Jack the Ripper London walks are a great night out and with the expert guides of Discovery Tours you are guaranteed a night out that is chilling, informative and, at the same time, entertaining.

Ours is the only Jack the Ripper walk that begins right in the heart of the area where the 1888 murders occurred so straight away you are getting a more chronologically accurate tour than the London walks that start at Tower Hill.

We meet outside Exit Four of Aldgate East Underground Station almost right alongside the former site of St Mary’s Church (the church itself  was destroyed in the second World War).

In the Middle Ages this church was lime-washed and was thus the so-called “Whitechapel” which gave its name to the area.

The first Whitechapel Murder Victim, Emma Smith, walked past this church shortly before she was attacked in April 1888.

We then cross over Whitechapel High Street and pass under the arch of Gunthorpe Street, passing as we do the White Hart Pub, which has survived from 1888 and in the basement of which a leading suspect for the mantle of Jack the Ripper once worked.

Those who join our Jack the Ripper Tour are instantly struck by just how little Gunthorpe Street has changed since 1888, there is even an atmospheric old building a little way along on the left that has the year 1886, the year of its construction emblazoned upon it.

Our London walk then continues along Gunthorpe Street to the spot where Martha Tabram, whom many consider to have been the first victim of Jack the Ripper was murdered. Standing there in this cobble-stoned back alley it’s easy to believe that you have been pitched back in time to the autumn of 1888, and to imagine that Jack the Ripper is still loose in this sordid east End hinterland.

From here we make our way to the corner on which the first Whitechapel Murder Victim, Emma Smith, was attacked.

From there we head off to the corner of Thrawl Street where Mary Nichols the first definate victim of Jack the Ripper was lodging at the time of her murder. We show you a building in which she spent some her last hours and point out an item that has been there since the days when she would have known this building.

By this time, about 40 minutes into our Jack the Ripper Tour, we have seen five sites that our actually connected to the mystery of the east End murders and have walked through streets that have changed little since the autumn of 1888.

And we still have some of the finest 18th century streets in the East End of London to walk through. That is why those who join our tour always comment on what an atmospheric route we take.

But the best thing about our tour is that we are the only one of the London walks companies that ask you to book in advance. We do this because ours is the only Jack the Ripper Tour on which the number of participants is limited to a sensible and manageable number of around 34 people.

Finally, every one of our tours is led by an expert on the Jack the Ripper murders. Three of our guides are published authors on the subject, five of our guides have appeared on the BBC, Sky One, as well as on the Discovery and History Channels talking about the murders and offerring their expert opinion on suspects.

So why not enjoy a night out with a difference? Why not enjoy an evening exploring one of London’s lesser visited quarters, sifting the evidence and unpicking the story of the world’s greatest murder mystery?

To book your places pplease visit our dedicated Jack the Ripper tour site at www.rippertour.com.