A Walk with the Lord Mayor in Pimlico

A 90 minute walk discovering famous people who have lived in Pimlico as well as considering the various architectural styles of the buildings. This circular walk uncovers an award-winning housing estate, 3 churches of contrasting design, garden squares, broad avenues, Italianate terraces, the vision of Thomas Cubitt, who we will also meet.

The Westminster Guides are the official guides of the City of Westminster. Our Association, also known as CWGLA, was established in 2007 and prides itself on quality assured training and support for our guides. You can recognise us by our distinctive yellow/blue badge bearing the City of Westminster's coat of arms.

This year the Lord Mayor of Westminster will be supporting 2 charities, the proceeds of the 2025 - 26 walks programme will be donated to these charities.

Hotel School - is a London-based charity founded in 2017 by Jeremy Goring, CEO of The Goring Hotel, and Mick Clarke, CEO of The Passage, London's largest voluntary sector homeless resource centre, investing in people who have experienced homelessness and other disadvantages to equip them with hands on experience within the hospitality industry, since its inception the programme has achieved a 70% success rate of graduates securing employment within the hospitality sector.

The Avenues Youth Project - a best-in-class youth centre who believe every child from 8 - 18 should have the opportunity to realise their potential, whatever their life circumstances, having built a safe-space youth centre in 1979 is now seeing 1,000 young people benefitting from their programmes each years.