What's in things not normally seen in a London Tour?

Question

Is there any interesting thing that wouldn't be seen just in a normal Tour of London? Please Help

Answer 1

There are so many interesting places aside from the normal tourist sights!

It depends on your interests, but for a tour that will take you to little-known places and areas, I recommend the original London Walks. Here's a timetable to give you an idea:
http://www.walks.com/Homepage/Timetable/default.aspx

I love the legal part of London, between Fleet Street and the Thames; there's also the Templar Church there and gaslights which make it spooky at night. It's lovely with its sense of history. If you take a "Ghosts of the City" tour, you'll find wonderful places tucked away in the east part that you wouldn't normally make the effort to see. There are also Jack the Ripper tours and even da Vinci Code and Harry Potter ones!

You can also see some interesting cemeteries; Highgate, the old part, has often been used in Dracula and horror films with its catacombs and old, decaying tombs. Kensal Rise is also interesting. Spitalfields is fascinating; there are other markets like Portobello Road off Notting Hill, and Church Street with its famous Alfie's off the Edgware Road. Marylebone Village is nice, too!

Going past on buses, you often see signposts or blue plaques; I recommend Handel's house just off Oxford Street, and Dr Johnson's house up an alley from Fleet Street. Remember, London started in the City and, even though it's now unrecognizable from how it used to be, there are still pockets which are fascinating.

Answer 2

Depending on the type of tourist guided tours of London you take, there are a lot of things you probably don't get a chance to see. There is just too much to see in even two weeks, much less a week or ten days.

You have to make a special reservation and seek out special tours, but one very special tour is the underground bunker that Churchill used in the Second World War. It is actually down under the Thames River, and it contains the offices and military conference rooms where the war plans were formed. Churchill's bedroom is just as he left it, as is his private office underground, with the telephones still on the desks.