Historian Dan Snow cycles across London, exploring some of the city’s most iconic sites, from grand medieval landmarks to Victorian masterpieces.
His challenge: find one building from each century, all in a single ride!
Watch this London historical tour of top sites to learn more about British History and one of the greatest cities on earth, for tourists and locals alike.
You can see Dan’s tour on Google Maps here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/aed8EvHyvxe1jqqm9
Be careful when riding a bike around London. Do not drink and bike.
01:00 Big Ben & Westminster
01:42 Westminster Hall
02:55 Victoria Tower, House of Lords
03:28 The Jewel Tower
04:30 Westminster Abbey
07:06 Downing Street
09:20 Trafalgar Square
10:20 St Martin’s In The Field
13:01 Savoy Palace
13:25 Temple Church
16:30 The Seven Stars (Pub)
18:30 The Golden Boy, Cock Lane
19:31 The Gate House
20:46 Cloth Lane
21:54 St Pauls
23:21 Central Hall
25:30 St Michael’s Cornhill
26:03 Leadenhall Market
27:00 The Monument
29:00 The Tower of London
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48 Comments
That was awesome!
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22:26 disgusting we destroyed Roman architecture to build crap and in comparison it is crap. Love to know the barbarian which did it so we can denounce and shame them
Awful background music
This was exactly what I needed, thanks!
Mr Snow, this was brilliantly done even if fleeting! Always passionate, always enlightening. Much appreciated 😊
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When I last visited London, I often would bike around if I didn’t want to catch the tube (great system, but I avoided it at peak hour) or it was a nice day. The British are much nicer to cyclists compared to my home country. I never had any issues.
One of the best videos I have seen of London. Sending it to friends and family to make them try to understand why I love London so much ❤️
Nice little snap-shot.
Really appreciate the insights in this video.
Outstanding tour. Brings back so many memories.
The jewel tower has a great cafe!!!❤❤
I enjoy your work Dan..Just as much as your father's news back in the days.
I watched several documentaries by Dan Snow and than I googled him and learned that his father was Peter Smow and that he is married to ome of the Grosvenor….. of course that he has this great job… that's how our society works… it would be ridiculous to give the job of a presenter to an ordinary guy… 😂
Amazing
Amazing video, great job 👏🏻
I would love a new episode in another city
I visited London for the first time in April 2023 and had a very typical American awakening/culture shock. I knew it was old but some of the buildings I couldn’t wrap my mind around just how old and how long they had been there
More more more! This was great!
This is so fun!❤
loved this!
This is an actually brilliant format for explaining history! Thank you, Dan for this great video! Also if you don't mind answering, what are the musics used in the video?
better history outside of London
Love the city of londen, its bin a while since my last visit ,but this ride i definitely going to do next time 👍🏻
0:25 COCK LANE 😅
Truly great bike tour! I'll def have to do this next time I'm in town.
FABULOUS!
Beautiful city. I need to get back soon.
superb as ever best city in the world indeed <3
They could nuke it and I wouldn't miss a wink of sleep.
Vile putrid city.
This was a great video! I really enjoyed the bike tour format of it!
Excellent, proud to say first hand I know every location. I have visited at least twice this year.
Dan please can you tell us the camera you use it the harness and the complet kit asking for a friend
I think this kit is perfect for me riding my smart wheelchair at 4miles speed
Absolutely brilliant, Dan. What a great way of conveying the centuries of history in our great capital.
Fascinating!
Song: Monarch by Laura Platt
Superb film
History and cycling, my two favorite things! Please come to the Netherlands to do this, it's made for this format (and maybe bring Simon Schama along lol)
But Don't Drink & Bike, then you're not invited to "Critical Mass"🎉😂
Great tour and very informative. I really enjoyed the sights and your narration. Will you please turn off the music. I enjoy ambient sounds. You're riding a bike through central London and you're blasting music into every single quiet moment. I want to hear Picadilly and Downing Street. Why Youtubers all of a sudden got it in their heads that they had to fill every moment of silence with music is beyond me.
Amazing! Gotta check the spots!
It seems London just cleared the way for Dan, no harried traffic at all… And, thanks to Dan for staying in the street while transitting, an 'Amurkan' would ride the sidewalks illegally… Oops, spoke too soon, don't you have to tell that lorry your are cutting across him to get into that Knight's Templar street? Yeah! Leadenhall, where Vince and Andy filmed "Love to Hate You". Well Done, Lad, Well done!
Very British, riding your upright bike. Good on you Dan. Keep pedaling your historic wares!
Have you pedaled through USA historical cities?
super cool video, keep it up
Didn't mention Larry smh 🙁
London's history is unconcievable for me. I live in Brazil and our history kinda started in 1500 A.D., since we were colonized by Portugal. It's really rare to find buildings and/or artifacts from those earlier centuries here, so what ends up being "old" for me is 19th century haha! London is a whoooole other deal, buildings built more than 500 years before our history even started. I really want to travel to europe for a WW1 Western Front tour, but I'll surely stop by London 🙂
That was amazing. Thanks
Fantastic 👍