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Christmas in London is a uniquely special time of the year with many things to do to light up the holiday spirit and on this Magical London Christmas Lights Tour, you will understand why!
The streets of London have featured Christmas lights for over half a century, their colours and designs add a truly wonderful fairy-tale fantasy vibe to the city.
Many christmas markets, ice-skating rinks, Christmas trees and festive decorations with twinkling London Christmas lights pop up across the city, and on your private tour, your guide will take you to the best spots to spread the holiday cheer.
Our talented driver guides will certainly put the magic into your Festive Season!
You will visit Regent Street and Oxford Street, which offer spectacular Christmas light shows since 1948 and 1959 respectively.
In more recent decades Marylebone High Street, Bond Street, Carnaby Street, Seven Dials and Covent Garden are all festooned with thousands of lights and giant baubles!
In time-honoured tradition, we will also visit Trafalgar Square, where each year Norway has gifted since 1947 a Christmas tree felled by Norwegian foresters providing a majestic setting in London’s most central of locations.
What better way to soak in our winter light festival than with one of our accredited London tour guides – all great storytellers of history, culture, movie site locations, ghosts and secrets!
The River Thames by night is also a magical experience – especially now that London’s latest public artwork is ‘Illuminated River’, of which Black Cab Heritage Tours are proud to be a partner.
The perfect option for private touring or a special gift – to make up for lost time, anniversaries and experiences this year, and give the gift of safe sightseeing this Christmas!
Trust Black Cab Heritage Tours to provide your family or friends with a truly memorable London tour experience!
Centrally located hotel in London
Hourly from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm
On this London’s Christmas Lights Tour, you will visit:
This is a typical itinerary for this tour:
Stop At: Regent Street, London W1, London England
There has been a spectacular Christmas Lights show on Regent Street since 1947.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Oxford Street, London W1W 8LG England
The festive lights have been on London’s famous Oxford Street since 1959.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Marylebone, 73, London England
Marylebone Village always provides sparkle in our Christmas Lights Tour.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Bond Street, London England
The illuminations here are often supported by roaming gospel choirs or other festive street performers.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Carnaby Street, Soho, London W1F England
This year’s stunning festive display includes pink neon lights from lightboxes that run the length of the street and is a perfect location for a short walkabout.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD England
Always a favourite, which includes a huge 60’ Christmas tree!
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Trafalgar Square, Centre of the City, London SW1A England
The huge 80’ Norwegian spruce Christmas tree has been a London tradition since 1947, a gift from Norway for British support during World War 2.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Strand, London England
The North Bank Christmas Lights have become a very popular inclusion in our festive season activity.
Pass By: Connaught village, Connaught Street, London W2 2AA England
One of London’s hidden festive season secrets!
Pass By: Buckingham Palace, Spur Road, London SW1A 1AA England
Home of the Queen of England – floodlit at night time!
Pass By: Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard Broad Sanctuary, London SW1P 3PA England
London’s Royal Cathedral, is a spectacular sight at night.
Pass By: Thames River, London England
London has an impressive Illuminated River project.
Pass By: Piccadilly Circus, London W1J 9HS England
This one is lit up all year round!
Pass By: Soho, London England
Fancy neighbourhood blessed with festive season lights.
Pass By: Marble Arch, London W1H 7EJ England
A majestic landmark in London’s Park Lane.
Pass By: Mayfair, Mayfair, London, England
More Christmas Lights in this location of grandeur.
Pass By: Westminster, Victoria Street at Parliament Square, London SW1P 3PA England
London’s most iconic neighbourhood.
Pass By: Chelsea, London England
Some extra light shows are on display in this neighbourhood
We went on a Christmas lights tour. Our guide Stella was delightful and very clever at working through the traffic so that we could see the wonderful displays. She was also quite knowledgeable about the history and famous figures, and shared a variety of stories. We highly recommend this company. They communicated promptly, made the booking process easy, and exceeded our expectations!
Every step of our London Christmas Lights tour with Black Cab Heritage Tours was an excellent experience. I would definitely use them again.
Rob Woodford, who kindly helped us with all the information and booking was very quick to respond and very helpful and accommodating throughout the process even when we needed to change the date due to unforeseen circumstances.
Barry Ivens, our tour host and guide was funny, informative, and very very enthusiastic. He really went out of his way to make sure we had the best experience and we got to see the best and most places. He took us to lots of interesting places including quite a few hidden/less known spots. He shared interesting information throughout the tour. And he was kind to take plenty of photos throughout the evening. We really had a great time!
The electric black cab was very spacious, the glass roof was brilliant to view the Christmas lights.
Thank you Barry and Rob for our wonderful experience!
We enjoyed this tour so much. The lights were beautiful and our driver was very informative. Highly recommend this tour!
Wonderful night with family sightseeing the London Christmas Lights and attractions and special thanks to driver / guide Rachel and office staff at Black Cab Heritage Tours for making sure all the arrangements were so easy.
Rachel was a great host and added to the whole experience with her EV cab decorated with lights and Bluetooth speaker for our Christmas songs!
We absolutely loved our Christmas Lights tour with Dennis, he was knowledgeable, responded to requests from the children, showed us a load of places I don’t think we would have seen otherwise and took loads of family photos of us too! We also loved the panoramic roof.
Seeing the lights in this way was a much more relaxing experience than other options, highly recommended!