Charlotte Drake

Charlotte Drake

"In London everyone is different and that means anyone can fit in." (Paddington Bear)

Hello my name is Charlotte, or Lotty and I’d love to show you around London and other popular destinations - Oxford and Stratford Upon Avon, Windsor Castle, Stonehenge.

I love storytelling and the way it moves, engages and excites, connecting people and places with history.

London is a two thousand year old history book, jam packed full of tales.  Stories of disaster and devastation - fires, bombs, plagues and destruction,  yet it rises time and time again, still standing as one of the most forward thinking, dynamic, multicultural city in the world!

Bursting with parks and palaces, museums and art galleries, shopping destinations and best of all, the epitome of pomp and circumstance!

Together let's plan a day seeing all the places you might recognise from books or screen,  let me bring to life the people and places where the action took place.

If you want the main tourist destinations or even the obscure side streets and alleyways, I've got you covered.

I particularly enjoy championing the voices of people that are often overlooked, I specialise in a Women's London walking tour.

Before my guiding career, I trained as an actor, performing on stage and screen.  My favourite role was playing a Shakespeare baddie Tamora, in one of London's original playhouse theatre on Bankside, The Rose Theatre. One of my favourite walking tour is a Shakespeare tour along the Southbank. I'm also a drama teacher, teaching students age 7-18. I am used to squeezing conversations out of teenagers and will always find a way to connect and tailor the tour to their interests too.

I have a young family of two boisterous boys, so I know the demands of site sightseeing with children. The need to improvise to satisfy little tummies and little legs. My background in teaching and drama is useful for working with large groups. By night I perform stand up comedy, so hopefully we will have a giggle along the way too..

Some nice feedback -

'We loved our private time with Charlotte! It felt like we spent the morning with a long time friend. She answered all of our questions about London, The Royals and other topics! What a treasure she is!'

'Charlotte was wonderful! She engaged the kids and made it interesting for all ages. We had a bit of a timeframe issue and Charlotte made sure that we kept to our time schedule. She was very informative and knowledgeable. You can tell that Charlotte loves what she does.! Five stars, thumbs up Thank you, Charlotte for giving us a wonderful morning!'

'Charlotte is a wonderful guide. She instantly connected with us, especially our 15-year-old granddaughter. Charlotte adapted the tour based on our other planned tours so we wouldn’t repeating. Took us up to the new Sky Garden, which was brilliant. Somehow she timed our stop at Parliament with Big Ben chiming 12. Just magic. Or granddaughter got a great orientation to London and we enjoyed sharing that. It was a rainy, but pleasant and worthwhile morning. Highly recommend.'

I look forward to hearing from you, you have already made the best decision by choosing the UK as a place to visit, it never disappoints!

Lotty x

Languages

English

Top 5 Specialities

William Shakespeare Tour

Westminster Abbey Tour

Tower of London Tour

Classic London Tour

Changing of the Guard Tour

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