New London Architecture

NLA Walking Tour: Introduction to... The City of London

Tour

Wednesday 11 February 2026
10:30 - 12:30

From £14.00 (Incl. VAT)

Walk between giants on this two-hour walking tour of the skyscrapers at London’s financial heart.
In the capital’s commercial heart are some of the biggest and strangest skyscrapers in the country. We see them on the news every day, but how many of us know how they actually get built? On this tour, we’ll walk between the giants that straddle London’s skyline and dish the gossip on the planning permission fights that go on behind the scenes.

We’ll explore the dizzying contrasts to be found in a 2000-year-old city, with tiny medieval churches crammed right next to towering glass spires. We’ll discover a building that breathes, the sci-fi tangle of pipes that houses a centuries-old insurance market, and the biggest buildings London never built. We’ll pull back the curtain on why so many new towers have public viewing galleries, why the Cheesegrater looks like that, and which specific buildings King Charles has said he hates.

Speaker biographies

Jenny Draper

Blue Badge Guide, Walking Tours


From £14.00 (Incl. VAT)


Meeting point

The London Centre
3 Aldermanbury
EC2V 7HH

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Access

The tour lasts about two hours, including a toilet/ café break halfway through, and finishes near Liverpool Street Station. This tour is wheelchair-accessible.

There will be access to toilets available at The London Centre, Slug & Lettuce, and Liverpool Street Station.

If you would like more information about the route, or have access requirements, please let us know how we can best accommodate these by emailing events@nla.london.

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