Walk: The Square Mile

Where Business, Finance and Skyscrapers meet Medieval London:
Old Street to London Bridge

Did you know?

11,000 people live in the City of London
(the square mile) but 330,000 people
come to work there every day!

Explore how old and new London sit side-by-side.

Leadenhall Market, the City, London

The City of London is the area that was occupied by the Romans who built the original walled city.

The size of the area is just over one square mile so it is often called 'The Square Mile'.

Since the 1970s, skyscrapers have dominated the skyline.

Hiding between the new buildings, there are many old and beautiful ones.

St. Helen's Place

We meet at Old Street Tube Station (exit 5) on the underground (Northern Line - city branch)

In a nearby café, we introduce ourselves over a coffee.

On the walk, we see:

Bunhill Fields - an 1830s burial ground
St. Botolph's of Bishopsgate, 1729

The Gherkin - the Swiss Re building, opened in 2004.
Lloyds Building - one of the first skyscrapers in this area.
Leadenhall Market - a Victorian indoor market.
St. Dunstan-in-the-east - a garden on a bombed-out medieval church
The Monument - built 1670s to commemorate the 'Great Fire of London' of 1666.
The George Inn - where William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens drank.

Expect to see bankers, office workers and businessmen and women rush along the pavements.

Did you know?

A bridge has existed on the site of London Bridge since the Roman times.

Go over the new vocabulary
at the end

We finish in The George Inn pub near London Bridge. This 17th century pub is the oldest coaching inn in London. Both William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens drank here. We relax over a coffee to go over the new vocabulary together.

The George Inn, 1686

The George Inn is a short walk to London Bridge Station where you can get a train to London Waterloo, Charing Cross or trains to south-east London e.g. West Croydon and Lewisham, or Wimbledon in south-west London. London Bridge Underground is on the Northern Line (city branch)

St.Dunstans-in-the-east

Don't forget the VOCABULARY!

After your walk, find the new vocabulary HERE. (click here)

You can find dates and prices for this walk here.

Did you know?
The Monument is 202 foot (61.6 metres). It is the exact distance between it and the source of the Great Fire of London, 1666.

The Monument to the Great Fire of London, 1666

Did you know?

The City of London is the area within the original
old walled city built by the Romans. It is just over
one square mile in size, which is why it is called
'The Square Mile.'