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Rob Smith

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London tour guide and general walking enthusiast. Like sharing pictures of my travels and walks with Footprints of London

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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Here's a London walk to avoid Thursday's rain & the strike from @robssmith.bsky.social . Caledonian Rd is off the tourist trail but still has lots to see. Introduce yourself to a host of curiosities in a virtual tour around lesser known Islington. Book through footprintsoflondon.com
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Explore subterranean London with @robssmith.bsky.social this Monday to discover what lies beneath our feet in the City. To book this and many more great #London walks next week visit footprintsoflondon.com @stephensldn.bsky.social
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard wrote “Garden Cities of Tomorrow” – a bold vision of a new kind of living. 5 years later those ideas were put into practice in #Letchworth. Join @robssmith.bsky.social on a virtual tour tomorrow. Book this & more great London walks at footprintsoflondon.com
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Throughout March we're running our unique London-centric literary festival - a walking book club of in person and virtual tours. Join us at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social @capitalwalks.bsky.social @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social @stephensldn.bsky.social @walkingtalkinglon.bsky.social
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Laura Agustín @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
@londonist.com has listed a favourite walk, running next Friday. Scratching Out a Living has 2 guides: @robssmith.bsky.social for the Big 14century Picture and me for 6 characters I created to fill the gap in historical accounts. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scratching...
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Join @robssmith.bsky.social for a walk Friday morning looking at Brunel's engineering marvels in #Hanwell or later this afternoon uncover the wonders of #Woolwich dockyards Book at footprintsoflondon.com
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Laura Agustín @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The Medieval Female Proletariat is finally happening in the daylight on a weekday. Meet six 14C women working near the Thames: scullery maid, victualler, laundress, alewife, sex worker, huckster. Co-guide @robssmith.bsky.social @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to...
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Walking Tour - Scratching out a living: The Medieval Female Proletariat
How do we know how poor women lived in the Middle Ages when historians have ignored them? Walk the Thames and meet 6 medieval working women.
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Kent's coast is full of history. Join @robssmith.bsky.social for this evening's online talk to take a virtual journey from Dungeness to Sheerness via the White Cliffs of Dover. Book at footprintsoflondon.com
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Later this month @robssmith.bsky.social launches a fascinating new walk looking at the homes of British Prime Ministers. Join him on January 13th. Book through footprintsoflondon.com
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Christmas is constantly changing - before its Victorian reinvention, the Georgians turned it from a private affair to a more public celebration with a nostalgic interest in Old England. This week footprintsoflondon.com explores Christmas with @westminsterwalks.bsky.social & @robssmith.bsky.social
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
We continue our celebration of Diverse London with an in person and a virtual walk today. Book at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social
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Your guides to London Footprints of London is a London guided tours company with a difference; we're owned by our guides, all our guides are qualified and accredited and all our guided walks are resea...
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Mark #Halloween this Friday with a walk round Bloomsbury to hear the ghost stories that fascinated the Georgians, & later, a virtual tour of the scary things in the British Museum. Book at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Like these 17th century iron grave covers in the church at Wadhurst, East Sussex
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Explore #London with us. Walk the fantasy of classic English countryside come true in the city, how #Chingford became more than just a village + the City, Canary Wharf and more BOOK AT footprintsoflondon.com @westminsterwalks.bsky.social @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The fascinating history of breweries and booze in the #Borough & a look at how Islington has kept #London fed for the last 800 years -- Our 2 great walks tomorrow bookable at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
If you fancy a trip to the countryside but don't want to stay far from #London get inspiration from this virtual tour of #Herts with @robssmith.bsky.social this Thursday to see its historic towns & houses, ancient woodland, Roman remains & ruined castles. Book at footprintsoflondon.com
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Geese on the River Lea yesterday, part 6 of my walk along the river
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
On the Settle to Carlisle railway #ScenicRailView
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
On the Settle to Carlisle railway #ScenicRailView
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Frosty morning in December heading South on LNER #ScenicRailView
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Durham from the train #ScenicRailView
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
London Walks this week include a look at the Huguenots, London's airports, "disgraceful women", and the Roman city. Book at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Good to visit London Borough of Ealing yesterday, to get pictures for my forthcoming talk about the buildings of the Borough
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
For those fascinated in London history our walks this week examine political intrigue in #Mayfair , the development of #Knightsbridge ,the dissenters of Newington Green and more! Book at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Great walks this weekend take in Crime in the West End, Spying, and an exploration of the Essex Estuaries! Book at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social
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Laura Agustín @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Saturday's walk in Rochford and along the River Roach reveals the history of folks who didn't accept the still hierarchical C of E after the Dissolution. This was a 'hotbed of dissent' in a landscape of mud and stark fields. @robssmith.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/essex-estu...
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Essex Estuaries - Rochford: A Hotbed of Dissent
Saltmarshes, weatherboard houses, Nonconformist churches, Marian martyrs, a derelict mill and abundant seabirds along the River Roach.
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Tomorrow (Friday) afternoon footprintsoflondon.com has 2 walks: @robssmith.bsky.social heads to #Harpenden to explore the River Lea & Richard does another of his @Tripadvisor 5 Star walks in Crystal Palace. Join us! (click on the link above to book)
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The garden at Roehampton House
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Laura Agustín @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Excellent weather forecast for the Colne Valley this Saturday. Walk from once-industrial Hythe to once-shipbuilding Wivenhoe via now-quiet riverside, marsh and village. @robssmith.bsky.social @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to...
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Walking Tour - Essex Estuaries - The River Colne from Hythe to Wivenhoe
See the former port of Colchester, fishing-cum-commuter villages, woods, marshes, a flood barrier, gay history and The Essex Serpent
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
One of the many beautiful sets of tiles which you can see at the Jackfield Tile Museum
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Laura Agustín @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Small town, rich culture - Wivenhoe. Close to London. River and estuary, big skies. A good walk. @robssmith.bsky.social
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Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Sue is looking forward to leading the walk on Fanny Wilkinson’s Gren Lung for London on 7th June. londongardenstrust.org/whatson/lond...
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Guided Walks and Cycle Tours - London Parks & Gardens
Choose from a carefully curated programme of 31 guided walks and two cycle tours, presented by experienced, knowledgeable guides. Tickets cost £5 and you will need to first purchase a LOG2025 weekend ...
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Inside one of the bottle kilns at the Coalport China Museum
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
A highlight of this weekend's #London walks is @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social 's exploration of slavery & abolition around #Holborn. @robssmith.bsky.social walks along the River Lea, we discover #Walthamstow with @westminsterwalks.bsky.social plus Van Gogh! Book at footprintsoflondon.com
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
It's going to be a lovely sunny weekend in London so why not join us on one of our walks. We'll be exploring Soho, Walthamstow, Putney & Canvey Island. Book through footprintsoflondon.com @westminsterwalks.bsky.social @robssmith.bsky.social #london
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Bit I did for ITV London www.itv.com/watch/news/i...
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Some of the beautiful buildings of Newark on Trent. The market square feeling very European in the sunshine
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Filming with Sally Williams of ITV News today. Will be a short piece about Blackwall for the 6.30 news
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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 15/03/2025
Beautiful light on the great walking tour on the industrial history of the Lower Lea led by @robssmith.bsky.social
Ornate but rusted abandoned gasholder with bright blue sky
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I'm doing a walk along the Greenwich Meridian today. Here I'm on the Meridian Line near Humberston
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Our Literary Festival continues this week with great London walks round #Westminster & the City with @robssmith.bsky.social Book through footprintsoflondon.com #londonwalks #guidedwalks
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Thank you for our latest great reviews on Tripadvisor. This week's walks inc #Kensington, #Bloomsbury and even a virtual tour along the Northumberland coast!!! Book at footprintsoflondon.com @capitalwalks.bsky.social @robssmith.bsky.social Show more
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
This week join @robssmith.bsky.social to explore the docks and shipyards of the Thames as well as the history of #westham .Meanwhile Marylin Green looks at the lasting impact of the Blitz on the City of London. Bookable through footprintsoflondon.com
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
View from London Bridge on Sunday
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Winter sky with the Duke of York Monument
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
We have a selection of virtual and in-person walks at footprintsoflondon.com this week so you can explore #London whatever the weather from the Thames Estuary to #Southwark @robssmith.bsky.social @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
This weekend, join us to explore the London of the real #PeakyBlinders , working class women of the Middle Ages, and a virtual tour of the Isle of Wight. Book through footprintsoflondon.com @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social @robssmith.bsky.social
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Hawker Siddeley Hunter on gate guard at RAF Henlow
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footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Join us at footprintsoflondon.com where we have Christmas themed walks as well as a trip down Gin Lane and a look at the real London of Wolf Hall @westminsterwalks.bsky.social @robssmith.bsky.social @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social all this weekend!
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Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Hadrian's Wall at Steel Rigg
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