With many people working from home and few overseas tourists visiting due to the quarantine rules, London is quieter than it’s been for many years which has made exploring it by foot easier than ever.

A series of free self-guided walks are now available online to make exploring easy and fun. Besides visiting some of the more well-known sights, they include places which few tourists – or even people living in London – would ever get around to visit.

With traffic-free streets and a drop in pollution many people are taking the opportunity to explore London and discover its history, its many secrets and the hidden squares and passages on foot.

The walks were the idea of London history enthusiast Kevin Abbey. Having stepped down as head of a chain of travel agencies and discovering he had more time to spend on exploring London, he began making notes on places of interest. At first it was simply for his own personal use but after so many friends began to ask him for copies to take when they visited London, he decided to start putting the walks online.

“I’ve included a range of very different areas of London with two walks exploring the ‘Square Mile’, as the original City is known, whilst others include the popular tourist destinations of Westminster and St James, whilst others visit the not so well-known districts of Farringdon and Clerkenwell” said Kevin.

“A more recent and very popular walk takes in the East End, visiting the five major East End Markets” he added.

“However, for those who’d prefer to stay away from London’s streets there are three waterside walks. One is along the Regent’s Canal from Paddington to Camden, and two explore the River Thames from the Tower of London down to Canary Wharf.”

The twelve walks, which are completely free to either download or ‘read as you walk’ on a tablet or phone can be found at www.mylondonwalks.com