Tag: Churches

  • A private tour of Westminster Abbey

    A private tour of Westminster Abbey

    I returned to London last weekend to visit my son and take a private tour of Westminster Abbey. Disclosure I am an affiliate for GetyourGuide. If anyone books a tour through my link, I get a small commission. Recently, they offered me the chance to preview an activity in London in exchange for an honest…

  • A walking tour of historic Southwark

    Every district of London has its own identity. From upmarket Chelsea to the more working class areas of the East End. Southwark which as its name suggests is on the South bank of the River Thames was long seen as a rather disreputable area, home to theatres such as Shakespeare’s globe, the clink a notorious…

  • An introduction to the history of Gloucester

    The city of Gloucester has a fascinating history dating back to Roman times.

  • A day out in Wells

    A day out in Wells

    Wells is England’s smallest city yet there is a great deal to see from the huge gothic cathedral to the bishop’s palace