Self-Guided London Walking Tours

Story-rich adventures through hidden London — no guide, no schedule, just you and the city.

🌍 11 languages 🎧 English audio guide 📱 No app needed 💷 From £10pp

Five trails. Five London stories.

All very different from a bus tour.

Walk with a Story

Three steps to start. A lot more to discover.

1

Choose.

  • Pick from 5 self-guided trails
  • 2–5 km through hidden London
  • Solo or teams of up to 6
  • Play in any of 11 languages
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2

Book.

  • Pay £10 per person at play.sidewalks.co.uk
  • Choose your trail and team size
  • Choose your language
  • Gamecode sent by email
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3

Play.

  • Head to the trail start location
  • Open our app in your browser
  • Enter your gamecode
  • Follow the clues and the story
  • Audio narration available in English
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What People Say

Five trails. Hundreds of happy wanderers.

★★★★★

"More fun than an escape room and more insightful than any tour I've done. The history is genuinely astonishing."

Alchemy Trail
★★★★★

"I live in London and had absolutely no idea any of this was here. Mind completely blown. Twice."

Grail Trail
★★★★★

"Genuinely tense — we were whispering to each other by stage three and checking if anyone was following us."

Spy Trail
★★★★★

"Chilling. Brilliant. I'll never look at Whitechapel the same way. The factual approach makes it so much more powerful."

Ready to Go?

Pick a trail and start exploring.

Choose Your Adventure

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