After a year and a half break owing to the epidemic, the London Transport Museum will continue its unique in-person Hidden London tours of abandoned Tube stations and secret places around the Capital this October.
Excursions into the Tube network’s dark and mysterious depths will soon again be available, with excursions of the abandoned portions of renowned Piccadilly Circus and Charing Cross stations scheduled for October-November and November-December, respectively.
Visitors will tour abandoned tunnels, platforms, and elevator shafts rich in history that lie hidden only a stone’s throw away from ignorant current day commuters, accompanied by professional experts with a wealth of intriguing information and anecdotes to offer about these “lost” areas of the London Underground.
Tour Dates and Prices
Piccadilly Circus: The Heart of London — in-person tour
Dates between the 20th of October and the 14th of November, inclusive. Adult tickets are £41.50, while concession tickets are £36.50.
Charing Cross: Access All Areas – In-Person Tour
Between the 17th of November and the 19th of December. Adult tickets are £41.50; concession tickets are £36.50.
York Road virtual tour
Between the 19th of October and the 29th of November, there are a few dates available. Adult tickets are £20, while concession tickets are £17.50.
York Road, a unique Leslie Green-designed station on the Piccadilly line between King’s Cross St Pancras & Caledonian Road, had a brief existence from 1906 and 1932. The station, which was located in a somewhat impoverished neighbourhood of London at the time, never had much traffic and was finally closed. Since then, the station has been abandoned. With a never-before-seen film, this virtual tour highlights unusual surviving elements such as a tiled elevator lobby and signal cabin, as well as station changes.
Brompton Road virtual tour
Dates range from November 1 through December 14, inclusive. Adult tickets are £20, while concession tickets are £17.50.
Brompton Road station, on the Piccadilly line, was located between Knightsbridge and South Kensington stations and was closed in 1934 when the Piccadilly line was expanded. It was shut down, along with stations like Down Street and York Road, because they were underutilised, with some trains going past without stopping. Zoom in for a unique behind-the-scenes digital tour to learn about the station’s history as a WWII bunker and to see what it looks like now.
King William Street Virtual Tour
Dates range from November 1st and December 14, inclusive. Adult tickets are £20, while concession tickets are £17.50.
King William Street Tube station holds the distinction of being the first deep-level Tube station to close. King William Street, which was closed in 1900, was the original but short-lived northern terminal of the City and South London Railway (CSLR), the world’s first deep-level subterranean railway. See what the abandoned station looks like now and how it is being used during the Bank station extension project on this unique behind-the-scenes virtual tour.
Holborn Virtual Tour (Kingsway)
Between the 26th of October until the 6th of December. Adult tickets are £20, while concession tickets are £17.50
The London County Council (LCC) planned in 1898 to fully rebuild the Kingsway and Aldwych districts of London. This necessitated the construction of new public transportation to carry people to and from work, and the LCC responded by building a tram subway beneath Kingsway to enable interchange between South and North London trams. This tour examines how public transportation opened up previously inaccessible areas of London at the start of the twentieth century, as well as how these places adapted and altered when they were no longer necessary to perform their original purpose, often in unexpected ways.
Euston Station Virtual Tour
Between the 19th of October up to the 29th of November. Adult tickets are £20, while concession tickets are £17.50
In 1907, two distinct Underground stations opened at Euston, serving the lines that would eventually become the Northern line’s two branches. This virtual tour examines the ruins of these two historic institutions, which have been closed to the public for almost a century, and takes you to areas that the general public has never seen before. See the Hampstead tube’s tunnels, emergency stairs, and elevator shaft, as well as a final glimpse inside the famous Leslie Green station structure before it is dismantled. This is the definitive tour of Euston’s Underground, including new and never-before-seen film.
Aldwych virtual tour
Between the 26th of October until the 6th of December. Adult tickets are £20, while concession tickets are £17.50.
Aldwych station is a little-known remnant of London, steeped in legends and recollections of a bygone era. This exclusive virtual tour of one of the most popular Hidden London sites gives virtual visitors access to areas that aren’t accessible in person, such as the ladies toilets – which contain some fascinating original features that have long since vanished in modern Underground stations – and the upper ticket hall, which contains original ticket windows and telephone booths, some of which date back to the station’s inception.
Secrets of Central London Walking Tour
From the 22nd of October through the 19th of December, there are a few dates available. Adult tickets are £20, while concession tickets are £17.50.
