London: Cheese Crawl Walking Tour with Tastings & Wine

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Duration2h

GroupUp to 25

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Mayfair to Covent Garden cheese tastings with wine and fun

You’ll wander from Mayfair to Covent Garden tasting British cheeses (yes, Stilton included), sipping wine and joining in silly trivia with a local guide. Expect laughter over “drunk cheese”, new friends made along Soho’s busy streets, and plenty of stories to take home—even if you never quite master saying Camembert.

Step-by-step itinerary

London cheese walking tour

Start at Green Park Station
Walk through Mayfair sampling Stilton
Crawl through Soho and Little Italy
Sample cheeses en route
Walk through Covent Garden
Guide says goodbye at Covent Garden

The Experience

“You’re not supposed to eat the rind on that one,” our guide said, but honestly I’d already done it. We’d just started the cheese crawl in Mayfair, right outside Green Park Station, and everyone was grinning like we’d snuck into some secret club for cheese nerds (which, apparently, has a name—turophile—who knew?). The first bite of Stilton was sharp and earthy and somehow made the city feel quieter for a second. People hurried by in suits while we stood there chewing, trying to guess what made this batch special. I’m still not sure I got it right.

We wandered through London’s streets—Mayfair into Piccadilly Circus—dodging umbrellas and the odd delivery bike. Our guide kept tossing out trivia (“Which king banned French cheese imports?”) and half of us got it wrong, but nobody cared because the next stop had something called ‘drunk cheese’ that tasted like it had been soaking up secrets in a cellar somewhere. Someone tried to pronounce Camembert properly; Li laughed so hard she almost dropped her sample. There was wine at one point—red, just enough to make me forget about the drizzle—and by then I’d lost track of how many cheeses we’d tried.

The crawl finished up in Covent Garden where street performers were juggling oranges and a kid offered us directions (we didn’t need them, but he seemed proud). Our group lingered longer than planned, swapping favorite flavors and arguing about which cheese would win in a fight (Gruyère is apparently scrappy). The whole thing felt like being let in on an inside joke only London locals really get. I keep thinking about that last creamy wedge as we said goodbye—maybe it’s just me, but food tastes different when you’re laughing with strangers.

What’s included

Your day includes guided walking through Mayfair, Soho, Piccadilly Circus and Covent Garden with plenty of cheese samples (think Stilton and Camembert), light lunch-style snacks along the way, a glass of wine to pair with your favorites, plus all trivia games—with public transport close by if you need it after all that dairy joy.

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