London Walks British Museum Tour (and others...)

I did the BM tour with London Walks a few years ago. I thought it was great. The BM is so enormous and the LW tour is a great starting point, makes it not so overwhelming. The LW guide on the day I took the tour was Tom, who is one of the guides who leads Rick Steves tours.
I recently did The Famous Square Mile tour with Fiona, I really enjoyed this. Sometimes the unusual tours can be really interesting - for example the Street Art Walk really appealed.

For me Favorite London Walks so far: Inns of the Court, Westminster Abbey Tour and The Blitz. This trip going to enjoy the Westminster by Gas Light Tour.

As far as not leaving things to chance be sure to mark your calendar 90 days out to purchase Heathrow Express tickets ( if that's the transport you chose from Heathrow). At least 60 days out book tickets for Buckingham Palace and Parliment tours. I say this if you are NOT traveling June, July and August.

If you are traveling during those months book well in advance as I've found those are the months when tourism is at its highest. Crowds, crowds and more crowds.

I travel to London most often in October, November, December. My flight, accommodation, car rental, and Heathrow Express tickets are already reserved for my Fall jaunt this year.

Enjoy your 4 days in London!

We did a London Walks tour of Westminster Abbey and found it very good use of our time and money. We learned things we would not have known if we visited the Abbey on our own, and we did not have to stand in line to buy tickets. For the British Museum, we basically followed Rick Steves tour in his guide books. It took us to all the "big" sites such as the Rosetta Stone, Elgin Marbles, Assyrian artifacts, and we were pleased with what we saw. Also, we did it in two parts, so to speak. We were staying close to the Museum and since we did not see it all the first time, we were able to go back for a shorter visit to see the rest another late afternoon.

I really enjoyed the Westminster at War London Walks.

If you decide on a tour of Westminster Abbey I would go with the Verger tour for an extra 5£ or so over the admission to the Abbey and provided by Abbey employees. They are the only ones that can take groups in to the small chapel of Edward the Confessor.

I haven't done the British Museum London Walks tour, but I think it would be a great way to hit the highlights with an excellent guide and a good explanation of the exhibits. Of course, you don't need a guided tour, but it is a good way to get a focused look at an absolutely massive museum. I did the London Walks tour of the Tower of London and loved it, it was a much smaller group than on the Yeoman tours and was a very good overview of the entire grounds. The previous year, I had just wandered aimlessly around the Tower and spent too much time looking things up on my phone.

I love London Walks and would go on any of their tours, regardless of the theme. Here is a recent thread that has a list of some forum members' favorites.
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/england/london-walks-your-favorites

We just did Westminster by Gaslight and The Ancient City in June and both were wonderful!

Spend a little time on their website. Click the "about us" link for lots of info, including reviews and details of all their guides. The tour descriptions tell you which guide/s lead each tour.

Can't comment on my experiences yet, as my trip is coming up in September. But as a fellow planner I thought I would add my 2 cents. I, too, am trying to fit in as much as possible in a few days by planning ahead. London Walks gets very high marks and I think would be a good idea if it did not interfere with plans for something else. The problem I see for me is that some of the walks (and other tours I would normally be interested in) are at times I would rather be doing something else. Would love to have time to do it all, and am keeping my options open for some of the London Walks but here are some of my thoughts. I listened to the Rick Steves audio app (free) for the British Museum to see what were the highlights there and how much time it would take. There are some other audio apps available online that you could listen to to prepare for your trip, or download if you wanted to use them while in London. I also checked out books that have recommended walks around London and have printed out some that I would love to follow. Some are neighborhood walks which I figure we can do early morning or early evening when museums, etc., or not open. We hoped to do this trip on our 25th anniversary, but the great recession and couple of subsequent moves kept us from going then. Next spring will be our 35th anniversary, so we were tentatively planning for that, but seeing how every year seems to throw us a curve we decided not to wait for our anniversary, so are going this September. I'll be planning up to the last minute....

Thank you so much for all the input. This forum is invaluable and I'll be checking in often!