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London: Jack The Ripper and Sherlock Holmes Bus Tour

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A 3-hour tour of haunted London, and travel back in time to the days of Jack the Ripper. Walk through an empty Smithfield Market, former site of public executions and head to the Sherlock Holmes pub!

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  • Live guiding
    English
  • Duration
    3 hours
  • Includes
    • Transport by bus
    • Guide
    • Walking tour of Smithfield Market
    • Food and drinks
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Highlights

  • Follow in the murderous footsteps of Jack the Ripper
  • See a collection of Sherlock Holmes memorabilia in the Sherlock Holmes Pub
  • Discover where the Elephant Man lived
  • Hear about the great men and women buried at Westminster Abbey
  • Enjoy transportation in a luxury air-conditioned coach

Description

Step aboard a luxury air-conditioned bus, and journey through the haunted streets of London after dark. Along the way, hear stories about the legends buried at Westminster Abbey, and see the banqueting house where Charles I was beheaded.
A guide will explain how the public executioner would often raise a severed head to the crowd to show it still twitching for several seconds after the brutal blows.

Continue to the Old Bailey, where numerous public hangings once took place. Pass the Royal London Hospital where the “Elephant Man” once lived. Be spooked by tales of Mrs. Lovett’s pie fillings, which she sold from her shop next to a butcherous barber.

Then, walk through a deserted Smithfield Market, looking for the William Wallace plaque where Braveheart was tortured. Learn about the 19th-century body snatchers that dug up local cemeteries “in the interests of science.”
Listen out for the scratching of the Cock Lane ghost, Fanny Lynes, and hear her story of sex, loan sharks, arsenic poisoning, and séances.

As the shadows lengthen, drive into London's East End, a hotbed of crime and vice in the 19th century. Relive the days of Jack the Ripper, when he came out of the fog and dimly lit alleys to stalk and butcher 5 victims.
Stroll the path of his death trail to the murder sites, deciphering the evidence of the still-unsolved crimes.

End in the warmth of the Sherlock Holmes Pub, where a wide collection of Holmes memorabilia is on display. The pub also serves an extensive menu of food, including a traditional fish and chip supper, which you can order from the bar.

Good to know before you go
  • This is a combination of coach/walking tour and will finish at the Sherlock Homes pub located near Trafalgar Square.
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  • Adults
    17-59 years
  • Seniors
    60-99 years
  • Students (with ID)
    18-27 years
  • Children
    12-16 years
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