Colin del Strother
Regional Qualification(s):
London
Language(s):
English
Phone Number(s):
020-8948-1166, 07535-787745
Contact guide
Introduction:
My interests include spiritual and Christian heritage - martyrs, monasteries, church history, groups such as Methodists, Baptists and Quakers. Also the waterways, Docks and Docklands - past, present and future, Thames tributaries, underground rivers, canals, tunnels. I have done commentaries from river-boats and canal-boats and taken groups through Brunel's Thames tunnel. Also guided walks in many areas including the City, Southwark, Westminster, Pimlico, Thames (East London), Clerkenwell, Islington and the Embankment.
Personal Interests:
| Christian & Spiritual Heritage |
| Industrial Heritage- rivers, waterways, drainage |
| London Social & urban Development |
| City of Westminster Guide |
| Clerkenwell & Islington Guide |
Special Interests:
| Walking Tours | Areas : City, Southwark, Westminster, Clerkenwell, Islington, Pimlico, Regent's Park & Canal, docks and Docklands, the Embankment. Themes : Christian heritage, waterways, Dickens and Victorian slums. |
| Industrial Heritage | Particularly waterways - Regent's Canal, New River, River Fleet, London docks, Bazalgette and the sewers, water supply, public health, cholera. Also railway age, Brunel and the first tunnel under the Thames, Victorian engineering. |
| Religion | Christian heritage, saints, martyrs (Protestant and Catholic), medieval monasteries, reformers, Non-conformists, faith and plagues, faith and science, missionaries in the Victorian slums. |
| Science | Newton, Faraday, Darwin and others worked in London and changed the world. See where Halley observed a total eclipse in London 300 years ago. The Royal Society and the Royal Institution. Engineering from the Roman walls to Crossrail and the Shard. |
| Transport | Tours of London's Transport Museum. London Underground over 150 years, London's canals. The coming of the railways. Victorian road-building as a weapon against revolution. |
| Royalty | Her Majesty the Queen has now become the longest reigning monarch in British history and in April 2016 she should become the first British monarch to celebrate a 90th birthday. I can take you to places connected with her remarkable story including some off the major tourist trails. |
Endorsements:
2012 Venues, City of Westminster
Additional Qualifications:
MA London Studies (Birkbeck)
Driver Guide:
No
