The Siege of Sidney Street
A self-guided true-crime walk of London, United Kingdom
This self-guided true-crime walk of The Siege of Sidney Street in London, United Kingdom follows a documented case across 3 narrated stops over roughly 60 minutes and about 4.6 km on foot. Open the case in the CaseWalk app and each stop is narrated automatically as you arrive at the real location — walk at your own pace, online or fully offline. The route runs from 100 Sidney Street — The Siege to Exchange Buildings, Cutler Street.
Coming soon to iOS — open this London case and the narration starts automatically at each stop, online or off.
The route, stop by stop
100 Sidney Street — The Siege
January 3rd, 1911. Before dawn, more than two hundred police officers sealed off this street. The residents of No. 100 had been woken and moved out. What came next would be photographed, argued over in Parliament, and…
Houndsditch: Where It Began
December 1910. A Friday night, cold and quiet on Houndsditch. Behind the Victorian shopfronts you're looking at now, a small group of men were working in near-silence — tunneling through a party wall toward a jeweler's…
Exchange Buildings, Cutler Street
January 1911. The killings at Houndsditch were eleven days old, three officers were in the ground, and somewhere in these streets, men who knew the surviving gang were deciding whether to…
These are the opening lines of each stop. The full narration — and the audio — plays in the app.
— good to know
- How long is the The Siege of Sidney Street walk?
- About 60 minutes on foot, covering 3 stops over 4.6 km. You can pause and pick it back up whenever you like.
- What does the The Siege of Sidney Street case cover?
- 3 narrated stops, beginning at 100 Sidney Street — The Siege and ending at Exchange Buildings, Cutler Street. Each one plays automatically as you reach the real location.
- Is the The Siege of Sidney Street case real?
- Yes. It's built from the public record — court documents, contemporary news, and published histories — reviewed by a person, and told in a documentary register, never sensational.
- Do I need an internet connection or mobile data?
- No. Download the case once in the CaseWalk app and the narration plays fully offline — handy while roaming in United Kingdom. GPS triggers each stop as you arrive.
- Is the The Siege of Sidney Street walk free?
- Your first walk on CaseWalk is free. After that, unlock a single case with a credit (yours to keep) or go All-Access for every case. Cancel anytime.
- Can I walk it at my own pace?
- Yes. There's no guide and no schedule — start when you want, linger as long as you like, and the next stop plays automatically when you get there.
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Coming soon to iOS. Your first walk is free, and you can download this case for fully offline use.