London Underground Tour

Scarlett Entertainment & Events is a Destination Management Company covering London, and all of the UK.

We organise Team Building activities and incentive programmes for corporate groups and VIPs to London and the UK, delivering experiences and activities that are unique to the region.

Travel across 150 years in just two hours, aboard our incredible London Underground and Tube Tour, the perfect solution for your team incentive day, offering original underground tours that are both historic and novel. 

Starting at London’s first ever underground tube station - historic Paddington and finishing at one of London’s futuristic space-age stations, you’ll hear first-hand the captivating twists and turns of the Tube’s history on this fun, fact-packed two-hour tour. 
Our exclusive London Underground and Tube Tour is the closest thing to time travel your group will experience! From learning about the Tube’s origins, construction and design, to catching a glimpse of one of London’s abandoned ‘ghost stations’, this experience gives a real insight into the world’s oldest iconic underground system.

Tour Highlights include 

• Learning how London’s extensive underground network was constructed by hand over 150 years ago.
• The hazards of running steam trains underground  - including why the staff requested leave to grow beards. 
• How the Underground pioneered the concept of building an epic, money-spinning visual brand - from its iconic tube map to the overall aesthetic of the stations.
• A rare glimpse of a disused ‘ghost station’ abandoned over fifty years ago. 
• An insight into the talented architects behind the underground’s distinctive architecture including the man who painted London red and why some stations resemble spaceships.
• Discover why Big Ben tilts two centimetres to the North West

So if you’d like your team to discover more about the Tube’s design and engineering, organise a fun corporate day out, or simply learn more about this great British iconic structure, our entertaining, informative tour will change the way you view the Underground forever.  

Our London Underground and Tube Tour makes a great option for an exclusive company outing or organised VIP trip, combining historic sights of London’s innovative transport methods with novel facts. We offer these original tour options, as an unforgettable experience to wow your groups, adding a fun and insightful element to corporate hospitality in London. 

Practical tips 

• It is recommended to carry a bottle of water, especially on warmer days when travelling on the tube
• The tour is around two hours long - starting at the historic paddington station and finishing at futuristic Westminster station. 
• The route may change if stations are closed due to improvement work
• A zone 1 travel card or an Oyster card will be needed for the tour, this is not included in the price. 
• Maximum of 10 people per tour guide
• Recommended to book a month in advance if you have a large group

Our Scarlett Event team can arrange luxury coaches, executive fleets, VIP coaches, mini buses or limousine services to pick your guests up from their hotel and take them to our exclusive London Underground Tour.

Not yet booked your group hotel?  Our Scarlett Events team are here to help!  We work with the very best in luxury hotel group accommodation in London, from Boutique hotels to large hotel facilities. 

Holding a corporate incentive party, gala dinner or corporate event in London?  Let our Events team help organise your event - we work with the very best event venues in London from unique event spaces to traditional British venues, large meeting spaces to VIP luxury party venues available to hire in the UK.  Our London DMC events team can organise amazing locally based entertainment, catering, decor and transport.