New summer packages available for two Hidden London tours

We are launching two afternoon and evening tour packages for our award-winning Hidden London tours of Down Street and Charing Cross, which will run all summer.

Our summer experience packages will include a ticket to a Hidden London tour of either disused station Down Street or Charing Cross’s secret Jubilee line platforms and corridors; and a cocktail and nibbles at the Flemings Mayfair or a classic Afternoon Tea at The Clermont.

Our Hidden London tours are exclusive guided tours that give ticketholders a chance to step into secret locations on London Underground’s network where the city’s history actually took place. They are the only ones in the city that grant guests access to locations which are usually off limits to the public.

The tours are written by our own historical experts based on content drawn from our extensive archive and collection, making them a unique chance to learn more about the history of the city. They were named ‘Best Hidden Gem in the World’ at the Tiqets’ Remarkable Venue Awards 2022 by public vote.

The full details of the packages we’ll offer this summer are:

Down Street and Luxury Cocktail & Nibbles at The Flemings Hotel

Explore disused underground station Down Street, one of London’s most intriguing spaces, hidden between the Piccadilly line tracks in Mayfair. It had a short life as a working station from 1907 to 1932, before becoming the Railway Executive Committee’s top-secret headquarters in the Second World War.

This guided tour will take you down a warren of tunnels that lay hidden in plain sight, mere feet away from passing trains. You’ll hear declassified war secrets and intrigues, how the railways were kept running during the war, and the stories of those who lived and worked there – including Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who secretly took refuge there at the height of the Blitz.

Once the tour finishes, you’ll be directed to Manetta’s Bar at nearby hotel Flemings Mayfair, a cosy, glamorous space full of secluded corners and 1930s flair where spies were once rumoured to meet.

There you will enjoy ‘Darkest Hour,’ a Churchill-themed cocktail designed specifically for the occasion and exclusively available to Hidden London guests, accompanied by tasty nibbles.

Charing Cross & Classic Afternoon Tea at The Clermont

Explore secret areas of Charing Cross station that are not normally accessible to the public, but that you may recognise from many famous movies and TV productions including Skyfall (2012), Paddington Bear (2013), and TV’s Killing Eve (2019) and A Spy Among Friends (2022).

This exclusive tour will take you to disused parts of the station – some even located right under Trafalgar Square- to tread the Jubilee line platforms and corridor that have been closed to the public since 1999 but have been used for filming ever since.

After the tour, you will be directed to beautiful The Clermont, one of London’s greatest railway hotels, to enjoy a quintessentially British afternoon tea complete with scones, finger sandwiches and homemade treats.

Built on top of Charing Cross station by the Charing Cross Railway Company in 1865, the hotel’s late Victorian charm will take you back in time to the golden era of travel, offering the perfect round up to your historical tour - complete with views of the busy Strand and Trafalgar Square below.

Learn more and book now on our Hidden London page