{"id":1153,"date":"2022-06-05T11:28:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T11:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=1153"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:56:08","slug":"chris-astbury","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=1153","title":{"rendered":"Chris Astbury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Headshot-Chris-Astbury.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1150 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Headshot-Chris-Astbury.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Headshot-Chris-Astbury-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Headshot-Chris-Astbury-45x45.jpeg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color\">Chris Astbury<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The elegant neighbourhood of Mayfair is the focus of Chris\u2019 tours. He has worked on Park Lane in a luxury hotel since 2011 and has an insatiable appetite and energy for all things to do with London.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His tours will give you a knowledge of the luxury hotels, the scandals and some of interesting characters who live in this smart area of town now and in the past, as well as recent developments. His selection of tours cover many of the very attractive streets of Mayfair, the prominent squares of Grosvenor, Berkeley and Hanover as well as the shady enclaves of Mount Street Gardens and the lanes of Shepherd Market.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we asked him about his process of putting his walks together, he said; \u201cI spend a long time researching and developing my walks and hope my enthusiasm for them rubs off on my participants!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His walking tour customers include, Londoners, visitors to the city from the UK and abroad many of them guests at the luxury hotels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris\u2019 career in tourism and hospitality means he is used to ensuring his guests have the most enjoyable time during their stay London. Over the years, his work has included leading groups in Bath, Paris, New York, Rouen and to the D-Day beaches of Normandy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a fun and interesting tour of Mayfair, Chris will look after you and ensure you have the best possible experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-style-default is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Badge-City-of-Westminster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-826\" style=\"width:52px;height:59px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chris&#8217;s Walks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=2414\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2414\">Love and Lust in Mayfair<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=2412\">Charming Mayfair and its Luxury Hotels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=2416\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2416\">Mayfair Life Today<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=2410\">Sculpture in Mayfair<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=2712\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2712\">King Charles III Coronation Walk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chris&#8217;s Virtual tours<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=1157#intriguing-mayfair-virtual\">Intriguing Mayfair<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=1157#mayfair-love-lust-virtual\">Love and Lust in Mayfair virtual tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=1157#mayfair-hotels-virtual\">Charming Mayfair and its Luxury Hotels virtual tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Astbury The elegant neighbourhood of Mayfair is the focus of Chris\u2019 tours. 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