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Sherlock Holmes Walking Tour
London

Follow Holmes and Watson through the gaslit streets, gentlemen's clubs, and smoky restaurants of Victorian London.

7 stops · 5.2 km

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Every Stop Has a Story

Sherlock Holmes' House

A fictional address that didn't exist when Conan Doyle wrote it, later home to a company that hired someone full-time just to answer Sherlock's fan mail.

The King of Bohemia's Hotel

Europe's first 'Grand Hotel,' and the first in the world to give every room its own bathroom, hot water, and air conditioning.

Watson First Learns about Holmes

The bar where, according to Conan Doyle, Dr. Watson first heard the name Sherlock Holmes.

Mylcroft Holmes' Club

The real Pall Mall club believed to have inspired the Diogenes Club, the fictional home of London's 'queerest' clubman, Mycroft Holmes.

Holmes' Favourite Restaurant

Holmes's favourite restaurant, famous for wheeling roast meats to tables in total silence so as not to disturb the chess players.

Mary Morstan's Meeting

The theatre pillars where Mary Morstan waited for her mysterious rendezvous, still standing since Conan Doyle's day.

Watson and Holmes Meet

The oldest hospital in England still on its original site, where Holmes and Watson first meet in A Study in Scarlet.

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