One of London’s more intriguing areas is the district of Old Docklands. We explore this fascinating area on several of our Riverside London walks, and people who participate really do go away with an understanding of a totally different part of London.
Walks that take in the area of docklands include our popular Pirates and Pressgangs Tour; There is also the London of Dickens East End Walk that brings to life what the area was like in the 19th century.
London walks in Docklands.
Our Old Docklands Pub Walk is another great favourite, featuring as it does some of London’s oldest and most atmospheric riverside pubs.
Places such as the Prospect of Whitby and the Town of Ramsgate, each one of them a true time capsule of bygone London.
Included on these London are characters as diverse as Captain Bligh of Mutiny on the Bounty fame; the artist Turner; Jack the Ripper and, as mentioned previously, Charles Dickens who set the plots of several of his novels amongst the creaking riverside wharves of Docklands.
Tags: Charles Dickens, Jack the Ripper, London walks, Old Docklands, Prospect of Whitby, Riverside Pubs, Town of Ramsgate
