London West End Theatre Walking Tour

London, GB

Highlights

  • Visit the oldest theatre in London
  • Learn about the intriguing history of famous theatres
  • Discover the magnificent Royal Opera House
  • Explore Covent Garden, the heart of Theatreland
  • See the iconic sights of Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus

Meeting Point

Just outside the Tube Station exit, precise details will be given before the tour.

Meeting point

Strand, London WC2N 5HF , United Kingdom

End point

End Point

The tour ends a few minutes walk from Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square, the very heart of the West End. The end point is also just 5 minutes walk from the starting point.

Meeting point

Haymarket, London SW1Y 4HT , United Kingdom

End point

Pickup

Check if pick-up is available from your location, you will select during checkout (providers may allow other pickup locations)

Pickup Location
10 Aarden Hotel
11 Cadogan Gardens
45 Park Lane
47 Prince's Gardens Guest Rooms & Apartments
8 Cheviot Hotel
Abc Hyde Park
Adams Hotel
Albany Hotel London
Albro House Hotel
Alexander House Hotel
Alison House Hotel
Ambassadors Bloomsbury
Americana Hotel
Annandale House Hotel
Annexe Hotel
Arosfa Hotel by Compass Hospitality
Artist Residence London
Ascot Hyde Park Hotel
Aspen Apartments
Assembly Covent Garden
Astor Court Hotel
Astoria Hotel
Athena Hotel, London, Paddington
Avon Hotel
Avonmore Hotel
Beaufort House
Bedford Hotel
Belmont Hotel
Belvedere Hotel
Berkeley Court Hotel
Best Western Buckingham Palace Rd
Best Western Mornington Hotel
Best Western Plus Delmere Hotel
Best Western Victoria Palace
Beverley City Hotel
Blair Hotel
Brown's Hotel
Brunel Hotel
Bulgari Hotel London
Cardiff Hotel
Cavendish Apartments
Central London Budget Hotel
Charlotte Street Hotel
Cherry Court Hotel
Cheshams
Cheshire Hotel
Chester Hotel
Citadines Holborn Covent Garden London
Citadines Trafalgar Square London
Claridge's
Classic Hotel
Claverley Court Apartments
Clifton Lodge Apartments
Club Quarters Hotel Covent Garden Holborn
Club Quarters Hotel Trafalgar Square, London
Colliers Hotel
Comfort Inn Buckingham Palace Road
Comfort Inn Edgware Road
Comfort Inn London - Westminster
Comfort Inn London Victoria
Commodore Hotel
Como Metropolitan London
COMO The Halkin, London
Conrad London St James
Cordova House Hotel
Corinthia London
Corus Hotel Hyde Park
Courthouse Hotel
Covent Garden Hotel
Crescent Hotel
Curzon Residences
Days Inn by Wyndham London Hyde Park
Dean Street Townhouse
Dolphin Hotel
Dorset Square Hotel
DoubleTree by Hilton London - Marble Arch
Doubletree By Hilton London - Victoria
DoubleTree by Hilton London - West End
Dukes London
Durrants Hotel
Dylan Apartments Paddington
Easyhotel London Victoria
easyHotel Paddington London
Eaton Square Hotel
Ebury House
Eccleston Square Hotel
Edward House
Elysee Hyde Park
Eson 2 - The Westbourne Terrace Cocoon
Europa House Hotel
Euston Square Hotel
Fairways Hotel
Falcon Hotel
Flemings Mayfair
Fountain House
Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane
Gem Fitzrovia Hotel
Gem Langham Court Hotel
Georgian Hotel
Glendale Hyde Park Hotel
Gower House Hotel
Grange Beauchamp Hotel
Grange Buckingham Hotel
Grange Clarendon Hotel
Grange Lancaster Hotel
Grange Portland Hotel
Great Scotland Yard Hotel
Gresham Hotel
Gresham Hotel Bloomsbury
Grosvenor Apartments
Grosvenor House Suites
Hallam Hotel
Ham Yard Hotel
Harlingford Hotel
Haven Hotel
Haymarket Hotel
Hazlitt's Hotel
Hilton London Euston
Hilton London Metropole
Hilton London Paddington
Holiday Inn London - Bloomsbury, an IHG hotel
Holiday Inn London - Oxford Circus, an IHG Hotel
Holiday Inn London - Regent's Park, an IHG hotel
Holly House Hotel
Holmes Hotel London
Home House - Private Member's Club
Hotel 41
Hotel 82
Hotel Cafe Royal
Hotel Cavendish
Hotel Columbus
Hotel Edward Paddington
Hotel Indigo London - 1 Leicester Square, an IHG hotel
Hotel Indigo London - Paddington, an IHG Hotel
Hotel La Place
Hotel Rama
Hotel Sophia
Hotel Westminster
hub by Premier Inn London Covent Garden hotel
Hub by Premier Inn London Goodge Street Hotel
hub by Premier Inn London Westminster Abbey hotel
hub by Premier Inn London Westminster, St James's Park hotel
Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill
Hyde Park Court Hotel
Hyde Park Radnor Hotel
I will contact the supplier later
I will meet at the departure point
Imperial Hotel
Inhabit, Queen's Gardens
Inhabit, Southwick Street
InterContinental London Park Lane, an IHG hotel
John Howard Hotel
Jubilee Hotel Victoria
Judd Hotel
Jumeirah Carlton Tower
Jumeirah Lowndes
JW Marriott Grosvenor House London
Karma Sanctum Soho
Kent Hotel
Kimpton Fitzroy London
Kingsway Park Hotel
Knightsbridge Hotel
L'oscar London
Lancaster Court Hotel
Lancaster Gate Hotel
Lancaster Hall Hotel
Landward Superior Apartments
Limegrove Hotel London
Linden House Hotel
London Continental Hotel
London Elizabeth Hotel
London Hilton on Park Lane
London Marriott Hotel County Hall
London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square
London Marriott Hotel Marble Arch
London Marriott Hotel Park Lane
Lonsdale Hotel
Mabledon Court Hotel
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London
Marble Arch - Gloucester Place Hotel
Marble Arch Hotel
Marne Hotel
Marylebone Hall
Marylebone Inn Hotel
Mayfair Apartments
Mayfair House
ME London
Melia White House
Melia White House Apartments
Mentone Hotel
Mercure London Bloomsbury Hotel
Mercure London Hyde Park Hotel
Mercure London Paddington Hotel
Metro Hotel
Middle Eight
Millennium Hotel London Knightsbridge
Mimi's Hotel Soho
Mimis Suites London
Mitre House Hotel
Montagu Place Hotel
Montcalm Chilworth Townhouse
Montcalm Marble Arch
Montcalm Marble Arch Townhouse
Montcalm Piccadilly Townhouse
Morton Hotel
No 5 Cavendish Square Hotel London
No Ten Manchester Street
No. 5 Maddox Street
Nobu Hotel London Portman Square
Norfolk Plaza Hotel
Norfolk Towers Paddington Hotel
Nottingham Place Hotel London
Nox Lancaster Gate
NYX Hotel London Holborn
Oakwood Luke House
Olympic House Hotel
One Aldwych
Opulence Central London
Orchard Hotel
Ormonde House Hotel
OYO Bakers Hotel London Victoria
OYO Studios @ 28
OYO Townhouse 30 Sussex Hotel, London Paddington
OYO Townhouse New England, London Victoria
OYO Vegas Hotel
Pacific Hotel
Paddington Park Hotel
Page8, Page Hotel
Park Avenue Baker Street
Park Grand Hyde Park
Park Grand Mayfair
Park Grand Paddington Court
Park Lane Mews Hotel
Park Plaza Victoria London
Pavilion Hotel
Piccolino Hotel
Pickwick Hall
Point A Hotel, Paddington
Portman Square Hotel
Premier Inn London County Hall Hotel
Premier Inn London Euston hotel
Premier Inn London Holborn hotel
Premier Inn London Leicester Square Hotel
Premier Inn London Victoria Hotel
President Hotel
Prince William Hotel
Pullman London St. Pancras Hotel
Queensway Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western
Radisson Blu Hotel, London Bloomsbury
Radisson Blu Hotel, London Bond Street
Radisson Blu Hotel, London Euston Square (formerly Grafton)
Radisson Blu Hotel, London Leicester Square (formerly Hampshire)
Radisson Blu Hotel, London Marble Arch (formerly Sussex)
Radisson Blu Hotel, London Mercer Street
Radisson Blu Hotel, London Tottenham Court Road (formerly Kenilworth)
Reeves Mews Apts
Regency Hotel - Nottingham Place
Regency House Hotel
Regent's Park Hotel
Rhodes Hotel
Ridgemount Hotel
Roof Garden Rooms
Rose Court Hotel
Rose Park Hotel
Roseate House London
Rosewood London
Royal Cambridge Hotel
Royal Eagle Hotel
Royal Lancaster London
Royal National Hotel
Ruskin Bed & Breakfast
Russell Square Hotel
Sanderson London
Sass Hotel
Scanscourt Hotel
Seven Dials Hotel
Seymour Hotel
Shakespeare Hotel
Sheraton Grand London Park Lane
Signature Townhouse Hyde Park
Sloane Square Hotel
So Paddington Hotel
Sofitel London St James
Springfeild Hotel London
St Giles London Hotel
St Martins Lane London
St. David's Hotels
St. Ermin's Hotel, Autograph Collection
St. George Hotel
St. James's Hotel and Club Mayfair
St. James’ Court, A Taj Hotel
Stakis London Harewood
Stanley House Hotel
Staunton Hotel
Strand Palace
Stylotel
Taj 51 Buckingham Gates Suites And Residences
Tavistock Hotel
The Academy
The Admiral at Park Avenue
The Athenaeum Hotel & Residences
The Balmoral House Hotel
The Beaufort Knightsbridge
The Beaumont Mayfair
The Berkeley
The Beverley Hotel
The Biltmore Mayfair
The Blandford Hotel
The Bloomsbury Hotel
The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, London
The Capital Hotel, Apartments And Townhouse - London
The Castleton Hotel
The Cavendish London Hotel
The Chapter - Griffin House Hotel
The Chelsea Townhouse
The Chesterfield Mayfair
The Clermont London, Charing Cross
The Clermont, Victoria
The Columbia
The Connaught
The Continental Hotel
The Crescent Hyde Park
The Cumberland Hotel
The Darlington Hyde Park
The Dilly
The Dorchester
The Dover Hotel
The Egerton House Hotel
The Euro Hotel
The Fielding Hotel
The Fox Club Mayfair
The Franklin London - Starhotels Collezione
The Garth Hotel
The Goring Hotel
The Grand at Trafalgar Square
The Hari
The Henrietta Hotel
The Hoxton, Holborn
The Ivy House Hotel
The Kingsway Hotel
The Landmark London
The Lanesborough
The Langham, London
The Leonard Hotel
The Level at Melia White House
The London EDITION
The Mandeville Hotel
The Mandrake
The Marylebone
The May Fair, A Radisson Collection Hotel, Mayfair London
The Mermaid Suite Hotel
The Montague on the Gardens
The Omega Hotel
The Paddington Hotel
The Park Tower Knightsbridge, A Luxury Collection Hotel, London
The Piccadilly
The Pilgrm
The Prince Akatoki London
The Rathbone Hotel Fitzrovia
The Rembrandt
The Residence
The Resident Covent Garden
The Resident Soho
The Resident Victoria
The Ritz London
The Royal Horseguards
The Rubens At The Palace
The Sanctuary House Hotel, Westminster
The Savoy
The Soho Hotel
The Stafford London
The Sumner Hotel - London
The Tophams Hotel
The Trafalgar St. James
The Waldorf Hilton, London
The Wellesley Knightsbridge, a Luxury Collection Hotel, London
The Wellington By Blue Orchid
The Wesley Euston
The Westbourne Hyde Park Hotel London
The Windermere Hotel, London
The Z Hotel Covent Garden
The Z Hotel Piccadilly
The Z Hotel Soho
The Z Hotel Trafalgar
The Z Hotel Victoria
The Zetter Marylebone
Thistle Holborn Hotel
Thistle London Bloomsbury Park
Thistle London Marble Arch
Thistle Piccadilly Hotel
Thistle Trafalgar Square
TOP Hotel John Howard Apartments
Travelodge London Central Euston
Travelodge London Central Marylebone
Travelodge London Covent Garden
Treehouse Hotel London
Tudor Court Hotel
Victoria Station Hotel
Victory House Leicester Square
W London
Washington Mayfair Hotel
Westminster House Hotel
White House Hotel
Winchester Hotel
Wyndham Hotel
YourStay Paddington Apartments
YourStay Victoria Apartments
Z at Gloucester Place
Z Hotel Holborn
Z Hotel Tottenham Court Road
If we meet you at your hotel and need to get the Tube/taxi to the starting point, please note transport costs are not included in the price of the tour though we'll gladly help you buy a ticket.

What to expect

1

Strand

The old street linking the City of London to the City of Westminster and full of theatres and history

Duration 15 minutes
2

Theatre Royal Drury Lane

The oldest theatre in London. All the others have just stolen their thunder

Duration 10 minutes
Admission Admission Not Included
3

Savoy Theatre

The first theatre to be lit by electricity and bit upon an old palace.

Duration 5 minutes
Admission Admission Not Included
4

Adelphi Theatre

Learn the intriguing history of one of London's most beloved theatres.

Duration 5 minutes
Admission Admission Not Included
5

Royal Opera House

One of the most magnificent buildings in London and one of the most expensive to get in to! It take's all the lime-light thats for sure.

Duration 5 minutes
Admission Admission Not Included
6

Covent Garden

The heart of Theatreland with history going back to the Vikings. Full of boutique shops and restaurants but with entertainment still running through its veins!

Duration 15 minutes
7

St. Paul's Church

This beautiful though hidden church is the home to the memorials of many of our best known actors and stars.

Duration 10 minutes
8

St. Martins Theatre

Home to the longest running play in the world!

Duration 5 minutes
Admission Admission Not Included
9

St Martin-in-the-Fields

This interesting street is bounded by old pubs and theatres.

Duration 10 minutes
10

Cecil Court

This historic street is one of the hidden jewels of the area and also the inspiration for Harry Potter!

Duration 5 minutes
11

Garrick Theatre

Find out the importance of the Garrick name to theatre and literature of this small but interesting theatre.

Duration 5 minutes
Admission Admission Not Included
12

Leicester Square

The buzzing centre of the West End and all things movies.

Duration 10 minutes
13

Chinatown

One of the oldest Chinatowns in the world.

Duration 5 minutes
14

Les Miserables London

See the majestic sign of this long running musical

Duration 5 minutes
Admission Admission Not Included
15

The Lyric

The oldest theatre on the famous Shaftsbury Avenue

Duration 5 minutes
16

Apollo Theatre

This theatre might look magnificent on the outside but not so long ago it came close to a terrible disaster.

Duration 5 minutes
Admission Admission Not Included
17

Piccadilly Circus

Another iconic sight in the West End. Also a great spot for seeing more Double Decker buses than you might think is humanly possible.

Duration 10 minutes
18

Phantom of The Opera London

Working our way back towards Trafalgar Square, we visit the theatre with another long-running hit and its famous crashing chandelier.

Duration 5 minutes
Admission Admission Not Included
19

Haymarket Theatre Royal

This beautiful theatre is the second oldest in London and perhaps understandably one of the most haunted. Don't take our words for it, Sir Patrick Steward and Dame Judi Dench have seen it too!

Duration 5 minutes
Admission Admission Not Included

The experience can be subject to change due to bad weather or unforseen circumstances. We always endeavour to give you the best possible experience.

Additional Information

  • Additional information
    Wheelchair accessible
  • Additional information
    Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Additional information
    Service animals allowed
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    Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Additional information
    Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Additional information
    All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Additional information
    Participants should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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What our experts say

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    Visit nearby Covent Garden for lunch.
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    Check out the Savoy Theatre's history.
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    Bring comfortable shoes for walking.
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    Look for street performances in Covent Garden.
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    Explore the hidden gems of Cecil Court.

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