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If you have time to just wander around this is a great little resource to make your walk more enjoyable. This book is a fantastic way to find out more about the people celebrated by over 900 plaques all over the city and bring home the fact that you are walking down the same streets that they once did. Each walk starts and ends at underground stations and contains clear directions, notes on history, architecture, and features to look for and extracts of street mapping to help you find your way.
The Monument is just a few yards down the hill from the Fish Street Hill exit of Monument Tube Station.
He was very entertaining, enthusiastic, interesting, knowledgeable, informative and full of fascinating facts and information. As he puts it, he prefers his walks to be more like guided chats and discussions than like guided tours, so you are never obliged to simply stand there and listen.
Blue plaques high up on the outer walls of buildings tease us with a tiny amount of information about the people who were born, lived, stayed, died, or did something extraordinary there. Experiences selected for every kind of trip to Walks in and Around London, from off-the-beaten-track adventures in Hampstead Heath to family activities in child-friendly places, like Cambridge, or chilled-out breaks in popular tourist areas, like Hyde Park.This Walks in and Around London guide book is packed full of details on how to get there and around, pre-departure information and top time-saving tips, including a visual list of things not to miss. Features 30 walks within easy reach of London - taking you through glorious countryside, all on scenic footpaths with a minimum of road walking.