The Old City: Romans, Fire and Cathedrals

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Barbican Conservatory

   ~3 min here

   The Barbican Conservatory is a nature centre woven into the Barbican Centre, with a remarkable setting above the theatre’s fly tower.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: St Bartholomew-The Great

   ~15 min here

   St Bartholomew-The Great is a medieval Church of England church, and its surviving fabric carries Romanesque and Norman work.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Postman's Park

   ~3 min here

   In central London, Postman's Park offers a public garden near St Paul's Cathedral.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: St Paul's Cathedral

   ~15 min here

   St Paul's Cathedral rises before you as an Anglican cathedral, recognisable by its immense dome and broad stone mass.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Roman Amphitheatre Site

   ~3 min here

   What you are seeing is the surviving footprint of a Roman amphitheatre beneath Guildhall Yard, with excavated masonry presented inside the Guildhall Art Gallery complex.

6. 6

   

   Stop 6: London Stone

   ~3 min here

   London Stone is the battered limestone block enclosed behind the glass panel at 111 Cannon Street.

7. 7

   

   Stop 7: The Monument to the Great Fire of London

   ~3 min here

   The Monument is the tall fluted column before you, built to remember the Great Fire of London.

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