Dotmaker Tours
Dotmaker Tours
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City ToursCultural ToursHistorical & Heritage ToursWalking ToursPrivate Tours
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Monday
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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About
Dotmaker Tours lead London walks to change your perspective. The walks are available on scheduled dates, and at other times to private groups. Each guided walk covers a different part of London, including the West End, the City, the area to the south of Canary Wharf and Greenwich. They are based on unusual themes such as power, waste, sound and slowness. We consider how those themes relate to the area - past, present and future. The walks are designed to trigger conversation, and give an immersive experience. For example, you might find yourself awed by judges in the Royal Courts of Justice, revelling in reflected sounds from St Paul's Cathedral bells or marvelling at methods of transforming the capital's dust. The walks are led by life-long Londoner, Rosie Oliver. Rosie has a background as an environmental lawyer. These days she divides her time between leading London walks and producing spoken audio features and podcasts.
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Rachel P
1 contribution
Nov 2022
Thank you so much Rosie for a fascinating tour - The London Ear. What an interesting perspective on the city of London, using lot
Written 15 November 2022
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Thanks Rachel! It was a pleasure having you along. (Btw I think some of what you meant to write might have been lost…)
Written 17 November 2022
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Amber S
London, UK1 contribution
Jul 2022 • Family
The sounds of london tour was great to engage teenagers. We went as a family and it was a very enjoyable way to spend the morning. Rosie talks with passion and knowledge, she brings scenes of old London alive and has some great facts up her sleeve. It was a really lovely way to see a different side of a city we’ve lived in all our lives. Highly recommend.
Written 24 July 2022
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Thanks for the wonderful review, Amber! I'm so glad you enjoyed it - it was great having you all along.
Written 25 July 2022
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Ilona B
1 contribution
Jun 2022 • Couples
Rosie was an informative and fun guide around the chimneys and tunnels of Greenwich. It was a thoughtful interesting tour which took in the area in a new way. If you love learning about history in different ways and seeing things from a new angle this is for you. Thanks Rosie!
Written 12 June 2022
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Thanks for the great review, Ilona! And thanks also for posting those fab pics. It was lovely having you both along.
All best, Rosie
Written 13 June 2022
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Terry S
St.Albans3 contributions
Oct 2021 • Couples
My son and I came on this walk on Saturday 9th Oct. , we had wonderful day and leant so much about Greenwich and the Isle of Dog’s industrial and maritime past , Rosie explains everything in great detail .I would highly recommend this walk and I plan to join her on another of her walks very soon.
Written 10 October 2021
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Hi Terry - just spotted your wonderful review - thanks so much! It was really lovely meeting you both. It'd be great to have you along on another walk.
Best wishes, Rosie
Written 31 January 2022
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Jayne N
2 contributions
Sep 2021
This was my third tour with Rosie - and the fact I've been on three walks with her now probably says all you need to know! This time it was the Rubbish walk, taking in all sorts of places around Docklands that I'd never seen before despite living in London for decades. Rosie's great for not only talking very evocatively about history but also making us consider more than just how things looked - we're encouraged to think about smells, for example (which obviously makes sense when she's talking about rubbish!). The tour included a stroll through the farm at Mudchute, complete with pigs (nature's perfect garbage disposal units) and ended up with a spot of mudlarking on the Thames (up to a point - you need a licence to do it properly). As always, I came away having laughed a lot, learnt a lot and with a sense that London is always full of surprises. And as always, I thoroughly recommend it!
Written 20 September 2021
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Thank you Jayne for another terrific review! It was really lovely having you along, and I'm so glad you enjoyed all the surprises and smells!
Written 1 October 2021
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Suzanne B
1 contribution
Jul 2021
What a fabulous day spent with Rosie for what was a hugely enthusiastic and vastly interesting Chimneys and Tunnels tour along the Thames.
Always great to learn new facts and information and to see such fascinating places, places you would never even notice if you didn't have the expertise and knowledge so beautifully delivered from Rosie!
Always great to learn new facts and information and to see such fascinating places, places you would never even notice if you didn't have the expertise and knowledge so beautifully delivered from Rosie!
Written 5 July 2021
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Thanks for the fabulous review, Suzanne - that's wonderful to hear! It was a delight having you along on the tour.
Written 6 July 2021
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Alexandra B
1 contribution
Oct 2020
Great tour guide Rosie, very friendly and engaging into being in the moment and thinking of what you are looking at. Did Greenwich to Isle of Dogs tour 'Tunnels & Chimneys' which is great for Londoners to see their industrial surroundings and connect to a bit of local history. Perfect for Saturday walk.
Written 12 October 2020
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Thanks for the great review, Alexandra! It was really lovely walking and talking with you.
Written 12 October 2020
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Sandra M
Stockholm, Sweden1 contribution
Feb 2020
We enjoyed a tour in a large group, parents and children ranging an age from 6 to 14. Rosie brought the experience to life with her engaging personality and focus on details that we would never otherwise have noticed. She arranged games for the children, pointing out great art and historic facts for all of us. The area is exciting as typifying the ever-changing face of London with new developments and historic cites. We had a great lunch down at Trinity Wharf. Thanks again Rosie for making our friends reunion so special.
Written 1 March 2020
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Thanks for the smashing review, Sandra! I'm so glad you enjoyed the tour - and the area. It was a real pleasure to be part of your reunion.
Written 5 March 2020
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Nigel Wraxall
3 contributions
Feb 2020 • Family
Took the fascinating Trinity Buoy Wharf tour and loved it. Having lived in London for 25 years it made me realise how much I didn’t know about the city. Rosie knits together all the disparate strands so well and is wonderful company. It was a delightful way to spend a few hours on a Saturday. Heartily recommend it.
Written 27 February 2020
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Thanks for the cracking review, Nigel! Lovely spending time with you all, and an added thrill to find out about your green roofs in the area!
Written 28 February 2020
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BeccyH
2 contributions
Feb 2020
Thank you Rosie, for taking us all on such a fascinating, surprising, and unusual walk on Saturday - everyone (from the age of 6-56!) thoroughly enjoyed every moment. Such a treat to explore such unexpected and exciting backwaters of London along the Thames, and to be able to put all the new developments, ventures and initiatives into the context of the history of London and the river. Highly recommended - a really unforgettable way to spend a Saturday.
Written 24 February 2020
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Thanks, Beccy, that's wonderful to hear! It was a delight spending the day with you all. Great to get the inside line on the buildings and green roofs we passed, that people in the group had been involved with.
Hope you had a super fun evening.
Written 25 February 2020
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