Our walkabout in Brixton and Stockwell not only has a focus on his personal connections with this vibrant neighbourhood as a young lad growing up, but also showcases the area’s rich heritage and its diverse cultures appreciated today.
David Bowie - A London Boy!
This walking tour explores David Bowie's life and career across London. Starting in Brixton, his birthplace, you'll see his childhood haunts and where fans paid tribute after his death. Then, it's on to central London to visit locations that inspired his music and career, like the street where he once slept and famous music venues he frequented.
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Itinerary so far...
A boy born in post-war Brixton would go on to become a global superstar, with a legacy that portrays him as one of the planet’s most influential and much loved musicians.
My David Bowie London Tour will explore his south-London roots giving an insight into his early family life as David Jones, before we set off to Mayfair and Soho to link together his extraordinary working and social life in the music hub our capital city.
![Marquee Club Rob Woodford with guests at Soho Lofts.](https://private-london-tours.uk/Tours/images/rw-marquee_club.jpg)
Brixton is quite rightly proud of its Bowie-links, and we shall also get close and personal to those sites where his fans gathered to celebrate his life and music after his passing, including the impromptu street parties.
This 4-Hour experience includes a short tube journey (guests just need a travel card or a form of contactless payment) into Central London (only 5 stops northbound on the Victoria Line) to arrive at Oxford Circus.
![Ziggy Stardust plaque Black plaque dated 1972.](https://private-london-tours.uk/Tours/images/rw-ziggy_stardust_plaque.jpg)
In Mayfair we shall recreate the scene of one of the most famous and iconic album front and back covers of all time, and take in a wall plaque dedicated to a fictional character, who was one of Bowie’s many on-stage personas.
The buzz that is Soho provides us with many Bowie-themed locations, such as a street where he slept overnight in a van during the years of struggle trying to become a star, the clubs and pubs where he socialised, the famous street where he picked up the latest fashions, a venue where he had a residency while trying to make the big breakthrough, or a studio where he recorded demos and another where he recorded his best-selling albums.
![Telephone Box Rob Woodford with two guests on Bowie tour.](https://private-london-tours.uk/Tours/images/rw-telephone_box.jpg)
Our journey will include multiple presentation stops, with all the facts and amusing anecdotes - enhanced with images to jog your memory, but with also some great music to remind you of the legend that was David Bowie.
Let’s Dance!
Tour Itinerary Highlights
- Meeting Point - Brixton Tube Station
- Multiple locations in Brixton, Stockwell, Mayfair and Soho
- David Bowie ‘Aladdin Sane’ Memorial (opposite Brixton Tube Station)
- Stansfield Road, where David Jones was born to be a star
- Stockwell Primary School, his first foray into the world of education
- Brixton 02 Academy, where he played live onstage with the Tin Machine
- Ritzy Cinema and Windrush Square, sites and scenes of joyous celebration of his life
- Heddon Street, and the plaque to Ziggy Stardust and a much-visited telephone box
- Carnaby Street, for Fashion (turn to the left), Fashion (turn to the right)
- Wardour Street, site of the legendary Marquee Club
- Denmark Street, a former hangout more commonly known as ‘Tin Pan Alley’
- Finish Point - The Dominion Theatre
Type: Walking Tour with Public Transport
Exclusives: Walking tour with Rob Woodford—an experienced, qualified London Black Cab Driver
Price: £240 total (up to 15 guests). Prices do not include attraction tickets.
Languages: English
Pick up: Brixton Tube Station
- Brixton Tube Station, Brixton Road, Brixton Oval, Ritzy Picture-house, Windrush Square, Brixton Hill, Lambeth Town Hall, Acre Lane
- Brighton Terrace, Bernay’s Grove, SGI-UK South London National Centre, Tunstall Road, David Bowie Memorial
- Ferndale Road, Pulross Road, Dalyell Road, 40 Stansfield Road
- Stockwell Road, Stockwell Primary School, O2 Academy Brixton, Victoria Line Northbound
- Oxford Circus Tube Station, Oxford Circus
- Regent Street, Heddon Street
- Glasshouse Street, Air Street, Cafe Royal Hotel
- Lower John Street, Golden Square, Upper John Street
- Beak Street, John Stephen Green Plaque, Carnaby Street, Rolling Stones Store, Spirit of Soho Mural
- Broadwick Street, Berwick Street, Peter Street
- Wardour Street, Stussy Men’s Clothing, (Site of) the Marquee Club, The Ship Pub, St. Anne’s Court, (Site of) Trident Studios, David Bowie Blue Plaque
- Dean Street, Carlisle Street, Soho Square, Sutton Row
- Charing Cross Road, Denmark Street
- Tin Pan Alley Blue Plaque, (Site of) Giaconda Cafe, Lower Third Club, Denmark Place
- The Butterfly Trail, ’Here’ at Outernet, Tottenham Court Road Tube Station, New Oxford Street, Oxford Street