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Karen Pierce-Goulding
History Tours in London

This former actress and journalist has a knack for storytelling. She combined her two passions—sound reporting and good storytelling—by becoming a guide, completing London’s prestigious Blue Badge Tourist Guide program. For the last nine years, Pierce-Goulding has led groups with London Walks. Of her various neighborhood tours, she considers Old Westminster her best.

Tour Highlight: The streets behind Westminster, where historical markers such as gas lamps that still light up Barton Street and signs for air raid shelters go unnoticed to the untrained eye.

London Walks; 44-20-7624-3978; walks.com