Free audio walk in London
The Old Days of London
- 47 min
- 2.5 km
- 8 stops
- Free
Starts at Inner Ward
About this walk
The Romans built a bridge here around 50 AD. It was the reason London exists at all.
This route starts at the Tower of London and takes you through nearly two thousand years of history. You'll walk past the remains of Roman walls, medieval churches that survived the Great Fire, and the streets where the first bankers set up shop. This is London before the empire, before the royals, before the tourists.
The route starts at the Tower of London and ends at St Paul's Cathedral.
The stops
Walk them in order; each story plays when you reach its pin.
- 1Stop 1
The Start
Long before London had a name, this city was already being built, burned down, and rebuilt again.
- 2Stop 2
Tower of London
For nearly a thousand years, this fortress has held crowns, secrets, and severed heads — sometimes all at once.
Read the story - 3Stop 3
The Great Fire of London
A single bakery fire burned for five days and erased most of one of the world's greatest cities almost overnight.
Read the story - 4Stop 4
London Stone
Tucked into the wall of a modern office building on Cannon Street, a small block of ancient limestone has outlasted Roman emperors, medieval rebellions, the Great Fire, and the Blitz.
Read the story - 5Stop 5
London Mithraeum & Londinium
Beneath one of London's most modern buildings lies a secret that's nearly two thousand years old.
Read the story - 6Stop 6
The Royal Exchange
The building in front of you was once the beating heart of global trade, and it was built by one man who refused to let London fall behind.
Read the story - 7Stop 7
The Bank of England
The building in front of you was born from a nearly bankrupt kingdom, a pirate-turned-financier, and a queen who had to talk a room full of skeptical men into changing history.
Read the story - 8Stop 8
The Guildhall
Beneath one of London's oldest civic buildings lies a secret that predates it by over a thousand years.
Read the story
Ready when you are
Walk The Old Days of London with ROODS.
8 stops through London, about 47 minutes. Open ROODS in your browser, walk to the first pin and the story plays.
- Stories on a map, with narrated audio
- Walk at your own pace, stop where you like
- Runs in your browser. An app is optional.
