Dark and untold history
Waterloo's Hidden Lives: Funeral Trains and a Vanished Council
Waterloo's Hidden Lives: Funeral Trains and a Vanished Council is a 24-minute self-guided audio walk through 5 stops around Lambeth Riverside. Hear each story near the place it happened.
Wanderwalk is an iPhone GPS audio guide. Stories typically start within about 40 metres. This is not a live guided tour and not turn-by-turn navigation.
- Area
- Lambeth Riverside
- Neighbourhood
- Lambeth
- Stops
- 5
- Total time
- About 24 min
- Walking
- About 20 min
- Distance
- 1.0 miles
- Access
- 3-Day Pass, 7-Day Pass or Annual. $4.99, $8.99 or $29.99 a year.
The route
5 stories in walking order
This list shows the route in order. Each entry names the mapped place and where it appears in the walk.
- 01
London Necropolis Railway Terminus
You start at London Necropolis Railway Terminus, the first of 5 stops, and Leake Street Tunnel is next.
- 02
Leake Street Tunnel
You reach Leake Street Tunnel after London Necropolis Railway Terminus, and the next stop is South Bank Lion.
- 03
South Bank Lion
South Bank Lion is between Leake Street Tunnel and County Hall.
- 04
County Hall
You reach County Hall after South Bank Lion, and the next stop is Timothy Baxter skateboard memorial on Hungerford Bridge.
- 05
Timothy Baxter skateboard memorial on Hungerford Bridge
Timothy Baxter skateboard memorial on Hungerford Bridge is your last stop, and you come to it after County Hall.
Who it is for
This walk suits people who want an ordered story
Choose this route for dark and untold history around Lambeth Riverside. The stops follow a set order, and you can walk without a tour group.
About this walk
Is this a walking tour app?
Waterloo's Hidden Lives: Funeral Trains and a Vanished Council is a self-guided Wanderwalk audio walk for iPhone in Lambeth Riverside, London. Stories play when you come within about 40 metres of the mapped place. It is not a live guided tour and not turn-by-turn navigation.
Does it work on iPhone?
Yes. Wanderwalk is an iPhone app. Waterloo's Hidden Lives: Funeral Trains and a Vanished Council plays on iPhone. Wanderwalk is not available on Android.
Do I need to follow a route?
This curated walk has 5 stops in walking order around Lambeth Riverside. You can also use Wander mode to hear nearby London stories without a start point. Neither mode is turn-by-turn navigation.
How long is the walk?
Waterloo's Hidden Lives: Funeral Trains and a Vanished Council takes about 24 minutes, covering 5 stops around Lambeth Riverside.