{"id":3767,"date":"2023-11-21T16:04:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T16:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=3767"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:19:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:19:30","slug":"pimlico-riverside-history-tour","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=3767","title":{"rendered":"Pimlico riverside history tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Western-Pumping-Station-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Western-Pumping-Station-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Western-Pumping-Station-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Western-Pumping-Station-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Western-Pumping-Station-1536x1042.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Western-Pumping-Station-2048x1389.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Western Pumping Station, Grosvenor Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join local guide Tony on a walking tour and seek out clues to Pimlico&#8217;s industrial history as well as visiting some legacy structures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Less than a mile from Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, Pimlico is a quiet residential area close to the River Thames. Yet less than a century ago the riverside was home to many wharves and businesses connected to the river. While the wharves have long gone, and the businesses have been replaced by residences, there are plenty of clues to Pimlico&#8217;s history. Find out about power stations and pumping stations, factories and floods, scholars and sewage, generals and gin. Tony&#8217;s tour is supplemented by old maps, photographs and drawings to help bring Pimlico&#8217;s history back to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Meeting point &#8211; Pimlico Underground Station &#8211; Rampayne Street exit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walk ends &#8211; close to Victoria coach Station<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walk duration &#8211; approx 2 hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walk length &#8211; approx 2 miles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=1942\">Tony Hay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-btn__default-btn uagb-btn-tablet__default-btn uagb-btn-mobile__default-btn uagb-block-143a11de\"><div class=\"uagb-buttons__wrap uagb-buttons-layout-wrap \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons-child uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-block-265f0b37 wp-block-button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-buttons-repeater wp-block-button__link\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=917\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__link\">REQUEST PRIVATE WALK<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join local guide Tony on a walking tour and seek out clues to Pimlico&#8217;s industrial history as well as visiting some legacy structures Less than a mile from Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, Pimlico is a quiet residential area close to the River Thames. 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