{"id":944,"date":"2022-05-23T17:21:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T17:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=944"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:18:55","slug":"steve-parkinson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=944","title":{"rendered":"Steve Parkinson"},"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 fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Steve-Parkinson-Capability-Brown.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-743 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Steve-Parkinson-Capability-Brown.jpg 800w, https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Steve-Parkinson-Capability-Brown-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Steve-Parkinson-Capability-Brown-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-1-color has-text-color\">Steve Parkinson<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve loves to show off London\u2019s highlights and oddities to visitors and locals alike.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is a qualified City of Westminster guide and has the Freedom of The Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers of the City of London in Right of Trade (he can explain!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve has been walking the streets of London for over 30 years and he has a keen interest in matters scientific and medical.&nbsp;&nbsp;He tries to make his walks informative, interesting and, most of all, fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve is available for tailored private tours covering many areas &#8211; 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