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Monumental office buildings around the former heart of the newspaper industry
Length: The walk is approximately 2.5 kilometres
The forcing ground for historic scientific and medical discoveries - perfect for science enthusiasts
Length: 2 kilometres
A walk in south London celebrating medical and mathematical history, The Canterbury Tales, Dickens and one of the most attractive food markets in London
Length: 2.5 kilometres
A London walk through charming Chelsea, stomping ground of Sloane Rangers, but also teeming with the ghosts of monumental thinkers and artists of the past
Length: 2 kilometres
A London walk south of the river around Samuel Pepys' chosen place of retirement and the cradle of the Clapham Sect
Length: 2.5 kilometres
A London walk off the beaten track that encapsulates the city's history and architecture from the Middle Ages to the present
Length: 2.5 kilometres
An atmosphere of transience and railway terminal seediness mingled with philanthropic schemes and unexpected havens make this a fascinating London walk
Length: 3 kilometres
Discover anarchist cells, artistic bohemia, poetry, braying donkeys and the unwavering pendulum of time in this London walk through an often overlooked part of the city
Length: 1.5 kilometres
This Highgate walk is a bracing meander through an 18th century health resort, retracing its history from London's last glacier to Karl Marx's grave
Length: 1.5 - 2 kilometres
Careful town planning by the Grosvenor Estate encircles its central showpiece - Grosvenor Square, dominated by the American Embassy
Length: 2 kilometres
Setting for high fashion and high jinks since the beginning of the 18th century
Length: 2.5 kilometres
The northern fringes of the City of London: where nonconformists escaped city jurisdiction and where surprising new uses are found for old buildings
Length: 3 kilometres
Favoured by Tudor monarchs stunning Georgian architecture and one of the most celebrated views in England
Length: 3.5 kilometres
Three centuries of dramatic change - from fine 18th century churches to the coming of the Victorian docks, and from the ravages of World War Two Blitz to trendy Docklands
Length: 3 kilometres
London's bohemian quarter with its prostitutes and patisseries, haunt of the famous for over three centuries - from Mozart to Karl Marx, from Dizzy Gillespie to Francis Bacon
Length: 2 kilometres
St. James's Palace and Park, shaped by successive monarchs, and the clubs that mushroomed outside the gates
Length: 2 kilometres
Medieval and later connections but mostly Edwardian razzmatazz - hotels, restaurants and theatres all perched above Bazalgette's Embankment
Length: 2 kilometres
Spotlight on fifteen of London's historic theatres
Length: 2 kilometres
Contrasts off the beaten track in Lambeth: Pleasure Gardens and clubbing spots; squats and Duchy of Cornwall model homes; gas works and Doulton's pottery
Length: 2.5 kilometres
Religion and philanthropy on the site of slums and prisons
Length: 2 kilometres
Three groups of immigrants - French, East European and Bangladeshi - have left their mark on this fascinating part of London's East End
Length: 1.5 kilometres
A self-guided walk through the European Capital of Culture 2008 - magnificent commercial buildings and a past that includes slavery and the Beatles
Length: 2 kilometres
Medieval, Mackintosh, modern. By Rob Kendall
Length: 2.5 kilometres
Historic point of departure for naval battles, voyages to the New World, and exploration - and the subject of two major regeneration schemes after World War II. By Michael Hall
Length: 2.5 kilometres
Written by Sophie Huxley, this walk presents scientific acheivement in Oxford in a way that will be of interest to academics, students and lay people alike.
Length: 2 kilometres