The Cloak and Dagger Tour in London
Description
Prepare yourself for this experience! You will be met at the entrance of the George Inn by a figure from history in full costume. They will guide you and your fellow travellers on a tour that will dive into the dark, disgusting and horrible side of London’s history. During the Tour not only will you be discovering the grim realities of the past, while being immersed in the reality of the history, as you encounter characters from the very times that you explore... Encountering the history face to face!! Location - The George Inn Yard, 77 Borough High St, London SE1 1NH Approx duration - 2 hours
Tour Options
Itinerary
Starting at the Beautifully hidden and historic George inn, we will begin by discovering where you are, how it began and what history has to hide about all the things we take for granted.
While coming on this historic site we will be exploring the area around to discover how the lives of ordinary people really was, how horrible it meant and what living so close to the river could mean.
While venturing through this wonderfully famous and eclectic market we will be exploring the history of what the market would really have been like going through the ages, and why you may want to pay more attention to where your standing and what's underneath!
We will be exploring the history of the area that surrounds the Cathedral and what mysteries it holds. What the Cathedral and its inhabitants did and how it's role in the community used to be very different in the past and how much it changed through time, be ready!
We will explore the area near by to discover many of the horrible realities of crime and more importantly and gruesomely entertaining reality of how that crime was dealt with and subsequently punished, as well as how far and wide spread was this problem and how bad did it really get...
Returning to the George Inn we will be learning about how it functioned and how it connected to all of the traumatising and horrific history you will have been discovering throughout the night. Just in time, to recover with a nice ale and regail the horror you have experienced!
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Not recommended for children aged 12 and under
Reviews(915)
We met Maggie at the entrance to The George, Southwark, before embarking on this very interesting and gory 2 hour walking tour! Maggie was joined by various characters throughout, and together they brought the gruesome history of this area to life. This is such a great way to learn about local history. We are from London, but we learned a lot, and had a great evening too. Huge well done to our guides for wearing costume and staying in character during one of the hottest evenings of the year!!
Met Olly at a really old interesting galleried pub for the tour, almost a private tour as just myself and son. Olly showed us around some really interesting sites in Southwark, explaining the dark and gory side of lawless London of the past. We learned lots of interesting and fun snippets. Olly and his 'helper' Ben were great, funny characters who really brought the tour to life, thank you both for a really interesting yet humorous tour. We thoroughly recommend this easy walking, hour and half tour, not so much for kids but adults will love it! Well worth the money.
The Cloak and Dagger Immersive History Tour offers a fun, gory, and sometimes disgusting theatrical take on the history of Southwark. Mary, our guide, was dressed in costume and stayed in character throughout the tour, bringing stories of guts, gore, and the lives of ordinary people to life, making the experience engaging and memorable. Mary was joined along the way by characters from the era who, along with her, had a wealth of historical knowledge and were able to answer all questions in great detail. Mary’s enthusiasm for the subject was evident, and I highly recommend this tour—especially if you enjoy history.
Ollie and mark were fantastic they kept us entertained thru the dark and winding streets of Southwark Ollie was a natural and made history exceptionally fun mark was a brilliant character and made us laugh thru out the evening well done to these guys worth every penny I would like to also add we had a disable never of our group and they accommodated this Without making it obvious that adaptions had been made a truly wonderful experience
4 of us went last night and please let Ollie, our host know he was awesome. He made the evening such fun, entertaining and informative. He was a fabulous host and his ‘side kick’ aka Mark/Harold etc was brilliant. We loved him too. Such a great evening and so highly recommended. We had to peel away to get our last train before going back to the pub. So had to wave farewell. So want to say now how good Ollie is and what a great evening we had on 25.4.26. Highly recommended tour. You will laugh and enjoy and be thoroughly entertained whilst learning lots about the Southwark area of London. Perfect!
Ollie gave us a fantastically entertaining evening on the tour. Definitely worth doing it if you get a chance and fancy learning some of the dark dank history of Southwark!
Maggie, our tour guide, was funny, knowledgeable, insightful and ready for any crazy or funny question we had. We had a really fun group - our family of four, a solo traveler, and four fun guys out on the town. Maggie gave us some gory insights along the way….and a lot of history. She was amazing through the entire tour! You can tell she loves history and sharing London tidbits with tourists! So worth it!
Stories of the sometimes the gross and gory of the past of Southwark. Instead of hearing about stories of the upper classes, we heard stories about the poor peasants As a history buff I thoroughly enjoyed this walking tour. Learned a few things on the way. A perfect combo of history and comedic jokes. Maggie, our tour guide was brilliant, her passion of telling the stories really brought them to life. You can tell she really knows the stories, and cared about them, instead of just telling them. We shared a few laughs, a few gross facts and a few surprises on the way. Highly recommend
A brilliant evening out, learning about the awful but fascinating history of Southwark and the London Bridge area. Mary our guide was a bundle of fun, bringing each story to life through her enthusiasm and knowledge. Regardless of the question (and we had a few), she had a thorough and well researched answer for it, her insight was really impressive, and showed how much she cared about the subject matter and her work. A really engrossing, enjoyable experience. Definitely recommended.
Great tour and a fantastic education. All with Fun.
