London’s East End
East End walking tour app
WanderWalk is an iPhone GPS audio walking app for London’s East End. Stories play as you pass, typically within about 40 metres of the mapped place.
Walks we already ship
Five East End audio walks
These are live catalogue walks. Each page lists the ordered stops. WanderWalk does not ship a named Jack the Ripper walk.
- Buried Under Shoreditch: Bones, Walls and Slum Rubble
Shoreditch and Spitalfields · 5 stops · about 25 min · 1.0 miles
- Limehouse: London's Lost Chinatown
Limehouse and West India Quay · 4 stops · about 14 min · 0.5 miles
- Stairway to Heaven: Bethnal Green's Wartime Crush
Bethnal Green · 4 stops · about 5 min · 0.1 miles
- Hanged at Wapping: Pirates and the Hanging Judge
Wapping and the Rotherhithe Riverside · 3 stops · about 8 min · 0.3 miles
- Tower Hill: Death Outside the Walls
Tower Hill · 4 stops · about 17 min · 0.6 miles
Wander mode
Walk the East End without a start point
You do not need a plotted start. Open Wander mode and walk Shoreditch, Limehouse, Bethnal Green, Wapping or Tower Hill. Nearby stories play as you pass.
How it works
Phone in your pocket, not turn-by-turn
A story typically starts within about 40 metres of the mapped place. Put the iPhone away and walk. WanderWalk is GPS audio, not a “turn left in 50 metres” guide.
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Start with the walks, the prices, or how it works
Download WanderWalk on the App Store, then open a curated East End walk or Wander mode.
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East End walking tour app
Is there an East End walking tour app for iPhone?
Yes. WanderWalk is an iPhone app with GPS audio walks in London’s East End. Stories play when you come within about 40 metres of the mapped place. It is not a turn-by-turn navigation app.
Which East End areas does WanderWalk cover?
Curated walks already ship for Shoreditch, Limehouse, Bethnal Green, Wapping and Tower Hill. You can also use Wander mode to walk the East End without a start point.
Do I need a guide?
No. WanderWalk is self-guided. Put the phone away and walk. You do not need a live tour guide.
Does it include a Jack the Ripper tour?
No. WanderWalk does not ship a named Jack the Ripper walk. The East End walks we do have cover dark and local history in Shoreditch, Limehouse, Bethnal Green, Wapping and Tower Hill.
Does it work in Whitechapel, Shoreditch or Limehouse?
Shoreditch and Limehouse have named curated walks. There is no Whitechapel walk. Wander mode can still play nearby London stories as you walk, including in streets we have not turned into a named route.