London walks & travel stories
Self-guided London walking guides and stories from further afield. By Keith Jervis, a Dulwich postman who has trouble leaving a side street alone.
College Road · Kingswood Estate · Dulwich Village · The world
The Flight Atlas
A starting point, a month, and a world of possibilities. Explore the map, then follow a story a little further afield.
Explore the Flight AtlasIndependent London walking guides
Take the side street. Read the surviving wall. Follow the stories beneath the pavement, at a pace that suits you.
The latest walk · Covent Garden & the West End
Old streets, bright courtyards and places to pause. Explore the West End from Trafalgar Square to Outernet, with market roofs, booksellers and a little theatrical grandeur along the way.
Clickable maps, photo prompts and a heavy-rain alternative. Outdoor sections with sheltered pauses; not a fully covered route.
London’s darker side · Cornhill to St Giles
A Roman temple below the city. A bell for the condemned. A final drink on the road to the gallows. Thirteen places, nearly two thousand years, and a London that has not finished with its dead.
Routes, historical voices, archive images and practical visiting notes.
Victorian Southwark · a shorter walk
Four stops through poverty, debt, burial and public execution, from London Bridge to Newington.
Four historical stops · walk at your own pace
Explore the guide
London’s Dark Side · free preview
Nine story stops across London, with short directions and room to look twice.
Full guide in development · sample available now
Read about the routeMusic, mischief and the streets that made the sixties.
Plague London, one surviving clue at a time.
Working London through docks, factories and front doors.
Roman streets beneath the modern city.
Hidden views and overlooked corners.
A local walk in development
A walk between Dulwich’s polished image and the community life of Kingswood Estate. Planned as a free or pay-what-you-want route, with room to pause at Kingswood House.
Route being preparedFrom the road
Brazil & Argentina · 6 min read
From the quiet rhythm of a Dulwich postal round to water that seemed older than the idea of edges.
Read the storyThe dispatches
Brazil & Argentina
A guide called Sandro, an old Guaraní story and a path towards the roar of Iguazú.
6 min read · visitor notes included
Read the story
Seville & Cuba
From Seville’s imperial river to Havana and Trinidad — gold, survival, music and a doctor who never stopped being one.
10 min read · visitor notes included
Read the storyPhotographs from my travels · Keith Jervis
From the camera roll · Guatemala
A companion on Acatenango. A volcano framed by Antigua’s yellow arch. Stone steps rising from the jungle at Tikal.
The next dispatch is taking shape. Until then, a few frames from the journey.
Guatemala · May 2023 · Photographs by Keith Jervis
Take a story for a walk
Browse the available digital guides on Etsy. Each listing gives the current price, what is included and how to download it.
Visit A Long Way From Dulwich on Etsy ↗A small independent project
A guide purchase helps support the next route and the writing around it.
An SE21 route T-shirt and a small brass walking pin are early ideas. Neither is available to order yet.
Keep the stories travelling
If a story reminds you of someone, send it their way. If a walk catches your eye, check its guide page for previews and current availability.
Keith Jervis · postman & writer
I’m a postman in Dulwich and a writer whenever the road gives me something worth carrying home. This is where I collect longer journeys, small observations and the places that stay with me after I’ve returned.
The walks lean towards the darker side of history. The stories follow the people, streets and ordinary moments that rarely make the postcard.
Read the notebook