Greater London Trip Overview
This private walking tour will transport you back to the dark and chilling world of the Whitechapel Murders in East London. Follow in the footsteps of the notorious and never identified Jack the Ripper.
During the autumn of 1888, Jack the Ripper murdered, at least, five women with several other horrendous killings before and afterwards that may or may not have been carried out at the hands of the man voted The Worst Briton of All Time.
Explore the old streets of Whitechapel on this private 2.5 hour day-time tour (so you can actually see everything properly) and learn what life was like for the people who lived here.
We’ve had everyone from school-children to corporate bankers on this tour as well those who just want to see a different side of London. With the seal of approval of homicide detectives from New York, London, Melbourne and many other places and even enjoyed by some of the team behind the BBC show ‘Ripper Street’.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Greater London, United Kingdom
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Greater London, England, United Kingdom
This private walking tour will transport you back to the dark and chilling world of the Whitechapel Murders in East London. Follow in the footsteps of the notorious and never identified Jack the Ripper.
During the autumn of 1888, Jack the Ripper murdered, at least, five women with several other horrendous killings before and afterwards that may or may not have been carried out at the hands of the man voted The Worst Briton of All Time.
Explore the old streets of Whitechapel on this private 2.5 hour day-time tour (so you can actually see everything properly) and learn what life was like for the people who lived here.
We’ve had everyone from school-children to corporate bankers on this tour as well those who just want to see a different side of London. With the seal of approval of homicide detectives from New York, London, Melbourne and many other places and even enjoyed by some of the team behind the BBC show ‘Ripper Street’.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: East End, London England
We will explore the streets of Whitechapel, Spitalfields and Aldgate and follow in the footsteps of Jack The Ripper as we visit the locations of his murders and those strongly linked with him.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Stop At: Durward Street, Durward St, London E1, UK
Open for the first time in almost a decade, we will visit Durward Street and the murder location of Mary Ann Nichols
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1FR, UK
Where the first victim in the Whitechapel Murders died and where an investigation into a body part revealed terrible findings. Nearby we will see where the inquests into several of the murders took place. The Elephant Man also lived here during these years and 80 years later the streets were the home to the legendary gangsters, The Krays.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Henriques Street, Henriques St, London E1, UK
This still atmospheric street was the site where Elizabeth Stride met her end, the first in the infamous Double-Event night of murders.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Whitechapel Bell Foundry, 32-34 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1EW England
As well as visiting this icon of the East-End, nearby we will visit the two locations where a chief suspect for Jack The Ripper lived.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Gunthorpe Street, Gunthorpe St, London E1, UK
We will follow in the footsteps of Martha Tabram down this eerie cobbled lane. Sadly Martha never made it to the end of the street, hopefully we will & round the corner we will see where Emma Smith was fatally attacked,
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Frying Pan, 13 Brick Ln, London E1 6PU, UK
A key spot in last night of Mary Anne Nichols
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: The White Hart, 89 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7RA England
This is where the tour begins and one of the pubs closely associated with Jack The Ripper
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Brick Lane Police Station 25 Brick Lane, London E1 6PU England
We will pass down the famous Brick Lane, once in the very heart of Jack The Ripper territory. Then as now with a bustling immigrant community,
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: 29 Hanbury St, London E1 6QR, UK
The site of the murder of poor Annie Chapman and nearby we will learn of two more deaths that Jack The Ripper was indirectly responsible for.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Ten Bells, 84 Commercial St, London E1 6LY, UK
One of the pubs most closely linked with Jack and his victims.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Dorset Street, Dorset St, London, UK
The street itself isn’t exactly here any more but we will visit the site of the murder of Mary Kelly and learn of its greater importance both in the Jack The Ripper killings and its wider legacy for police around the world.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Brick Lane Mosque, 59 Brick Ln, London E1 6QL, UK
Now a mouse but in 1888, Brick Lane Synagogue. One of many in the area then for the growing Jewish community of the East-End.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Christ Church Spitalfields, Commercial St, London E1 6LY, UK
See the church that played a pivotal role in the lives of the people in 19th Century Whitechapel and learn of the terrible poverty that was all around.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Old Spitalfields Market, 16 Horner Square, London E1 6EW England
We will pass through the very same market that was here in 1888 and right in the middle of some of the murder locations we will visit.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Petticoat Lane Market, Middlesex Street, London E1 7JF England
This famous old East-End Street was said to be the place where James Maybrick stayed in the infamous Diary of Jack The Ripper.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Goulston Street Food Court, Sabarella Ltd, 40 New Goulston St, London E1 7TP, UK
We will visit the spot of the only real evidence left by Jack The Ripper on the night of the Double-Event murders
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor, Brune Street, London England
Whitechapel was a very Jewish area and we will visit the first Jewish soup kitchen.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Mitre Square Garden, Mitre Square, London EC3A 5DH, UK
We will finish off just round the corner from our oldest Synagogue in Mitre Square, the only place where you can be certain you are standing exactly where Jack stood when he murdered
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Aldgate Pump, 65-68 Leadenhall St, London EC3A 2AD, UK
As if Jack The Ripper wasn’t bad enough for the locals, if your legs don’t mind a small diversion, we will also famous the Aldgate Pump of Death!
Duration: 5 minutes
