Britain on the Cheap

The Blue Badge Guides have added another Olympic Afternoon Walk to their schedule for 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Friday from the Bromley-by-Bow underground station on the District/Hammersmith and City lines. The guides will discuss past gems of London’s industrial past, why East London was chosen to host, and the latest on the athletes and [...]

London is the only city to host the modern Games three times, and Blue Badge Guides are leading all-day tours of the Walk for Gold – London’s Olympic Heritage Feb. 18 and April 10. You’ll visit all three London Olympic sites on foot and by tube in zones 1-4. The tours begins 9.30 a.m. outside [...]

If you haven’t make it to the Houses of Parliament for a guided tour, you now have another 14 days, Aug. 31-Sept. 4 and Sept. 20-30. The 75-minute Blue Badge guided tours, which run throughout the day, describe the blend of history and politics that lies within one of the most instantly recognizable buildings in [...]