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Free Rock and Roll Soho Tour*

Free Rock & Roll Soho Tour*

Schedule - See Calendar

Meeting Point - Golden Square

Duration - 2 Hours

Language - English

Start Time - 3pm

Price - Free

Dickens described Soho as the place of “smoke and song”, little has changed. We call it London's home of Rock and Roll. Soho is where you go for a good night out. It's where you go to let your hair down and be a little bit naughty. This tour promises a rock and roll adventure through Soho’s fascinating past.

In its long and varied history, Soho has seen it all. Your Soho Walking Tour guide will reveal secret meetings of the Communist Party (under Karl Marx himself), virtuosic performances by an 8 year old Mozart, the home of the world's most famous lover, Casanova and a cholera outbreak that threatened to end life in Soho forever.

On our Free Rock and Roll Soho Tour we will see where the Beatles played their first and last gig in London, and where Beatlemania was born. Join us as we visit some of the top music venues from the 1960's that helped to launch the careers of The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and many more. We will saunter into what is left of the old red light district and take a stroll down the one and only Carnaby Street, the hub of swinging 60's fashion and the birthplace of the miniskirt.

The Soho district has left an indelible mark on pop culture and has risen from being a seedy dangerous realm thirty years ago to one of the most famous and fashionable parts of central London today.


Throughout the tour, our experienced guides will keep you enthralled with witty anecdotes, little known facts and plenty of salacious gossip, bringing the winding cobbled streets to life!

So join us, on this unforgettable Free Rock and Roll Soho Tour, where music, fashion and scandal come together for an afternoon you won’t want to miss.

Or if you're looking for something more magical, why not try our Harry Potter Tour!

Tour Highlights include:

  • The London Palladium

  • Leicester Square

  • Carnaby Street

  • Liberty

  • The Beatles

  • Jimi Hendrix's last gig

  • The Cholera Outbreak

  • The Old Red Light District

  • Modern Day Soho

  • Shock and Scandal

  • & much more!

soho walking tour

        Meeting Point - Golden Square in Soho

We begin in Golden Square, just around the corner from Piccadilly Circus underground station. The station is on the Bakerloo and Piccadilly line, and around a 10 minute walk from Leicester Square and Oxford Street.

We recommend arriving 10-15 minutes before the tour starts, it gives you plenty of time to meet the guide and grab a coffee or ice cream!

Prefer to join us on a Private Tour?

If you are booking for a group of 8 or more, or just want a more personal experience away from the crowds, then you can book this as a private tour. You can dictate the content, the route and the time or sit back and let your guide lead you.

 

For more information on Private tours click here.

Please note, ALL schools and educational groups should book a Private tour.

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