Above Ground on the London Underground

A Virtual Walking Tour of London


Walk Like an Englishman: Taking a virtual tour 
Above Ground on the London Underground route


Day 1: Flight of Fantasy

Day 2: I’ve gotta get out of this place (Heathrow)
Day3: Dreaming of Osterley
Day 4: Heading to Syon

Day 5: Trapped on the Thames (Isleworth)
Day 6: About that Fish and Chips Shop (Richmond)
Day 7: Going Home (Richmond)

Day 8: The Deer at Richmond Park
Day 9: A visit to Kew Gardens 
Day 10: Royal Star & Garter Home, Richmond Hill
Day 11: The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, France
Day 12: Peckish at Peckham Rye
Day 13: Horniman Museum & Gardens
Day 14: Dulwich Picture Gallery ... & Mausoleum!
Day 15: Dulwich Village
Day 16: 10 Things I learned about Elephant & Castle

Day 17: Boston Manor
Day 18: Chiswick ... Help, I’m nowhere near Abby Road
Day 19: Hammersmith Pub Crawl
Day 20: Going for Drama in Hammersmith
Day 21: The Magnificent Seven
Day 22: The Sage of Chelsea
Day 23: This is Knightsbridge
Day 24: Crime Scene Live at the Natural History Museum
Day 25: Cathedral to Nature
Day 26: Venus at the Victoria & Albert
Day 27: A Brief Encounter (Re-imagining Colin Firth)
Day 28: Sloane Rangers
Day 29: Hyde Park Speakers’ Corner
Day 30: Putting on the Ritz

Day 31: From the Ritz to Piccadilly Circus
Day 32: 7 Piccadilly Circus Factoids

 Day 33:l From Chinatown to Leicester Square
Day 34: From Leicester to Charing Cross Road

Day 35: Trafalgar Square ... A Flashback

Day 36: The National Gallery
Day 37: Covent Garden
Day 38: The British Museum

Day 39: Bloomsbury Bookshops
Day 40: Arsenal

Day 41: Finsbury Park
Day 42: Cockfosters: the end of the Piccadilly Line
Day 43: Heading to Hayes
Day 44: Uxbridge to Hayes
Day 45: Southall to Walpole Park
Day 46: White City

Day 47: Kensington Palace

Day 48: Peter Pan Statue
Day 49: The Marble Arch (RIP Leonard Cohen)
Day 50: Lincolns Inn
Day 51: St. Paul's Cathedral

Day 52: A Closer Look at Postman's Park
Day 53: Londinium & the Roman Amphitheater
Day 54: The Gherkin
Day 55: Petticoat Lane
Day 56: Cereal Killer Cafe to the VA Museum of Childhood
Day 57: Mile End
Day 58: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Day 59: Leytonstone—the birthplace of Alfred Hitchcock
Day 60: Epping Forest
Day 61: David Hockney at the Tate
Day 62: From the Tate Britain to the Tate Modern
Day 63: Tower of London
Day 64: Millennium Bridge to Sky Lounge
Day 65: Jack the Ripper Tours

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