{"title": "Public Health Walking Tour", "start": "2026-11-22T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Old Operating Theatre Museum", "address": "St. Thomas Street 9a, SE1 9RY London", "price": "£20 (walk only); £25 including Museum admission", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/medical-history"], "description": "The Public Health Walking Tour is a guided walk through 19th century Southwark, exploring streets shaped by the area's former slums. Led by guides from the Old Operating Theatre Museum, it uncovers a story of poverty and public health, from workhouse children and body-snatchers to sewage-slick river-banks. The roughly 90-minute to two-hour tour offers an insight into the lives of working people and how social progress often came at a cost borne by the poorest. It begins and ends in the old Guy's Courtyard just off St Thomas Street, not at the Museum, and includes discussions of sex, death, disease, human remains, and dissection.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/public-health-walking-tour-37512/", "official_url": "https://oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/public-health-walking-tour/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1d0ae3aa5d3b6bce0f67d909777772ec914a2b0c79dbed08d70f887ce809bbeb-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-22T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Old Operating Theatre Museum", "address": "St. Thomas Street 9a, SE1 9RY London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "In & around Smithfield Market", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-26T00:00:00Z", "place": "", "address": "", "price": "from £14.00", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/early-modern/tudor"], "description": "A 90-minute guided walk through the Smithfield area, an area packed with medieval and Tudor history. 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Stops include the Charterhouse, St-Bartholomew-the-Great, one of London's oldest churches, and the famous meat market.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/in-around-smithfield-market-49194/", "official_url": "https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/in-around-smithfield-market/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/59e59e3b9930bc40ed110fc879a5cd29a5c22c6739e62e69a6855314ba65cbf0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Almshouse 14 Tours", "start": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Museum of the Home", "address": "Kingsland Road 136, E2 8EA London", "price": "Free with optional donation", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history/london"], "description": "Almshouse 14 Tours are guided tours of the Museum of the Home's restored 18th-century almshouse dwellings, showing what it was like to live in Hackney 200 years ago. The interactive walk through Almshouse 14 reveals how residents kept warm, slept, ate and did their washing centuries ago. The tours are free drop-ins with an optional donation, last 45 minutes and start promptly, with places reserved at the Welcome Desk on arrival. Private group bookings are available by arrangement for groups larger than six people.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/almshouse-14-tours-92569/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3fd9665c8ba103e7da96498703e0853265d3f8ebc594e679338a85bdcff47cb5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "History Tours", "start": "2026-11-21T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wilton's Music Hall", "address": "Graces Alley 1, E1 8JB London", "price": "£10", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "35.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "History Tours is a guided tour of Wilton's Music Hall, a historic building that was once a Victorian sailors' pub. The tours were devised by a Wilton's researcher and historian and last approximately one hour. They tell how the pub went from music hall to Methodist Mission and was forgotten before becoming the venue it is today. They offer a glimpse into the life of the last surviving building of its kind and suit students, researchers and anyone who would like to learn more about this historic venue.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/history-tours-40340/", "official_url": "https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/history-tours-5/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/456a0104124476acf38e7630dfd8875956cb72f80ee8e4192e8be00029a050a2-1200.webp"}, {"title": "London Museum Docklands highlights tour", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-28T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Museum Docklands", "address": "No. 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, E14 4AL London", "price": "from £11.00", "price_from": "11.00", "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/docks"], "description": "A guided gallery tour through London Museum Docklands, taking in the museum's highlights. Run by the museum, it covers the history of London's docks, the East End and the people who have lived and worked there for over two centuries. Walking through the historic warehouse building, visitors learn how unused marshland was transformed into towering Canary Wharf. The guide shares the grim details of dock work, the ins and outs of the 'sailortowns' and the heroic efforts of those defending the docks during the war.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-museum-docklands-highlights-tour-63339/", "official_url": "https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/welcome-to-docklands/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e0cb969730f37b534ba5796b0f70a4dc816b8fdcdabad001de6a75796a8f5d56-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Shakespeare's True Crimes Walking Tour", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-09T00:00:00Z", "place": "Shakespeare's Globe", "address": "New Globe Walk 21, SE1 9DT London", "price": "£25.00", "price_from": "23.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["stage/theatre/shakespeare"], "description": "Shakespeare’s Walking Tour is an outdoor guided walk through Bankside, London’s original theatre district. Expert guides from Shakespeare’s Globe lead visitors through over 400 years of history, bringing to life stories of Thameside ferrymen, animal-baiting sports, and The Rose, the Elizabethan playhouse where some of Shakespeare’s earliest plays are believed to have been first performed. Tickets include entry to the exhibition about the history and magic behind Shakespeare’s Globe. The tour is in English, suitable for all ages, and lasts one hour and 30 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/shakespeares-true-crimes-walking-tour-38522/", "official_url": "https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/shakespeares-walking-tour/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1316c77b024c4b1ce1a43b975c599137ba708e3df947b140ec82b2da6886042-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Harlots, Strumpets & Tarts Walking Tour", "start": "2026-11-20T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Foundling Museum", "address": "Brunswick Square 40, WC1N 1AZ London", "price": "£30 (reduced £27.50, Foundling Friends £26)", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/18th-century"], "description": "Harlots, Strumpets & Tarts Walking Tour is an immersive, theatrical walking tour through eighteenth-century London's sex industry. It was created by Herstorical Tours, whose guide Maria Beadell appears as 'The Baroness', leading visitors from Covent Garden station through the backstreets to a tavern finale, telling through street theatre and character comedy the stories of the women of the Georgian sex trade. The tour lasts about two hours, involves walking and standing, is for over-18s, and includes free entry to the Foundling Museum, which is not part of the tour itself.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/harlots-strumpets-tarts-walking-tour-78691/", "official_url": "https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/event/harlots-strumpets-tarts-walking-tour-20-november/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e284e56ec6a4df8f61878e3414b08e59287a82ca674257d741d1d7036313dd9e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Bethlem History Walk", "start": "2026-11-21T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Bethlem Museum of the Mind", "address": "Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3BX", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "A guided walk around the grounds of the Bethlem Royal Hospital asking 'What was here before?'. The Bethlem Gallery and the Museum of the Mind lead it and share the hospital's history since its move there in 1930, with questions like whether Monks Orchard had anything to do with monks and what style the chapel was built in. The walk starts in the Bethlem Gallery, lasts about an hour, and strong footwear is advised as paths may be muddy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bethlem-history-walk-60063/", "official_url": "https://museumofthemind.org.uk/whats-on/events/bethlem-history-walk-39", "image": ""}, {"title": "Social Walks", "start": "2026-11-12T10:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Lauderdale House", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["community", "history"], "description": "Social Walks is a monthly community walk, and on this day it is a free guided tour of the East side of Highgate Cemetery followed by a walk through Hampstead Heath, ending with complimentary tea and coffee. It is a Camden Council-funded project delivered in collaboration with Holly Lodge Community Centre and The Highgate Society. The walks aim to bring people together through connection, conversation and light exercise, helping reduce loneliness and isolation. Everyone is welcome and there is no need to book.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/social-walks-69937/", "official_url": "https://www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk/whats-on/social-walks", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5b4cdd83dbb9b9c8e6b29a9d7875c87854c80555c9bde47f09e648ea2f6eb624-600.webp"}, {"title": "Official tour: 600 Years of History", "start": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Old Royal Naval College Visitor Centre", "address": "King William Walk", "price": "£19, included in General Admission ticket", "price_from": "19.00", "price_to": "19.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "A 45-minute expert-led walking tour exploring Greenwich's iconic riverside site, a historic landmark. It covers the history and architecture of the site, from its early years as a Tudor place where King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I were born, to its time as the Royal Hospital for Seamen, built by Sir Christopher Wren. On the tour you take in the grand perspective of Grand Square and the Water Gates, visit King Charles Court and the Colonnades, and learn the history of the Nelson Pediment. The tour finishes at the Painted Hall and departs from the Visitor Centre.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/official-tour-600-years-of-history-37520/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Surgery and the Victorian Operating Theatre", "start": "2026-11-21T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Old Operating Theatre Museum", "address": "St. Thomas Street 9a, SE1 9RY London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/victorian"], "description": "A talk at the Old Operating Theatre Museum about medicine and surgery in Victorian times. The museum's own team explains the history of Old St Thomas' Hospital and describes the operations once carried out in this attic space of an 18th-century church, before anaesthesia and antiseptics. The talk takes place in the oldest surviving surgical theatre in Europe, where up to 150 medical students once gathered. Tickets include entry to the Museum.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/surgery-and-the-victorian-operating-theatre-37511/", "official_url": "https://oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/surgery-and-the-victorian-operating-theatre-5/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8914dd2263545cf78c2a2913d283c5fbc22227965272c40db24e08f3c7a59e69-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Gladiators to centurions, uncovering the archaeology of north-west Londinium", "start": "2026-11-21T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "London's Roman Amphitheatre", "address": "", "price": "£15", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/antiquity/roman/roman-britain"], "description": "A guided walking tour uncovering the archaeology of the north-west of the Roman city of Londinium. Archaeologist Dr Andrew Lane leads it, exploring how Second World War destruction allowed excavations of an area once crowded with gladiators, soldiers and craftspeople. Starting at the Amphitheatre, the tour visits part of the Roman city wall and finishes in the rarely accessible remains of the Roman Fort Gate, with about 15 minutes of walking and uneven surfaces. It lasts approximately 1.5 hours and runs at 11am and 2pm.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/gladiators-to-centurions-uncovering-the-archaeology-of-north-37611/", "official_url": "https://onecitylondon.com/event/explore-roman-london-tour/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Women of Southwark Tour - The Untold Story", "start": "2026-11-11T13:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Southwark Cathedral", "address": "Cathedral Street, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "A guided tour exploring the lives of women in Southwark and the impact they have made on the local area and beyond. It is run by Southwark Cathedral and covers women connected to the cathedral, from Victorian pioneers such as Octavia Hill and Isabella Gilmore to benefactors like Dorothy Appleby and Elizabeth Newcomen, who funded help for poor people in south London. The tour also uncovers the impact of Queen Mary I on the cathedral's life. It is open to people who live or work in Bankside.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/women-of-southwark-tour-the-untold-story-41036/", "official_url": "https://betterbankside.co.uk/events/11-november-women-of-southwark-tour-the-untold-story/", "image": ""}, {"title": "NLA Walking Tour: London at Night", "start": "2026-11-11T16:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T18:00:00Z", "place": "The London Centre", "address": "", "price": "From £16.80 (Incl. VAT)", "price_from": "16.80", "price_to": "16.80", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/urban-history", "society/urbanism"], "description": "A twilight walking tour through London's north bank exploring the history of light and nightlife in the city. It is run by NLA and led by lighting designer and night time strategist Satu Streatfield of Publica. Starting by the Strand, the walk traces the evolution of lighting technologies from candlelight and gaslight to today's solid-state and digital technologies. It ends at the river, reflecting on how artificial light has changed the urban night and how future experiences of London after dark might be shaped.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nla-walking-tour-london-at-night-48056/", "official_url": "https://nla.london/events/nla-walking-tour-london-at-night", "image": ""}, {"title": "Wellbeing walks - community walk every third Saturday of the month", "start": "2026-11-21T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T12:00:00Z", "place": "St Mary's Church Tower", "address": "High Street, Hornsey, N8 7NT", "price": "Free event", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["nature/walks"], "description": "A gentle monthly community walk for local residents, meeting at St Mary's Church Tower in Hornsey. Haringey Council runs it as a social walk to meet other locals, chat, share local history and stories and learn about local events in Haringey. Walkers should wear appropriate footwear and bring water, arrive a few minutes early to meet the walk leader and need no booking. The 60-minute linear walk is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/wellbeing-walks-community-walk-every-third-saturday-of-the-m-85990/", "official_url": "https://haringey.gov.uk/events/wellbeing-walks-community-walk-every-third-saturday-month", "image": ""}, {"title": "Globe Theatre Guided Tour", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Shakespeare's Globe", "address": "New Globe Walk 21, SE1 9DT London", "price": "Adults £31, Under 16s £14", "price_from": "31.00", "price_to": "31.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["literature/classics", "history"], "description": "The Globe Theatre Guided Tour takes visitors inside Shakespeare's Globe, the iconic wooden 'O' theatre, where expert Guides tell its thrilling story. Hear how the original 1599 theatre survived plague, fire and political oppression and rose again in the 1990s as part of one man's radical vision. The tour also includes a walk-through exhibition space with seasonally curated displays, interactive costumes and props, and for a limited time face painting. Tours are delivered in English, suitable for all ages, and last approximately 1 hour 30 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/globe-theatre-guided-tour-38513/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/40e42ce156c83fb33ab001714989a4ff8b85e93224a2682a68fe6e3499cbbbb6-2000.webp"}]}