Rowan Kelleher
The slow way round a fast city
Based in London (Bloomsbury).
Rowan moved from Cork to London a decade ago and has since walked most of it, from the Georgian squares of Bloomsbury to the marshes past Walthamstow. They string sights, free museums and green spaces into weekends that don't leave you stuck underground all day.
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Catching a Thames Cruise at Canary Wharf in November
The river bus stops at Canary Wharf Pier. The RIBs wait for six people before they sail, and the roof garden shuts at 18:00 while the evening boats are still running.
London's Tower Bridge in October and whether £18 is worth it
The glass-floor walkway is what your £18 is really for. Get there before the coach groups, then walk down to the free lawn for the photograph.
Walking Bloomsbury, London's museum district
Free Egyptian galleries, a Hawksmoor steeple, Dickens's study and the pubs on Lamb's Conduit Street, walked in the order the opening hours allow.
Brixton, south London, from the market to the windmill
Start at Windrush Square, cut through the glass-roofed arcades, climb a working 1816 windmill and finish on the rooftop that opened in May 2026.
The City of London on foot, Ludgate Hill to the Tower
A free Roman temple, two free skyline platforms, a chophouse back after three years and the wall that still sets the street plan, walked in order.
Camden Town in London, from the lock to the last gig
Four market districts, five music rooms and the Regent's Canal towpath sit within a short walk of Hampstead Road Lock. The walk below has the 2026 prices, the booking rules and the drought restrictions that will change your timing.
Walking Westminster and St James's in London
A one-way route from the Abbey up Whitehall to Piccadilly, with the prices, opening days and booking windows that set the order you walk it.
Walking Greenwich, London from the ship to the Meridian
A riverside walk through Greenwich that starts under the Cutty Sark's copper hull and ends on longitude zero, with 2026 prices, trading days and the Observatory's winter closure.
Crown Jewels first at the Tower of London in October 2026
Your first hour belongs to the Jewel House, so allow three hours inside the walls. Adult entry online is £37.
Walking Soho's Historic Streets in London This October
Two hours through Soho's 1680s grid, the pubs that survived it and the music streets, with one indoor fallback for the short wet days of October 2026.
Dodging the Buckingham Palace Queues in London, October 2026
The State Rooms are shut for the year and the Guard parades only three mornings a week, but October is the quietest month at the gates, so you can plan a walk instead of a wait.
London's Brutalist Utopias on Foot
A walking route through the city's post-war concrete, from the Barbican highwalks to a lake in Thamesmead, with what each stop costs and when to turn up.
London's Buried Stations Are Still Down There
A below-ground tour of the Tube's abandoned stations, wartime shelters and sealed platforms — booked properly, in 2026, one small group at a time.
London's Mews: The Stable Lanes Behind the Grand Squares
A walking guide to the cobbled stable-lanes hidden behind London's grandest squares — the ones you can tour, ride, drink in, sleep inside, or simply walk and photograph.
London's Canal Life: The Regent's Canal from Little Venice to the Limehouse Basin
An 8.6-mile walk along London's Regent's Canal, from the houseboats of Little Venice through Camden Lock and King's Cross to the tidal basin at Limehouse — with honest notes on who each stop actually suits.
The Thames at night: a river cruise after dark
Nine honest ways to get on London's river once the lights come up, from a forty-minute bridge-lit sightseeing loop to a floating pub with no ticket at all.
Pie, Mash and Liquor: London's Most Stubborn Meal
A calm walking guide to London's surviving pie and mash shops — where to find the real thing, which suit groups, which suit two, and how to time it right.
The Best Free Things to Do in London
A calm, walkable 2026 guide to London's best free days — world-class museums, high-up views you only have to book in time, and a riverside stretch that costs nothing but shoe leather.
Where to Find London's Best Afternoon Tea
A calm, walkable guide to London's finest afternoon teas in 2026 — grand hotels, themed rooms and gentler alternatives, grouped by where you'll already be.
London's Best Hidden Gardens and Green Spaces
A walking guide to fourteen of London's quietest gardens — rooftop forests, a bombed-out nave gone wild, a walled physic garden and a corner of Kyoto — with the off-peak timing that keeps them yours.
The Best Sunday Roasts in London
A calm, well-timed walk through London's best Sunday roasts in 2026 — from Soho's fought-over tables to a Deptford rum-punch spread and a pub on the edge of Hampstead Heath — with honest booking, group and timing advice.
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