page Weekend magazine feature), The Observer (centre page spread), The Times, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily Star, Evening Standard, Financial Times,  Mojo  and Time Out along with glowing reviews in Time Magazine, New Statesman, Metro, Maxim, Londonist & Lonely Planet.

Walks are limited to 20 people to keep it more personal and  are ADVANCE TICKET PURCHASE ONLY. You cannot pay on the day. Tickets are on sale at  We Got Tickets agency. Click on the link above  for a direct link to all the events on sale.

These walking tours go ahead regardless of the weather - rain or shine, heatwave or Arctic conditions! I have public liability insurance. Well-behaved dogs and children are welcome on all tours.

"A big thank you for such an interesting and informative walk today round Limehouse and Poplar. We really enjoyed your stories which brought the area to life and highlighted your passion for the area and its older buildings."   Kingston Camera Club

"Your walks are totally different and memorable: you talk about the people who lived in places that we look at interspersing descriptions of people with stories about the things they do and how they lived. Lots of tour guides and historians aren't interested in the working class! I just loved your description of the pub in Silvertown which had the seat ripped with a Stanley knife and repaired duct tape! "  Roger B 

I’m a Londoner by birth, but there’s so much of it, it’s impossible to every know it all. These are guided walks unlike any others. The groups are small and many people are regulars. You have to book online months in advance, and when new walks are announced most of them are full within a day of the email going out! Paul is an absolute mine of information, not just about the history of the places on the walk, but everything else too. It’s a real mix of Paul’s own lived experience and his meticulous research. The tours feel really informal and personal – unscripted and relaxed, and always ending at a ‘real boozer'.

Robin (www.eastbournediary.co.uk) 
Derelict London guided walking tour of Woolwich. Abandoned wreck of a Thames Sailing Barge at Gallions Reach in North Woolwich
North Woolwich foreshore
Litter washed up on the Thames foreshore at the now sealed entrance to Millwall Dock on Isle of Dogs walking tour with Paul Talling
Isle of Dogs - old Millwall Dock entrance
The Clerks Well in Clerkenwell on Paul Talling's River Fleet Guided Walking Tour
It gave its name to a whole area of London - The Clerks' Well - On the banks of the River Fleet in Clerkenwell.

Ben Pedroche author of  DO NOT ALIGHT HERE writes: 

"Paul Talling's book London’s Lost Rivers is a fascinating read that explores several buried rivers, and Paul has been running regular walks that follow the route of the most famous ones included in the book.

The walk I attended covered the River Fleet, which is the most famous buried river of all, with a long and colourful history along its full journey from Hampstead Heath to the Thames. Paul very kindly invited me along, as the route also passes by several sites included in Do Not Alight Here, in particular the area around Farringdon.

I’d walked much of the route from Blackfriars to St Pancras before, but Paul filled the journey with some incredible facts that were new to me, illustrated with archive photos. Highlights on the walk included the site of the old Bridewell Prison, the Clerk’s Well of Clerkenwell, and Holborn Viaduct. I was pleased to see that the route also passed by Smithfield Market, which allowed Paul to throw in some sites included in Derelict London.

Paul is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about his subject, and the walk was well-organised, with a relaxed and casual atmosphere. We also ended up in the pub, where myself and other fans of Paul’s books got to chat to the man himself."

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 London's Lost Rivers, Derelict London and London's Lost Music Venues Guided Walks by Paul Talling :
Limehouse & Poplar, River Fleet, River Westbourne, London Docks (Wapping), River Peck,The  Woolwich Alldayer , Isle of Dogs, the Grand Surrey Canal, Bow Creek, Silvertown, Hammersmith, Dirty Dartford ,The Lost Rivers of Hampstead, The Bishops Avenue, Whitechapel & Bethnal Green, Hammersmith
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