Charlton Athletic Football Club Stadium Tour
A look behind the scenes at Charlton Athletic Football Club. Visit the Home and Away dressing rooms, see where the match officials reside on a matchday, soak in the history of the club, follow in the footsteps of your favourite players when you walk down the tunnel to the hallowed turf. Look inside the referee’s changing area, sit it in the Addick’s dugout for a special photo opportunity, visit the Directors’ Box, peek inside the historic boardroom, plus much more. Tours are £25 per person.
Charlton Athletic Football Club, The Valley, Floyd Road, Charlton, SE7 8BL, 03330 14 44 44, booking.cafc.co.uk

Dotmaker Tours
One of their guided walks (avaiable to groups) covers an alternative perspective on Greenwich. By tracking down marvellous and bizarre stone, metal and historic creatures, stories and ideas from architecture through to zoology are uncovered.
Dotmaker Tours, 07985 464314, dotmakertours.co.uk

Free tours by foot – Greenwich
A two-hour tour (currently only available as a private tour) walking the gentle green hills of Greenwich Park and straddling the eastern and western hemispheres on the Meridian Line, learning about British maritime and Tutor history all while enjoying breathtaking views of London. Also available is a self-guided Greenwich walking tour.
Free tours by foot, 020 3287 0675; freetoursbyfoot.com

Greenwich Royal Tours
Offering private tours starting at £145 per person for a couple with seniors’ discount available. They include a Greenwich highlights half day tour, Greenwich food tour, fan-making craft tour and more.
Greenwich Royal Tours, 07546 118428, greenwichroyaltours.com

Guided walks by the Greenwich Tour Guide Association
Discover Greenwich with qualified loal tour guides, members of the Greenwich Tour Guides Association. Daily, group, museum, private, bespoke and special tours available.
The regular Greenwich Highlights Tours (Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat 12.30pm, adults £14, under 13s free) always start from the canon outside the Visitor Centre at the Old Royal Naval College, 2 Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich, SE10 9LW. This walk will introduce you to the historic tea clipper the Cutty Sark, the baroque masterpiece of the Old Royal Naval College, the Queen’s House representing the former Royal Palace at Greenwich, the unique National Maritime Museum, the glorious Royal Park and Royal Observatory and its crucial role in the discovery of longitude and the Greenwich zero degree Meridian.
Greenwich Tour Guides Association, greenwichtours.co.uk

Literatours
Literatours offers literary walking tours of Southwark, where there is an important historical spot around almost every corner. Their guides live and work in the area and are all writers and artists who are passionate about the literary history of London and keen to share that. They are also performers and give a literary flourish to tours, with readings and excerpts from the works of the great interspersed with historical story-telling. They currently run a classic tour of the literary history of Southwark three times a day, 10-11am (£10), 11.30am-1pm (£20), 2-3.30pm (£20). The tour is a gentle ramble around Southwark that takes in the haunts of Shakespeare, Dickens, Keats and Chaucer, with references to Zadie Smith, Oscar Wilde and others. They start outside the George Tavern on Borough High Street and end beside Shakespeare’s Globe by the River Thames.
Literatours, literatourslondon.com

Thames River Sightseeing Cruises
This family-owned company with 50+ years of experience offers Westminster to Greenwich riverboat cruises on vessels featuring open-air upper decks, enclosed lower decks and licensed bars. Enjoy panoramic views of London landmarks like St. Paul’s Cathedral, The Shard, and the Houses of Parliament, with live commentary and a multilingual app providing informative and entertaining tours.
Thames River Sightseeing, thamesriversightseeing.com

Woolwich Works guided tours
Woolwich Works’ architectural award-winning Grade II and II* listed heritage buildings date back over 300 years and have some amazing stories to tell. You will be led around a variety of historic spaces and hear stories from the building’s past like London’s first fireworks displays, visits from Kings and Queens, Suffragette protests and more. The tour also shows how the building has been restored and how it’s used today. The tour is free and lasts approximately 45 minutes. Meeting Point: Visitors’ Book Café, Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, No.1 Street, London, SE18 6HD
Woolwich Works, woolwich.works