Self-guided walking tour
London Walking Tour: Curious London – Specimens, Stones and Surgeons (about 3 hours, 5 stops)
5 stops in walking order through London, from Crossbones Graveyard to Hunterian Museum: 4.2 km on foot, about 52 min of walking, 3 h 5 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Curious London: Specimens, Stones and Surgeons”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.
- Total
- 3 h 5 min
- Distance
- 4.2 km
- Walking
- 52 min
- Stops
- 5
The stops, in walking order
Crossbones Graveyard
A disused burial ground in Southwark, remembered for its overcrowded history and the many people buried there.
7 min walk · 520 m
Old Operating Theatre Museum
The Old Operating Theatre Museum preserves a surgical theatre in the garret of St Thomas’s Church, on the original site of St Thomas’ Hospital.
13 min walk · 1.1 km
London Stone
A battered limestone block enclosed behind glass at 111 Cannon Street.
12 min walk · 1.0 km
Postman's Park
A public garden near St Paul's Cathedral, best known for the Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice.
19 min walk · 1.6 km
Hunterian Museum
Hunterian Museum presents a collection of anatomical specimens assembled by John Hunter.
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