🏨 Slavery and City of London Walking Tour Activity

Slavery and City of London Walking Tour

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 2 hours

Departs: London, London

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

During this tour you will receive revealing information about the history of Britain going back 2000 years. It will focus on slavery with particular reference to the role played by the City of London. You will be led by well trained guides with a wealth of knowledge. We have been conducting tours for over five years and have received great feedback from happy and satisfied customers. You will be shown hidden depths, labyrinths, sculptures, and more, that together form the iconoclastic location that is the City of London.

What's Included

Slavery and The City of London Walk

Traveler Information

CHILD: Age: 11 - 17
ADULT: Age: 18 - 65

Additional Info

Guides required to regularly wash hands
Public transportation options are available nearby
Social distancing enforced throughout experience

Guides required to regularly wash hands
Public transportation options are available nearby
Social distancing enforced throughout experience

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Tower of London

The Ordnance Office at the Tower of London was where Granville Sharp was employed. He was one of the most prominent anti-slavery people in 18th century Britain.

• Admission Ticket Free

Roman wall ofLondonium

This wall led to the creation and founding of Londinium 2000 years ago. The ancient Romans took Britons as slaves although they complained the Brits were lazy!

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Lloyds of London

This is the site where East India House was located. That was the headquarters for the East India Company. The East India Company relied on slave labour and trafficked in slaves from East and West Africa.

• Admission Ticket Free

Fen Gardens contains the Gilt of Cain Sculpture. This commemorates the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St. Michael's Cornhill

The Jamaica Wine House. Location of London's first coffee house - the Jamaica Coffee House which was a hub in the sugar trade and slave plantations of the West Indies

• Admission Ticket Free

St. Mary Woolnoth Church

Slavery abolitionist John Newton was rector of this church.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Bank of England Museum

The Bank of England has apologised for the involvement of some past former directors and governors in the slave trade and promised to remove all statues and paintings of them from public display in it's Threadneedle Street building.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Guildhall

This edifice epitomise the involvement of London in the transatlantic slave trade. Sherifs, mayors, and aldermen of the City of London met here as shareholders of the Royal Africa Company.

• Admission Ticket Free

St. Paul's Cathedral

The walk finishes by St Paul's underground station, which is on the Central line

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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