Self-guided walking tour
London Walking Tour: The Old City – Romans, Fire and Cathedrals (about 1.5 hours, 7 stops)
7 stops in walking order through London, from Barbican Conservatory to The Monument to the Great Fire of London: 3.0 km on foot, about 36 min of walking, 1 h 25 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 “The Old City: Romans, Fire and Cathedrals”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.
- Total
- 1 h 25 min
- Distance
- 3.0 km
- Walking
- 36 min
- Stops
- 7
The stops, in walking order
Barbican Conservatory
A nature centre set above the theatre’s fly tower within the Barbican Centre.
5 min walk · 400 m
St Bartholomew-The Great
A medieval Church of England church founded in 1123 as an Augustinian priory.
5 min walk · 420 m
Postman's Park
A public garden near St Paul's Cathedral, best known for the Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice.
7 min walk · 580 m
St Paul's Cathedral
An Anglican cathedral designed by Christopher Wren in the English Baroque style.
8 min walk · 670 m
Roman Amphitheatre Site
The Roman Amphitheatre Site preserves the footprint of an ancient arena beneath Guildhall Yard, with excavated masonry displayed inside the Guildhall Art Gallery complex.
7 min walk · 560 m
London Stone
A battered limestone block enclosed behind glass at 111 Cannon Street.
4 min walk · 380 m
The Monument to the Great Fire of London
The Monument is a fluted Portland stone column commemorating the Great Fire of London, crowned by a gilded flaming urn.
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