1 Stop 1 of 9 on How London Was Built

Introduction

Embankment, London

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"You're standing beside the Thames on land that didn't exist until the eighteen sixties. Under your feet, stacked together, are a road, a railway, and one of the Victorian sewers still carrying away everything eight million people flush. It has never once had the day off. This tour is about the people who built the city you can't see."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.

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Victoria Embankment & the Great Stink
How London Was Built

How London Was Built

9 stops · 50 min

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Tour Stops

Follow the full How London Was Built route.

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 Victoria Embankment & the Great Stink
  3. 3 Cleopatra's Needle
  4. 4 The Underground — the First Subway on Earth
  5. 5 The Buried River Fleet
  6. 6 The Millennium Bridge
  7. 7 The Monument
  8. 8 Tower Bridge
  9. 9 The Reveal

Hear the full story at Introduction

This is just one of 9 stops on the How London Was Built tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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