Unseen Tours

Unseen Tours Award-winning social enterprise offering alternative walking tours in London, with homeless and formerly homeless guides

Unseen Tours is an award-winning, not-for-profit social enterprise that offers alternative walking tours through London's most vibrant and interesting neighbourhoods, with homeless and formerly homeless guides. Each guide takes you through a different area of London, showing you both famous landmarks and hidden gems off-the-beaten track, with their own distinctive styles, and sharing their own sto

ries and views of homelessness. As we are a social enterprise, the guides receive 60% of the ticket sales. The remaining 40% is reinvested into a common kitty out of which the guides also receive their monthly travel and mobile phone-top ups, meaning that, in real terms, they get around 80% of total ticket revenue. Unseen Tours offer a unique insight into London life - while giving visibility and a voice to people who often feel unseen and unheard.

Last week marked Rah’s first anniversary as one of our guides, and we’re so proud to celebrate this milestone with him 🎉...
06/05/2026

Last week marked Rah’s first anniversary as one of our guides, and we’re so proud to celebrate this milestone with him 🎉👣💛

We’re so grateful for everything Rah has brought to Unseen Tours over the last year. Swipe through to hear some of Rah’s reflections on his first year with Unseen Tours 📸

27/03/2026

Last night, we launched our exhibition, Street Level, with a celebration of our guides and their unique perspectives, captured by the incredible .

The evening was full of energy, and we loved seeing so many people connecting with the real stories behind every tour. Thank you to our guides and team, and everyone who came and made it so special. A special thank you goes to our partners and supporters who made this event possible: , , , ._ , , , ,

Our free photo exhibition is open today until Sunday at Come along to discover how our tours are changing perspectives of both London and homelessness.

In just a few days, we’ll be opening our photo exhibition: Street Level. We teamed up with to capture powerful moments ...
24/03/2026

In just a few days, we’ll be opening our photo exhibition: Street Level. We teamed up with to capture powerful moments from our tours, bringing to life the stories actively creating social change.

Catch our free exhibition at the art’otel London Hoxton from 27-29 March. We can’t wait to share this with you 💛

In partnership with

Save the date and come down to Street Level: a free photo exhibition celebrating the personal perspectives behind Unseen...
09/03/2026

Save the date and come down to Street Level: a free photo exhibition celebrating the personal perspectives behind Unseen Tours 💛

📅 Fri 27 – Sun 29 March 2026
📍 art’otel London Hoxton

This is an homage to our guides and their stories. Without lived experience of homelessness, this would be a walking tour. With it, every tour becomes a perception-altering journey.

Come and experience the powerful imagery by and support the guides who change how people see the city (and each other) every day.

In partnership with

International Women’s Day is on Sunday 💛🌹 This year, we’re walking Westminster with Anne. through stories of women who w...
02/03/2026

International Women’s Day is on Sunday 💛🌹
This year, we’re walking Westminster with Anne. through stories of women who widened access to rights, care, and public life… and what dignity looks like in the city today.

From Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole, to the Suffrage movement, this tour connects history to the present — including the realities of homelessness, and why access (to safety, support, even toilets) matters.

Book a ticket through the link in bio 💛

Homelessness isn’t a personal failure. I’s what happens when systems don’t protect people.When affordable housing is sca...
23/02/2026

Homelessness isn’t a personal failure. I’s what happens when systems don’t protect people.

When affordable housing is scarce, renting is insecure, and support doesn’t match real costs, one shock can push someone into homelessness.

That’s why the reasons people become homeless are so varied, and often compounded. In 2025, these have included: relationship/domestic issues (20%), end of asylum accommodation (16%), arrears/debt (12%).

But systems can change, and so can stories.
Unseen Tours creates paid work and public education led by lived experience, helping shift stigma into understanding.

Sources: House of Commons Library (2025), Crisis (Homelessness Monitor 2025), Shelter/MoJ (TA + evictions).

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03/02/2026

A Day in the Life behind the scenes at Unseen Tours!

As a small charitable enterprise, no two days are the same — between events planning, partnership meetings, tour developments and just pure admin, it takes a lot of enthusiasm and dedication from the team to keep the gears turning. But for us, the work is energising, as new opportunities are always on the horizon to grow Unseen Tours and develop our mission.

If you’d like to help our team by volunteering your skills, please reach out!

Homelessness isn’t always visible.Many people experiencing homelessness are sofa surfing, staying in temporary accommoda...
23/01/2026

Homelessness isn’t always visible.

Many people experiencing homelessness are sofa surfing, staying in temporary accommodation, or living in insecure housing. This is often described as hidden homelessness and it affects far more people than rough sleeping alone.

The Homelessness Monitor 2025 shows that homelessness is shaped by structural pressures: rising rents, a lack of affordable housing, insecure work, and gaps in support. These realities are often lost behind stereotypes that focus on individual failure.

Unseen Tours works with people who have lived experience of homelessness as paid guides. The tours offer income, stability, and a platform for people to speak on their own terms. It’s our core mission to help shift how homelessness is understood, without simplifying or sensationalising it.

Understanding the issue is a first step in challenging stigma.

As we step into 2026, we’re reflecting on a year shaped by community, care and collaboration.To our guides, guests, part...
06/01/2026

As we step into 2026, we’re reflecting on a year shaped by community, care and collaboration.

To our guides, guests, partners and wider community, a most heartfelt thank you 💛 Your belief, time and support make everything we do possible.

Happy New Year, we hope you’re as excited as we are about what the new year will bring! 🌟

29/12/2025

Happy Holidays from the Unseen Tours team! 🔎💛

At the famous Unseen Tours Christmas party, we celebrated the holidays the best way we know how — with one of our famous pub quizzes designed by tour guides, designed to put your London knowledge to the test 🎄🌟 It was a lovely night celebrating our wins, having too many chocolates and exchanging gifts 🎁

If you're feeling the last-minute gift panic, we've got your back with a feel-good solution. Double your impact by gifti...
18/12/2025

If you're feeling the last-minute gift panic, we've got your back with a feel-good solution. Double your impact by gifting a fun and eye-opening perspective of London, while supporting some of its most vulnerable communities. Our match-funded vouchers are the gift that gives back 🧡

🥹 We’re feeling all the love. This community is amazing; we’ve raised nearly £5k towards keeping our guides warm & working this winter!

Ready to spread the cheer? Link in bio!

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