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St Paul’s to Farringdon:
Hidden Corners of the City
A gentle one-hour walk from the magnificent steps of St Paul’s Cathedral through some of the oldest, most untrodden corners of the City of London. From the heroes of Postman’s Park to the bombed churches of the Blitz, Smithfield’s medieval gore to the Great Fire memorials — a short history walk with a lot packed in.
Pay to View — Just £5The perfect £5 introduction to our video tours
This is the very first video tour we ever made — and it holds a special place in our story. We originally filmed it during the peak of the Coronavirus lockdown to raise money for charity, and we’ve kept it at its original low price of just £5 ever since.
If you’ve never tried one of our video tours before, start here. It’s the perfect way to see whether our style of guided video walking tour is for you. And even if you’ve already visited London — or indeed live here — this one takes you through a part of the City that most tourists (and most Londoners!) never get to see.
Filmed for charity, priced for everyone
This tour was originally made to raise money during the pandemic, and we’ve kept the price at £5 as our most accessible starting point ever since. Hand-filmed, unpretentious, and full of heart.
The Journey
Hidden corners of the City of London, in just over an hour.
St Paul’s Cathedral
We begin in the shadow of Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece — one of the most iconic buildings in London and the heart of the City.
Little Britain
A fascinating, rarely-visited City lane with centuries of hidden history — and a name that’s given rise to all sorts of stories.
Postman’s Park
A beautiful and solemn oasis containing the extraordinary Victorian Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice — everyday Londoners who died saving strangers.
A Blitz-Bombed Church
The haunting remains of a parish church destroyed in the Blitz — preserved as a quiet reminder of London’s wartime suffering.
Great Fire Memorials
The 1666 fire that destroyed medieval London left its marks everywhere in the City. We’ll see some of the less-famous memorials to that catastrophe.
Sites of Infamous Executions
For centuries, this quarter of London saw some of its most infamous public executions. The stories are as gripping as they are gruesome.
Smithfield Market
One of London’s oldest markets — a place of medieval fairs, rebels, butchery and public theatre for nearly a thousand years.
Into Farringdon
Finish in one of the oldest and most atmospheric corners of London, where Roman walls, medieval alleys and Victorian industry all come together.
The first of its kind
This was the video tour that started it all. During the depths of the 2020 lockdown, when tourism had collapsed and charities were struggling, Stephen set out alone with a camera to film the streets of an empty London — and the result became our very first video tour.
It’s been watched and loved by viewers around the world, and we’ve deliberately kept it priced at just £5 so that anyone curious about our video tours can try one without hesitation. Think of it as an hour-long charity-origin walking documentary, told the Ye Olde England Tours way.
Perfect For…
🌱 First-Time Viewers
Never tried a video tour before? At £5, this is the perfect way to discover if they’re for you.
🏙 City of London Fans
Discover a side of the Square Mile that most visitors — and many Londoners — never see.
📖 Quiet Afternoon Watchers
An hour of gentle history, perfect for a relaxed afternoon or evening in.
❤️ Supporters
Born from a charity project during the pandemic — with a story behind every stop.
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We originally did this ST Pauls to Farringdon Tour to raise money for charity during the peak of the Coronavirus epidemic. The tour is just over 1 hour long and costs £5 offering a taste of these ancient districts inside the City of London which most tourists or even Londoners ever get to see. Our other tours will be filmed using specialist industry equipment!
This tour starts at St Pauls Cathedral and visits amongst other Little Britain, the beautiful but solemn Postmans Park and the Victorian Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice. We’ll see a bombed out church from The Blitz, memorials to the Great Fire of London and infamous executions before heading through Smithfield Market and on into Farringdon.
This is a great way to spend an hour or so seeing a very old and unvisited part of London with some of the famous nice bits and some medieval and Victorian gore to spice things up. Really it’s just a nice old history walk.
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