Free Tours by Foot – London Tours

Excellent. Best ‘thing’ I did in London actually… Gregory was incredibly informative and for a non-​crazed art guy the information was really interesting and quite unique…

«Excellent Tour: Informative, Exciting, A Must-​Do in London.»
Sinead is an excellent guide and we couldn’t have asked for a better Jack the Ripper experience. She was easy to understand and explained everything in great detail. She answered all our questions, she knew everything. She was dramatic and enthusiastic, but with the right sense of gravity for the occasion. She gave us more than we asked for when it came to the history of the locale. She even pointed us in the right direction towards a great after-​tour pub, The White Hart, where we took the photo of us together. This was our first tour on our first day in London and we were not disappointed at all. This set the bar high for all the other tours we did.

Did a second tour with Jessica of Westminster and it was also fantastic. She really delivered the interesting history of the area. This company provided us with two great tour guides.

Margaret was a fantastic guide. Very knowledgable and entertaining. The tour itself was well organized and prompt. Really appreciated the bits of history at some of the stops. Pay as much as you like and no awkward moment at the end of the tour. I did the all of London tour and gave her 25£.
Would def recommend and may book another for Paris.

We really appreciated the tour, our guide Margaret was energetic and very knowledgeable about the city but, most of all, she knew how to keep the interest all day long.

I could enjoy the Free full day tour during my Easter holidays in London last April 2015.
I found these free tour online, and I registered through their website. Our tour guide (since we were several friends) was Margaret Stockton. She was a very nice person. Explains everything very clear, and that was, at least for me, fundamental; as i was simultaneously translating everything into spanish, for one of my friends.
The tour was worth enough, all day tour with a pause for lunch. Margaret also gave us some tips and advices about places to eat or to go, or even where was the closest bus/​metro station at the end of the tour.
For sure i will recommend this Tour to everyone!

I participated on the East London Graffiti Walking Tour on Saturday the 24 January 2015; I was made aware of the tour via the Unilocal.com’s Festival of Friendship, which encouraged users of the website to take part in various activities around London throughout January 2015. We met our guide, Gregory, outside of the Whitechapel Gallery and began our sightseeing by heading down White Heart Lane next to the White Hart pub. The group size was about 30 people and it was a wide mix of tourists and locals (playing tourist for the day) who were all looking for an alternative view of East London. Gregory was excellent and catered to those with extensive knowledge of London and those with none– he recommended Poppie’s (fish n’ chips) for the tourists and pointed out some good spots for drinks or food around Brick Lane, including some pop-​up venues for the locals who had missed them, as we walked through the sights. He was extremely engaging and identified himself as a street artist, so his insight into the pieces and surroundings was highly appreciated. The nature of graffiti and street art is based in evolution, so the tour focused on some pieces that hadn’t been removed or defaced for years and also on some that had only recently appeared. Many of the locations that we explored were essentially parking lots or alleys that I would otherwise have overlooked, so it was great to be pushed in the right direction by an informed leader.
We saw a variety of pieces that demonstrated a range of styles (such as ‘ribboning’) and Gregory had some fascinating stories behind each work. I picked up some lingo and was amazed to discover that I had been unknowingly walking past a Banksy for years, even though it wasn’t fully in tact.
All in all, this was a great and atypical London tour with lots of photo opportunities along the way– it lasted two hours and was highly enjoyable for two Londoners, so despite the fact that you might live here, you should still embark on this. It also suits anyone visiting London with the purview of seeing a very buzzy and trendy spot in the city around Brick Lane and Spitalfields.
Thank you, Unilocal,for bringing the tour to my attention because I enjoyed it immensely, despite the chilly weather on the day! I would recommend this to anyone with even a vague interest in street art.