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Bus Tours

Turn any London bus ride into a guided tour. Board the bus, put your headphones in, and every landmark gets narrated as you pass it.

14 routes live 60 narrations 45–60 min per ride
Routes

Pick a bus. We'll narrate the ride.

11
Chelsea to Westminster

King's Road, Sloane Square, Victoria Station, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, the London Eye, Waterloo. London's most scenic bus ride.

16 narrations · Live now
15
Blackwall to Charing Cross

Tower of London, Monument, St Paul's Cathedral, Fleet Street, Royal Courts of Justice, Trafalgar Square.

15 narrations · Live now
9
Aldwych to Hammersmith

Piccadilly Circus, Green Park, Harrods, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Palace, the Design Museum.

14 narrations · Live now
24
Pimlico to Hampstead Heath

Westminster, Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, Tottenham Court Road, Camden Town, Hampstead.

15 narrations · Live now
74
Putney to Baker Street

The Thames at Putney, Earl's Court, Natural History Museum, Harrods, Hyde Park Corner, Marble Arch, Marylebone, Sherlock Holmes.

13 narrations · Live now
148
Camberwell to White City

Elephant & Castle, the London Eye, Westminster Abbey, Hyde Park Corner, Marble Arch, Notting Hill, Holland Park.

15 narrations · Live now
188
Greenwich to Russell Square

Cutty Sark, Deptford, Bermondsey, the Old Vic, Waterloo Bridge, Aldwych, Drury Lane, the British Museum.

14 narrations · Live now
94
Acton Green to Piccadilly Circus

Shepherd's Bush, Notting Hill, Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Selfridges, Oxford Circus, Regent Street.

12 narrations · Live now
88
Parliament Hill to Clapham

Hampstead Heath, Camden, Regent's Park, Great Portland Street, Oxford Circus, Trafalgar Square, Westminster, Tate Britain.

14 narrations · Live now
23
Westbourne Park to Aldwych

Portobello Road, Paddington Station, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Green Park, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden.

12 narrations · Live now
22
Putney Common to Oxford Circus

Putney Bridge, Parsons Green, Chelsea, Sloane Square, Knightsbridge, Hyde Park Corner, Berkeley Square, Savile Row.

12 narrations · Live now
159
Streatham to Oxford Circus

Brixton, Kennington, Imperial War Museum, Westminster, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Regent Street.

12 narrations · Live now
139
Golders Green to Waterloo

West Hampstead, Lord's Cricket Ground, Baker Street, Selfridges, Oxford Circus, Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden, Somerset House.

13 narrations · Live now
16
Cricklewood to Paddington

Kilburn, Maida Vale, Little Venice, St John’s Wood, Abbey Road, Edgware Road, Paddington Station.

11 narrations · Live now
Highlights

Stories you'll hear from the top deck

The Clock That Stopped Parliament
Big Ben · Route 11

Big Ben's bell cracked in 1859, just two months after it started ringing. Rather than replace it, they rotated it a quarter turn and kept going. It's rung with that crack ever since.

The Cathedral That Took 35 Years
St Paul's · Route 15

Christopher Wren began St Paul's at 37 and finished at 78. He was hauled up in a basket to inspect the dome well into his seventies. His son placed the final stone.

London's Most Expensive Grocery Run
Harrods · Route 9

In 1917, Harrods sold a baby elephant to Ronald Reagan's godfather as a Christmas present. They used to have an exotic animal department on the second floor.

The Lost River Under Fleet Street
Fleet Street · Route 15

The River Fleet still flows beneath the street, emptying into the Thames at Blackfriars. In heavy rain you can hear it rushing through the storm drains. Once London's second river.

The Duke's Doorway Tax Dodge
Wellington Arch · Route 9

The Duke of Wellington lived at No. 1 London — literally the first address in the city. His house at Hyde Park Corner was so close to the arch that his servants used it as a shortcut.

Camden's Piano Man
Camden Town · Route 24

Before the market, Camden was where pianos were made. The Collard & Collard factory here built instruments for Chopin and Liszt. Now it's vintage leather jackets and street food.

The Address That Doesn't Exist
Baker Street · Route 74

221B Baker Street didn't exist when Conan Doyle wrote Sherlock Holmes — the street wasn't long enough. When it was extended, the Abbey National building at that address employed a secretary just to answer Holmes's fan mail.

The Elephant That Gave a Neighbourhood Its Name
Elephant & Castle · Route 148

Named after a coaching inn whose sign showed an elephant with a castle on its back — the crest of the Cutlers' Company, who traded in ivory. The elephant was real, the castle was heraldry.

The Ship That Raced the World
Greenwich · Route 188

The Cutty Sark was built to be the fastest tea clipper afloat. She once sailed from Sydney to London in 72 days. Now she sits in dry dock at Greenwich — the last of her kind.

How It Works

Board. Listen. Look out the window.

1
Open the tour

Tap a route and allow location access. The map shows the full bus route and every narration point along it.

2
Board the bus

Get on the bus and put your headphones in. GPS tracks the bus along the route. The app knows where you are.

3
Listen as you ride

When the bus reaches a landmark, the narration plays automatically. History, architecture, stories — all timed to what's outside your window.

What You Get

A tour guide that rides with you

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GPS-Triggered

Narrations play automatically as the bus passes each landmark. No buttons, no looking at your phone. Just ride and listen.

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Studio-Quality Voice

Premium narration that sounds like a documentary. Warm, knowledgeable, like sitting next to someone who really knows London.

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Fact-Checked Twice

Every narration is researched, generated by AI, and passed through a second fact-checking pass. Names, dates, details — all verified.

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Route on Map

See the full bus route drawn on the map with every stop and narration point. Track your progress in real time.

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Real Bus Routes

These are real TfL bus routes you can ride for the price of an Oyster tap. No special tour bus. No booking.

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Bonus Content

Stuck in traffic? Extra narrations fill the gaps with neighbourhood history and hidden stories about the streets around you.

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