Enjoy a 2-hour walking tour of London as you take in sites featured in the Sherlock Holmes series. Visit locations that inspired Arthur Conan Doyle and make appearances in the books, television and film. See where the latest screen adaptation was filmed.

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Duration 2 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
Live tour guide: English

Highlights

See where John Watson first hears of Sherlock Holmes
Visit TV and movie locations featured in the recent BBC TV production
Find existing locations from the Conan Doyle books

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Grab your deerstalker and take a Sherlock Holmes Tour of London. Explore places featured in the books, real sites that inspired Arthur Conan Doyle and locations featured in film and TV adaptations of the detective's great adventures. The tour starts at the very place where Holmes and Watson first meet and continues to gentlemen’s clubs and grand hotels featured in some of the novels and short stories. Discover the London that inspired the author of the books, Arthur Conan Doyle. Visit many of the film and TV locations that have been featured in famous screen adaptations with Jeremy Brett, Benedict Cumberbatch and Robert Downey Jr. Along the way you will have plenty of opportunities to take pictures and see the locations up-close. This Sherlock Holmes walk is a must for real fans of Holmes and Watson!

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Live tour guide

Covid-19 precautions

You must book this activity online because the ticket office is closed

Safety measures in place

The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds

Traveler requirements

You are required to bring and wear a mask

Meeting point

Outside Granaio restaurant at Piccadilly Circus (Address of restaurant: 224 Piccadilly, London, Greater London W1J 9HP)

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Important information

Not allowed

Baby carriages

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This tour is unsuitable for prams or wheelchairs.

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4.7 /5

based on 427 reviews

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Guide
4.9/5
Value for money
4.7/5
Service
4.8/5
Organization
4.7/5

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Fantastic tour, very enjoyable. Lots of interesting content and facts. Our guide Steph was amazing! I would highly recommend booking and we will definitely look to book other tours through the same sight. As a sherlock fan, my partner thoroughly enjoyed it, and as someone who has never seen or read any sherlock stories, I still found it a great tour.

February 20, 2020

Great, fun and interesting

Great tour. We went to see new places of London and the sites having a links to the Holmes story and movies. Also a nice walk through town. We passed the SH pub as part of the tour and after the guided tour we went back for lunch. Beware that the tour does not take one to the SH museum, which we though visited later same day. Alex was a super guide. Highly recommended if you're keen on SH.

May 4, 2019

Alex - our guide was simply wonderful. Really knowledgeable about Sherlock and Sir ACD. He made his talks fun and entertaining - giving us both facts and anecdotes about the characters and various production’s processes. Highly recommend it! P.S. It would have been great to know upfront not only where the starting point is, but also where we will end the walk - so as to be able to plan next steps (like lunch location).

April 6, 2019

London Sherlock Holmes 2-Hour Walking Tour

London Sherlock Holmes 2-Hour Walking Tour

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