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Marylebone’s Garden Squares: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

By VoiceMap Audio Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is €9 per adult
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Overview

Marylebone is defined by its spectacular garden squares, each with its own character and history.

On this self-guided audio tour of the elegant London district, you’ll explore the graceful Georgian and Regency architecture that frames these green havens. You’ll also hear fascinating stories about the aristocrats and artists who’ve called these squares home over the centuries.

The tour starts at the Victorian-era Coach Makers’ Arms Pub on Marylebone Lane. You’ll stroll through Manchester Square with its grand mansions, and into Portman Square with its generous gardens.

Along the way, you’ll learn how these squares were developed as speculative ventures by wealthy landowners like William Portman, transforming what was once a rural village into one of London’s most desirable residential areas.

You’ll come across embassies, historic churches, and the iconic locations where cultural giants once lived. The tour ends at Marylebone Railway Station.

Activity location

  • The Coach Makers Arms Pub Marylebone
    • 88 Marylebone Lane
    • W1U 2PZ, London, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • The Coach Makers Arms Pub Marylebone
    • 88 Marylebone Lane
    • W1U 2PZ, London, England, United Kingdom

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Marylebone’s Garden Squares: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in English
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • Opening hours: Fri 00:00-23:59
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
€8.60 x 1 Adult€8.60

Total
Price is €8.60

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • What's includedWhat's included
    App for Android and iOS
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Smartphone and headphones
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food and drink
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Transport

Know before you book

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

The Coach Makers Arms Pub Marylebone (Pass by)
This self-guided audio tour starts at the Victorian-era Coach Makers’ Arms Pub on Marylebone Lane.
Hinde Street Methodist Church (Pass by)
On this walking tour, you'll pass by and hear about Hinde Street Methodist Church
Manchester Square (Pass by)
You’ll stroll through Manchester Square with its grand mansions, and into Portman Square with its generous gardens.
Blue Plaque: Sir Julius Benedict (Pass by)
On this walking tour, you'll pass by and hear about Blue Plaque: Sir Julius Benedict
John Hughlings Jackson Blue Plaque (Pass by)
On this walking tour, you'll pass by and hear about John Hughlings Jackson Blue Plaque
Portman Square Garden (Pass by)
You’ll stroll through Manchester Square with its grand mansions, and into Portman Square with its generous gardens. Along the way, you’ll learn how these squares were developed as speculative ventures by wealthy landowners like William Portman, transforming what was once a rural village into one of London’s most desirable residential areas.
Montagu Square (Pass by)
Learn how Montagu Square attracted famous residents, including author Anthony Trollope, poet Ted Hughes, and The Beatles
Blue Plaque: John Lennon (Pass by)
You’ll come across embassies, historic churches, and the iconic locations where cultural giants once lived – from W. Somerset Maugham’s townhouse to the basement flat where John Lennon and Yoko Ono created their controversial album cover.
Embassy of Sweden (Pass by)
Examine the contrasting architectural styles of the Swedish and Swiss embassies
William Pitt Byrne memorial fountain (Pass by)
Explore Portman Square’s elegant Georgian architecture and discover the 1887 Hamilton Memorial Drinking Fountain
Bryanston Square (Pass by)
Discover Bryanston Court, where Wallis Simpson conducted her scandalous affair with the future Edward VIII
St Mary's Church, Bryanston Square (Pass by)
Appreciate the magnificent vista of St. Mary’s Church from Wyndham Place
Thornbury Castle Hotel & Restaurant (Pass by)
On this walking tour, you'll pass by and hear about Thornbury Castle Hotel & Restaurant
The Landmark London (Pass by)
On this walking tour, you'll pass by and hear about The Landmark London
Marylebone Railway Station (Pass by)
he tour ends at Marylebone Railway Station, the newest of London’s major terminals. There, you can admire the elegant Edwardian architecture that once welcomed travellers directly into the grand Landmark London Hotel, with its stunning stained glass window and grand marble staircase.

Location

Activity location

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    The Coach Makers Arms Pub Marylebone
    • 88 Marylebone Lane
    • W1U 2PZ, London, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    The Coach Makers Arms Pub Marylebone
    • 88 Marylebone Lane
    • W1U 2PZ, London, England, United Kingdom

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