What we’re about
Welcome to the London Cultureseekers Group!
If you're interested in exploring London's history & culture with other like minded people, then this is the only group you need to join! We are London's largest & most active cultural and history group!
We meetup 2-3 times a week to explore museums, art galleries, historical buildings, go on guided walks and attend history talks. We also have historic treasure hunts, visit the theatre, coffee evenings, social evenings, meals and attend classical music concerts. In the summer we also have day trips outside of the capital by train or coach to explore historical towns and the countryside.
The group is very friendly, we have members from 20 to 80 years old and across all backgrounds. The group has been running for over 18 years and is a great way to meet and make new friends. Plus after events we generally head to a local pub or cafe to chat.
You can either pay as you go at events or we do have an optional annual membership fee (details below).
Membership Fee
The group charges an optional annual membership fee of £14 per person.
Benefits of paying the membership fee and becoming a Full Member are:
- Discounted entry at 11 museums and galleries around London (You can view them here: https://www.meetup.com/london_cultureseekers/photos/22974682/531979527/
- 10% discount on any purchases at Foyles bookshops or from their website
- All treasure hunts we do will be FREE (normally £7 each)
- The 'Wren City Churches', 'Charlie Chaplin', 'Roman Wall', 'Have I Got Mews For You', ‘What’s in a Name’ and 'Shakespeare's London' Guided Walks will all be FREE (normally £7 each)
- All talks the group does will be FREE (normally £6 each)
- All Thames foreshore visits will be FREE (normally £7 each)
- Guided highlights tour around the Museum of London & Museum of London Docklands will be FREE (normally £7 each)
- All ‘London’s Lost Rivers’ hikes will be FREE (normally £6 each)
- All day trips by train out of London will be FREE to attend (normally £7)
- All coach day trips out of London will be discounted by £7 per trip
- All the Blue Badge guided walks we do will be discounted by £2 per walk
- Entry to 20-30 paying museums & historical buildings that we visit across the year will be discounted by £2 each
Once you pay the membership fee, you will receive a membership card. You can pay by cash, Bank Transfer, PayPal or a credit card via SumUp. Email me for more details - general@cultureseekers.org.
Events
Have a look at the events page: https://www.meetup.com/London_Cultureseekers/events/ to see what's coming up and where we have been. London Cultureseekers is a brilliant place to make friends in London whilst experiencing some of the very best areas of culture and history which the city has to offer.
We keep costs low and the quality high and have a star rating of 4.6 out of 5 from 22,359 reviews across 19 years!
Our events always go ahead, regardless of the weather. Feel free to email or text me if you have any questions or would like to suggest somewhere we can visit.
Click on the video clips below to view our day trips to Bath and walking the Seven Sisters:
https://youtu.be/WAXipRxXtnc
https://youtu.be/06scGec8CcY
RSVP'ing
Click on the 'Join Us' button below, enter your details and then RSVP Yes to any events that you would like to attend, it's that simple! All new events get sent out on Friday evenings, so keep a lookout then.
When you turn up for an event, look out for the red & blue 'London Cultureseekers Group' flag and then come over and say hello.
Please be aware of the groups rules, which you can read here: https://www.meetup.com/london_cultureseekers/photos/22974682/523578875/Group_Rules/
Hope to see you at an event soon!
Robert - 07905 901 834 (text only please) / general@cultureseekers.org
I'm a member of the AGTO (Association of Group Travel Organisers). In 2022 I was a finalist in the GTO (Group Travel Organiser) of the Year Awards and in 2025, I was a nominee in the London for Groups 'Organising Member of the Year' award.
You can follow us on:
The group blog: www.cultureseekers.blog
YouTube: Cultureseekers channel
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LondonCultureseekers/
Twitter: @Culture_Seekers
Upcoming events
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- £12.00
Tour of John Wesley's Chapel & House!
Old Street Tube Station (outside the station - come out of Old Street West), Old Street, London, GBCome along on Saturday 17th January for a tour of John Wesley's chapel and the house he lived in!
About the tour
We will be having a guided tour of John Wesley's chapel near Old Street. The chapel was opened in 1778 under the direction of Wesley. The architect was George Dance the Younger, a famous 18th century architect and today it is Grade I listed. We will also tour around the house Wesley lived in for the last 12 years of his life, which is next door.
After the tour, we will be able to visit the museum in the crypt
About John Wesley & Methodism
John Wesley (1703 - 1791), was a cleric, theologian and evangelist. He was a leader of a revival movement known as Methodism. He started Methodism after having a relgious awakening on 24th May 1738 at nearby Aldersgate Street.
Methodism sought to reform the Church of England from within. The movement, however, became separate from its parent body and developed into an autonomous church.
The societies he founded became the dominant form of the independent Methodist movement that continues to this day.
Cost
Tour cost is £12 for Full Members & £14 for everyone else (payable on the day by cash or credit card).
Become a Full Member
To become a Full Member (£14 a year), either:
- Pay cash at an event
- Pay via Bank Transfer ((TSB Bank plc, Sort code: 77-66-65, Account
no: 00030809, Account name: Cultureseekers))
- Pay via credit card on the day or in advance (https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QLAX8AUI)
- Pay via PayPal, send a payment to general@cultureseekers.org, using the ‘Friends & Family’ option
Benefits of becoming a Full Member here...
Afterwards
After we will head to the 'The Masque Haunt pub' (a Wetherspoons pub), 168-172 Old Street from 3:30pm for a chat over a drink.
If you can make it, please come to the pub afterwards, as its a great way to meet and get to know others after the visit.
Please note, we only wait outside the station for 10 minutes after the advertised meeting time, so please be early or on time.
If you can't see us outside the station, please text.
Look out for the red and blue 'London Cultureseekers' group sign.
Hope to see you there!
Robert
07905 901 834 (prefer text) or email: general@cultureseekers.org
On the day, if you can’t make the visit, just change your RSVP to No or text me to say you can’t make it.
Please don’t post any messages in the comments that you can’t make it, as this generates spam for everyone else.
Please make sure you are aware of the group rules here before RSVPing - https://www.meetup.com/london_cultureseekers/photos/22974682/523578875/Group_Rules/54 attendees - £7.00
'The Science Museum Treasure Hunt' - can you find the treasure?
South Kensington Tube Station (outside the station - Thurloe Place side), Thurloe Place, London, GBCome along on Sunday 18th January for a treasure hunt around the Science Museum!
The treasure hunts are a good way to get to know a museum, gallery or area whilst meeting new people. This treasure hunt is based around the Science Museum.
About the museum
The museum was founded in 1857 under Bennet Woodcroft from the collection of the Royal Society of Arts and surplus items from the Great Exhibition of 1851.
The Science Museum now holds a collection of over 300,000 items, including such famous items as Stephenson's Rocket, Puffing Billy (the oldest surviving steam locomotive), the first jet engine, a reconstruction of Francis Crick and James Watson's model of DNA, some of the earliest remaining steam engines, and working example of Charles Babbage's Difference engine.
How it works
Come along at 1:30pm and you will be randomly divided into teams of 3 people (or you can choose your own team beforehand). For fairness, any London Guides or Blue Badge Tour Guides won't be allowed to take part.
Then each team will be given 15-20 written clues which you have to find the answers for. It's up to your team to work together to find the answers. You can answer them in any order and you will be provided with a map of the museum to help you. It's not a race, so you can take your time getting to know the museum.
The answers to the clues will be found on the information cards of the objects or on the object itself.
The treasure hunts are a good way to get to know the museum whilst meeting and getting to know new people!
Prizes
The team to get the most correct answers and then return to base (a local pub or cafe) will win book vouchers for Waterstones bookshops of £10 per person.
If more than one team gets the top score, there will be a tie break question back at the pub.
A £5 gift voucher per person will be given to each member of the team coming in second place and prizes will be given to each member of the team with the best team name.
Cost
Its £7 per person to take part (payable by cash on the day), apart from Full Members where it is free!
Become a Full Member
To become a Full Member (£14 a year), either:
- Pay cash at an event
- Pay via Bank Transfer (TSB Bank plc, Sort code: 77-66-65, Account no:
00030809, Account name: Cultureseekers))
- Pay via credit card on the day or in advance (https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QLAX8AUI)
- Pay via PayPal, send a payment to general@cultureseekers.org, using the ‘Friends & Family’ option
Benefits of becoming a Full Member here...
We will be marking the scores back at the pub/cafe at 4:30pm, so it should all be over by 5:00pm.
Look out for the red & blue 'London Cultureseekers' group sign/flag. If you can't see us, please text.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Robert
07905 901 834 (prefer text) or email: general@cultureseekers.org
On the day, if you can’t make the visit, just change your RSVP to No or text me to say you can’t make it.
Please don’t post any messages in the comments that you can’t make it, as this generates spam for everyone else.
Please make sure you are aware of the group rules here before RSVPing - https://www.meetup.com/london_cultureseekers/photos/22974682/523578875/Group_Rules/75 attendees - £12.00
Tour of the Battle of Britain Bunker!
Uxbridge Tube Station (outside the station), High Street, Uxbridge, al, GBCome along on Saturday 24th January for a tour of the Battle of Britain Bunker in Uxbridge!
About the visit
The Battle of Britain Bunker is an underground operations room at RAF Uxbridge, formerly used by No. 11 Group Fighter Command during WW2.
Fighter aircraft operations were controlled from there throughout the War but most notably during the Battle of Britain and on D-Day.
No. 11 Group was an important part of the system for several reasons: Firstly, as one of four group headquarters, No. 11 Group's Operations Controller was responsible for making key decisions that would affect the outcomes of aerial battles - how many fighter aircraft to scramble, which type of aircraft, which squadrons to use, when to scramble them, where to scramble them from and where to scramble them to. Secondly and also due to its role as a group headquarters, No. 11 Group was responsible for organising and coordinating the activities of seven sector stations at which its fighter squadrons were based.
When we arrive, we will look around the exhibition, before having a 1 hour guided tour in the underground bunker, which is largely untouched since WW2. After the tour, we will be free to look around the rest of the exhibition.
The visit should last about 2 hours.
Cost
Entry & the tour is £13 per person for Full Members and £14 for everyone else. Payable on the day by cash or credit card.
The exhibition is self-guiding and then the tour in the bunker lasts about 1 hour.
Become a Full Member
To become a Full Member (£14 a year), either:
- Pay cash at an event
- Pay via Bank Transfer ((TSB Bank plc, Sort code: 77-66-65, Account
no: 00030809, Account name: Cultureseekers))
- Pay via credit card on the day or in advance (https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QLAX8AUI)
- Pay via PayPal, send a payment to general@cultureseekers.org, using the ‘Friends & Family’ option
Benefits of becoming a Full Member here...
Afterwards
After we will head to the bunker's cafe called 'Daisy's in the Park' for a chat over a drink from 4:00pm.
If you can make it, please come to the cafe afterwards, as its a great way to meet and get to know others after the visit.
Please note, we only wait outside the station for 10 minutes after the advertised meeting time, so please be early or on time.
If you can't see us outside the station, please text.
Look out for the red and blue 'London Cultureseekers' group sign.
Hope to see you there!
Robert
07905 901 834 (prefer text) or email: general@cultureseekers.org
On the day, if you can’t make the visit, just change your RSVP to No or text me to say you can’t make it.
Please don’t post any messages in the comments that you can’t make it, as this generates spam for everyone else.
Please make sure you are aware of the group rules here before RSVPing - https://www.meetup.com/london_cultureseekers/messages/boards/thread/5376847857 attendees - £11.00
'Discover Bedford Park – London’s Artistic Suburb' Guided Walk
Turnham Green Tube Station (outside the station - across the road), Turnham Green Terrace, London, GBCome along on Saturday 31st January for a Blue Badge Guided Walk around Bedford Park in West London!
Blue Badge Guides know London better than anyone. They have trained intensively for two years and passed the highest Tourist Guiding qualification in the UK.
About the walk
In 1875 cloth merchant turned property developer Jonathan Carr purchased 24 acres of land in Chiswick to create a enclave of well designed houses to attract like minded people who were interested in the arts, culture and aesthetics.
Top architects including Edward Godwin and Richard Norman Shaw were employed to build distinctive red brick houses which attracted the likes of poet W B Yeats, playwright Arthur Wing Pinero, actor William Terris and numerous Victorian artists. An art school and social club facilitated self improvement and a rich social life which made this area unique for its time and was much imitated by the founders of later Garden Suburbs.
We take a walk through the area’s elegant streets to view the distinctive architecture, a church, the club house and a pub decorated with tiles by artist William De Morgan. The tour will be enlivened by tales of the area’s sometimes eccentric inhabitants and their activities. We’ll hear about Bedford Park’s growth, decline and late 20th century renaissance as one of London’s most sought after districts.
The walk is a private walk for the group, we will be guided by Blue Badge guide Diane Burstein and Rachel Kolsky.
Rachel will be starting at 2:15pm and Diane at 2:30pm, so on the day, just come along at your chosen time.
Payment for the walk
Full Members of the group will be £11, everyone else the cost is £13 per person (payable via cash or credit card on the day or in advance via PayPal or Bank Transfer).
If you wish to pay in advance:
- send a bank transfer: TSB Bank plc, sort code: 77-66-65, account no: 00030809, Account name: Cultureseekers
- go to PayPal - https://www.paypal.com/uk/, ‘send a payment’ to general@cultureseekers.org and click on the ‘Goods & Services’ option and change it to ‘Friends & Family’, as this avoids a charge from PayPal.
Become a Full Member
To become a Full Member (£14 a year) either:
- Pay cash at an event
- Pay via Bank Transfer (TSB Bank plc, Sort code: 77-66-65, Account no:
00030809, Account name: Cultureseekers)
- Pay via credit card on the day or in advance (https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QLAX8AUI)
- Pay via PayPal, send a payment to general@cultureseekers.org, using the ‘Friends & Family’ option
Afterwards
After we will head to the 'Tabard pub' 2 Bath Road, for a chat over a drink. We finish close to Turnham Green Tube Station.
If you can make it, please come to the pub afterwards, as it’s a great way to meet and get to know others after the visit.
Please note, we will only wait at the station for 10 minutes after the advertised meeting time so please be early or on time.
Look out for the red & blue 'London Cultureseekers' group sign outside the station.
Hope to see you there!
Robert
07905 901 834 (text only) or email: general@cultureseekers.org
On the day, if you can’t make the visit, just change your RSVP to No or text me to say you can’t make it. Please don’t post any messages in the comments that you can’t make it, as this generates spam for everyone else.
Please make sure you are aware of the group rules here before RSVPing - https://www.meetup.com/london_cultureseekers/photos/22974682/523578875/Group_Rules/49 attendees
Past events
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