Meet London's Legends

You've walked past
a hundred times.You've
walked past
a hundred
times.

She lived here.

58 Sheffield Terrace · Notting Hill

Cresswell Place · Chelsea

Ask anything.

Isn't Christie's home in Chelsea rather than Notting Hill?
Actually, she had quite a few homes in London.
Why did she move around so much?
Her husband, Max, was an archaeologist. London was more of a landing pad between digs.

Ask anything · hear surprising anecdotes

“With an archaeologist
for a husband… the
older I get, the more
interesting I become.”

Agatha Christie

Plan a walk

London,
as you like it.

Pick a borough. Pick a theme. We'll do the rest.

Boroughs

BloomsburyNotting HillKensingtonMayfairSohoChelseaHampsteadKnightsbridgeBelgraviaWestminsterFitzroviaMarylebone

Themes

ScientistsRock LegendsSuffragettesArchitectsArtistsWritersComposersPhilosophersCodebreakersCrimePoliticiansExplorersInventorsActorsI don't know yetSurprise me
Kensington's Literary Circle: a six-stop writers walk starting at Agatha Christie's

Time to walk

Six writers.
One walk, made just for you.

Stories unfold stop by stop, in your own time.

1

Agatha Christie

58 Sheffield Terrace

2

James Joyce

28 Campden Grove

3

Ivy Compton-Burnett

5 Braemar Mansions

4

Terence Rattigan

100 Cornwall Gardens

5

Virginia Woolf

29 Fitzroy Square

6

Leslie Stephen

22 Hyde Park Gate

On the walk: Kensington's Literary Circle

837

Stories waiting.

London as you've
never seen it.

Coming soon. Be the first to meet London's legends.

iPhone Android

No spam. Just one email when LondonLore lands.

You're on the list.

We'll let you know the moment it's in the store.

Coming soon to

Download on theApp StoreGet it onGoogle Play

Questions

Is it completely free? No in-app purchases or gated features?

Yes. Completely. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, nothing locked behind a paywall. And because it works offline, no roaming charges if you're visiting from abroad. London's blue plaques were given freely by English Heritage and catalogued by volunteers. LondonLore is free in that same spirit. Spot a mistake on any plaque? Flag it from the page and help make the record better for everyone.

How does the AI guide work?

Tap a plaque. Ask anything, in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and more. The guide answers in the language you ask in. Under the hood it's a conversational model grounded in each figure's biography, their connections, and the wider history of the period. Think Stephen Fry meets Janet Street-Porter.

What AI powers the guide?

Online, Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.6 handles walk planning and longer conversations. Offline, Gemma keeps the audio guide running in multiple languages and locations. From the airport to the London Underground.

Is this a walking tour?

Not the kind with a flag and a script. A curated walk, composed around your interests. Bloomsbury writers. Victorian scientists. Rock and roll London. Any mix you fancy. The walk draws on London's 837 blue plaques and builds a custom collection that's easy to manage. You set the direction, pop in your earbuds, and off you go.

Does it work offline?

Yes. The plaque data lives on your phone. So do the walks you've generated and the plaques you've collected. Gemma keeps the stories coming, even in flight mode.

Do I need to be in London to use it?

Not at all. London comes to you. Browse plaques, chat with the guide, plan walks from the sofa, the pub stool, or an airport lounge. The Blue Plaques and doorsteps will be waiting when you arrive.

Is my location private?

Completely. Your location stays on your phone. The questions you ask are used to provide context for the conversation. They don't linger. We don't use your data, not for training, marketing, research, or profit. Full stop.

Does it work for iPhone? How about Android?

iPhone is in App Store review. Android is coming soon. Join the waitlist and we'll let you know the moment it lands for your platform.