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Thomas Cromwell’s Wolf Hall Tudor London Walking Tour
London, England, United Kingdom
$289.19
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Overview
Thomas Cromwell’s Tudor London Walking Tour offers a fascinating glimpse into one of history's most intriguing eras. Follow in the footsteps of Thomas Cromwell and uncover the hidden gems of Tudor London.
- 🏰 Visit Staple Inn, a prominent Tudor facade dating back to 1585, once a wool staple that survived the Great Fire of London.
- ⚖️ Explore Gray's Inn, where Thomas Cromwell was a member, and admire its beautiful chapel open to worshippers and visitors.
- 💎 Discover the London Silver Vaults, home to specialist dealers in fine English silver, antiques, and objets d'art, tucked away in underground vaults.
- 📚 Marvel at Maughan Library, a private library for King's College, which once served as Thomas Cromwell's office.
- 🏛️ Stroll past Lincoln's Inn, an equally prestigious establishment as Gray's Inn, with potential access on weekdays.
- ⛪ See the exterior of Temple Church, a historical site with ties to the Da Vinci Code, boasting an impressive 800-year history.
- 🔥 Learn about the Golden Boy of Pye Corner and its connection to the Great Fire of London.
- 🏰 Stand at St. Paul's Cathedral and appreciate its resilience, rising from the ashes of the Great Fire and surviving The Blitz.
- 🗡️ Visit Traitors' Gate at the Tower of London, the infamous entry point for those who entered never to return.
- 🌳 Explore St Bartholomew's Gatehouse, a Tudor structure with a remarkable history connected to the dissolution of monasteries.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Thomas Cromwell’s (Wolf Hall) Tudor London Walking Tour
Pickup included
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 3 hours
Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
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The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Private Tour Guide
- Tube tickets to and from your hotel
Meeting point
For the 5 hour tour, your guide will meet you just outside Lambeth North Underground Station and will have all ready given you their contact number the day before the tour.
For the 3 hour tour, your guide will meet you just outside Chancery Lane Underground Station and will have all ready given you their contact number the day before the tour.
Return details
The tour ends at the infamous Traitors Gate with just a very short walk to Tower Hill Tube station, riverside pier. Alternatively why not explore the Tower of London, Thomas Cromwell is buried inside.
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Staple InnThis is one of the most prominent tudor facades in London. The original building from 1585 was once the wool staple, where wool was weighed and taxed. It survived the great fire of London, was refaced in the 17th century and restored in the 19th and 20th centuries. The hall was damaged by bombing in 1944.
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Gray's InnThomas Cromwell was elected as a member of Gray's Inn which was and is a lawyers guild and would have been familiar with the paths, gardens and buildings of Gray's Inn. Sometimes closed at weekends.
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Step inside the lovely Gray's Inn Chapel which though built for the members of the Inn is open to worship and respectful visitors.
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The London Silver VaultsHome of specialist dealers in fine English silver, antiques and objets d'art, housed in underground vaults.
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Lincoln's InnLincolns Inn is a beautiful and equally prestigious establishment as Greys Inn and on weekdays we might take a peek inside, ( Can be closed at weekends ).
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Maughan LibraryNow a private library building for the prestigious Kings College, this was once a place where Thomas Cromwell had an office.
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We will pass through another famous and beautiful legal district in London, much used as filming locations and as settings in many great literary works. ( Can be closed at weekends.)
- See the beautiful Temple Church (from the outside) more recently famous for its role in the Da Vinci Code but with a history going back 800 years. (pass by)
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Once the location of a famed Tudor theatre.
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From here the plans for the divorce of King Henry VIII and Queen Katherine of Aragon were hatched.
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See what small ruins remain of Blackfriars, one of many abbeys and priors that were seized and closed down by King Henry VIII. Whitefriars is nearby too and we will visit that also.
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St. Paul's CathedralFrom a short distance away we will marvel at the beautiful symbol of the City of London, St Pauls Cathedral which arose from the ashes of the Great Fire and narrowly escaped destruction in The Blitz.
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Golden Boy of Pye CornerLearn the story of the Golden Boy and the Great Fire of London.
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WIlliam Wallace MemorialOne of many memorials here. See where William 'Braveheart' Wallace met his end.
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Remembering one of the greatest moments in medieval history, the Peasants Revolt.
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St Bartholomew's GatehouseSee this wonderful old Tudor looking gatehouse and learn about its remarkable history.
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Stand on the spot where Protestant bishops were burned to death at the stake by Queen Mary in Tudor times.
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Thomas Cromwell had a more personal involvement with the dissolution of this once great old building than some others. Now left as a memorial garden having been bombed out in WW2.
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This old street in the heart of the City of London is where Sir Thomas More was born who of course met an unfortunate end at Tower Hill.
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Once an Augustin Friary, following its dissolution. The entire sprawling estate became the person domain of Thomas Cromwell (one of many) and his main residence in the City of London.
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Drapers' HallNow the gorgeous home of the esteemed Drapers Livery Company, this building is one of the few reminders of the home of Thomas Cromwell.
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Once the church for the friars, it is a place that Thomas Cromwell would have known intimately and then as now a quiet refuge from the bustling financial centre of the City.
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Now the largest parish church in the City of London, before the Reformation this was a Nunnery and sits atop suspected Roman or Saxon foundations.
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This famous old road is now utterly transformed but we will pass through it. On the south side near the Walkie-Talkie building was once another home of Thomas Cromwell
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In Wolf Hall, King Henry VIII mentioned how upon meeting Anne of Cleves that he felt he might be marrying the Cornhill Maypole. Here it is next to the famed Cheesegrater building.
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St Olave's ChurchWe will pass by this lovely and truly ancient church, a favourite of Charles Dickens and where the famous diarist, Samuel Pepys is buried. He lived across the road during the time of the Great Plague and Great Fire of London
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Traitors' GateWe finish the tour outside the Tower of London at Traitors Gate, the infamous entry point to the Tower for those likely never to leave again.
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One of the most famous election spots in British history. See the memorial at the very spot where Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More and countless others were put to death in Tudor times and indeed other periods in history.
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Thomas Cromwell’s Wolf Hall Tudor London Walking Tour
London, England, United Kingdom
$289.19
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!