Alchemy Trail

Dick Whittington wasn't just a Mayor. He was a mystic. Or so the rumours say.

📍 Tower Hill Station 🗺 4 km ⏱ ~100 mins ♿ Step-free option 💷 £10 per person 🎧 English audio guide 🌍 11 languages
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Seven stages of alchemy. One buried fortune. Ready?

Step into a world of mystery, myth and medieval intrigue. Follow the seven stages of alchemy across a labyrinth of livery halls, plague pits, secret parchments and coded verses. If you like being shown London's curios, places where history happened, and where the toilets were in 1405, this one's for you.

The City of London has been hoarding its wealth for centuries. AlchemyTrail knows where it's buried. From Tower Hill through the medieval lanes and ancient churches of the Square Mile, this is a walk through a London most people never find — telling a history far stranger and richer than anything in the guidebooks.

The history is real. The mystery is ancient. And the secret of the buried gold has been kept long enough.

What you'll discover

  • A world of mystery, myth and medieval intrigue.
  • The hidden treasures of medieval London, right beneath your feet.
  • Seven stages of alchemy across a labyrinth of livery halls, plague pits and secret incantations.
  • Part walking tour, part treasure hunt, part medieval fever dream.
  • A side to Dick Whittington you never knew — but every word of it true.
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"More fun than an escape room and more insightful than any tour I've done. The history is genuinely astonishing."

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"Never seen London like this before, fascinating, funny and spooky in equal measure. I live here and had no idea."

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