UNUSUAL LONDON
Private Hidden & Alternative London Tours
Forget the standard sightseeing tour.
Unusual London takes you beyond the obvious landmarks to discover hidden streets, secret passages, legendary music locations, strange stories, old pubs, street art and the characters who helped shape London.
Created by the team behind Londres Insolite, our private walking tours are designed for travellers who want something more personal, more surprising and much more London.
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From £120 per group
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Discover another side of London
Explore the streets around Soho, Covent Garden, Mayfair, Carnaby Street, Camden and Hampstead through stories that mix history, music, film, popular culture and the wonderfully eccentric side of the city.
Depending on your tour, you might discover:
- Hidden passages and forgotten alleyways
- Legendary rock & roll locations
- Beatles, Bowie, Queen, punk and Britpop stories
- Soho’s clubs, characters and scandals
- Secret pubs and unusual drinking spots
- Street art and graffiti
- Film and television locations
- London’s strangest historical stories
- Places most visitors simply walk past
Every tour is relaxed, informal and adapted to the people taking part.
Our most popular private tours
The Unusual London Tour
Soho • Covent Garden • Mayfair • Carnaby Street
Our signature introduction to alternative London.
Walk through the heart of the West End discovering hidden corners, eccentric characters, music history, unusual architecture, film locations and stories you won’t normally find in a guidebook.
Duration: 1:45 hours
Private tour: from £120 per group
Soho Rock & Roll
Walk through one of the most important neighbourhoods in the history of British music.
Discover the clubs, studios, pubs and streets connected to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Queen, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, punk, Amy Winehouse, Oasis and many more.
Not simply a list of addresses — it’s the story of how a few streets changed popular music.
Duration: 2 hours
Private tour: from £120 per group
Camden Music Tour
Discover Camden’s extraordinary musical history.
From punk and Britpop to legendary venues and Amy Winehouse, explore the streets, markets and locations that made Camden one of London’s most famous music neighbourhoods.
Duration: approximately 1 hour
Private tour: from £120 per group
Secret Hampstead
Leave central London behind and discover one of the capital’s most atmospheric neighbourhoods.
Hampstead feels more like an English village than part of a major city, with tiny lanes, historic houses, haunted pubs and stories connected to writers, artists, actors and some very familiar fictional characters.
Duration: 01:45 hours
Private tour: from £150 per group
Looking for something different?
We can also create private experiences around:
The Beatles & Abbey Road
David Bowie
Queen & Freddie Mercury
Punk London
Britpop
Street Art
Cinema & TV London
Bob Marley & Reggae London
Hidden pubs
Graffiti experiences
Tours can also be combined into a longer 3-hour or half-day Unusual London experience.
Private means private
This isn’t a large group following an umbrella.
Your guide is there for you.
That means we can adapt the pace, concentrate on the subjects you love, stop for photographs, explore an unexpected street or finish somewhere interesting for a drink.
Ideal for:
Couples • Families • Friends • Birthdays • Music lovers • Corporate groups • Returning visitors to London
Already seen Big Ben and Buckingham Palace?
Perfect.
Now come and discover the London hiding behind them.
From secret Soho to rock & roll history, hidden pubs and streets full of extraordinary stories, Unusual London shows you the city from a completely different angle.
Private tours from £195 per group
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About Unusual London
Unusual London is the English-language experience created by Londres Insolite, specialists in private and alternative London tours.
Our tours have welcomed visitors from around the world and have been recommended by travellers on TripAdvisor.
We believe the best way to discover London isn’t simply to look at famous buildings.
It’s to hear the stories hiding behind them.