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City of London Attractions
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This fine statue stands at the centre of Whittington Gardens at the heart of London's financial district. Entitled 'Magiter Equitum' the piece was commissioned especially by the Italian government...
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This fine statue was designed by Jonathan Kenworthy, a prominent British sculptor. Like many of the pieces in central London, the artwork was paid for by a local company...
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This fine sculpture is located at the centre of Festival Gardens in the shadow of St. Paul's Cathedral in the centre of London's financial district. Designed by the great...
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This bronze statue of Queen Victoria stands at the middle of the road on the northern entrance to Blackfriars Bridge. One of the greatest queen's in the history of...
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This gallery is located on the edge of the City of London, close to the vibrant artistic community of Shoreditch. It is housed in a converted warehouse building and...
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This museum is dedicated to the former Russian president before the Russian Revolution in 1917. The interesting and extensive collection brings together a great many of the famous politicians...
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Alfred Harmsworth was one of the early pioneers of print media in the United Kingdom and one of the architects of the idea of the newspaper district of Fleet Street....
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This City of London church has some of the oldest features of any church in the area. The church was founded in 675, and an arch from that original building...
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Only the tower remains from this perpendicular style church, which was demolished in 1870. The church’s name comes from the word ‘Staniggecherch’ which means ‘Stone Church’. There has been a...
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Founded in 675AD, this Saxon church is one of the oldest and best preserved in this area of the city. The church has had the gruesome undertaking of dealing...
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The All Hallows church is tucked up next to the ancient London Wall. The current church was built in 1765, and was designed by George Dance the Younger. Like many...
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The Association of Art Historians was formed in 1974; the primary purpose of the group being to provide support to, and help with the studies of people involved in Art...
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The Baltic Exchange is an attraction signposted in the City not least because of its centrality to London’s commercial history. From humble beginnings in the eighteenth century in coffee...
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The Bank of England is so central to London’s identity, it even has an underground station named after it. Founded in 1694 as the government’s banker and debt-manager, the...
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The Barbican Art Gallery is host to a wide variety of cutting-edge exhibitions and is open every day of the week throughout the year. It is situated within the...
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Located in the historic North Wing of the famous old hospital, this museum is staffed by volunteers and tells the story of one of the most famous hospitals in the...
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Bride Court Arcade is a small shopping precinct tucked away off Fleet Street and New Bridge Street in the heart of the City of London. The facility is home...
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The Bridewell Theatre is renowned for presenting new musical theatre and drama, as well as evening shows the theatre offers Lunchbox Theatre to people working or visiting in the area....
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The Bridewell Theatre is a small theatre facility tucked away on a side street close to Fleet Street. The theatre aims to help new writers and directors get their productions...
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This collection is dedicated to the history of one of the most fascinating humanitarian organisations in the world, the British Red Cross. The organisation has been saving lives around...
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The Broadgate Circle is an attractive, modern and well-designed circle of shops, restaurants and bars serving City workers and travellers. In the winter months it takes on an additional...
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The Christ Church Newgate was originally built by the Franciscans, who having settled in the poor area decided to build a grand place of worship. They started the building in...
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This grand old Catholic Church is one of many interesting places of worship situated in and around the City of London. This church stands out because of its interesting...
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The City Temple was built in 1874, and was designed to replace a non-conformist place of worship. It is situated next to St Andrew’s in Holborn. The church is perhaps...
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This house can be described as a shrine to the English language, for it was here that Dr. Samuel Johnson worked for many years to compile the first comprehensive English...
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The Dutch Church dates back as far as 1550, when the King gave the Dutch refugees permission to use the Austin Friars nave to build a Protestant church. This church...
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The Family Records Centre is based in the heat of London and is one of the most important resources that many call upon when they are embarking on research into...
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Festival Gardens are a beautiful set of cultured gardens at the heart of the City of London, the capital's financial district. The gardens are close to St. Paul's Cathedral...
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An oasis of landscaped green in the hustle and bustle of the city, Finsbury Circus Garden provides an idea spot for a lunchtime picnic thanks to dozens of public benches....
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On this site, just a few feet from Fleet Street Henry White oversaw the putting together of the very first edition of the Sunday Times, a newspaper that would become...
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A member of the Royal Society, George Graham lived in the late 17th and early 18th Century. His primary business was in clock making and he was known at...
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The Guildhall, home of the Corporation of London, is usually open to visitors, free of charge, when it is not being used for state occasions. It is the only...
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The original Guildhall Art Gallery was burned down in an air raid in 1941. The new gallery, opened in 1999, in the Guildhall Yard, has an enlightened policy of...
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The Guildhall Library caries a fascinating selection of ancient texts and documents that date back over a thousand years. Amongst the fascinating collection are many of the scripts and...
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HMS Belfast was launched in 1938 and served throughout the Second World War, and took an important role in the Normandy Landings. After the war she supported United Nations forces...
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This amazingly well preserved office front shows the interesting history of Fleet Street in a tangible sense. Of course for well over a century the street was the home...
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This fine statue stands at the centre of Old Charge Court in the heart of the City of London. Designed by Michael Ayrton, a well known British sculptor, the...
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There are four remaining Inns of Court, with this picture being taken near the Middle Temple. The courts have been around since the 14th century. The names of the Inns...
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The Lloyds building is one of the most famous and controversial buildings in the City of London. It is the headquarters of the Lloyds insurance syndicates and exists primarily...
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Ludgate Circus has a great deal of historical significance because it has always acted as the geographical point where the City of London ends and the City of Westminster begins....
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Mansion House is the official private residence of the Lord Mayor of London. Situated just outside Bank underground station, it has a Palladian façade, and six magnificent Corinthian-style columns....
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Admiral Arthur Phillip was a celebrated British naval officer and a colonial administrator. Phillip is probably most famous for his role as the first European administrator to be sent...
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This footbridge famously became known as the Wobbly Bridge when it first opened because the footfall of the people crossing caused the bridge to sway. The wobble was quickly fixed...
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This very moving monument entitled 'Blitz' was commissioned by the National Fire-fighters Memorial Trust in 1990 to commemorate all those firemen who have lost their lives in the cause of...
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No 1 Poultry is a striking affair, designed in 1988 by James Stirling, although not built until a decade later. It contains clear allusions to its predecessor, the Victorian...
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This small but well appointed garden is situated about a minutes walk away from St. Paul's Cathedral at the heart of the City of London. Although not a famous...
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The Royal Exchange is one of the most imposing sights in the City of London. Founded in 1566 by Sir Thomas Gresham in an attempt to compete...
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This church is another building which was bombed during the war, and the tower alone now sits uncomfortably in the middle of a traffic island in Wood Street. The tower...
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The St Andrews Church at Holborn was one of the few churches to survive the Great Fire, but Wren rebuilt it anyway. It is one of Wren’s largest churches, due...
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This strangely named church is so called because it was once overshadowed by the Cornhill Maypole. The church dates back to around, 1530, with the Maypole being destroyed some twenty...
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There has been a church on this site as far back as the 12th Century, although the current name was not adopted until around the 15th Century. Such a pairing...
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The Church of St Bartholomew the Great is one of the oldest places of worship in London. It was founded as far back as 1123, by a courtier of Henry...
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This church is located within the grounds of the famous St Bart’s hospital, which is the oldest hospital in London. The building was originally built elsewhere and was moved to...
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St Botolph without Aldersgate was built in the 18th Century, and is built out of red brick. This simply designed church has a garden that is known as Postman’s Park,...
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St Botolph is the English patron saint of travellers, and this is one of three churches in the City of London to bear his name. The famous writer Daniel Defoe...
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There has been a church on this site before the Battle of Hastings, although the current building was completed in 1729. Designed by James Gold, the church was built to...
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St Bride’s Church is one of Wren’s most famous, and is known for its extremely tall spire, which stands at over 220 feet. The church is widely believed to the...
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St Clement is the patron saint of seamen, which he became due to the fact he was martyred by being cast into the sea with an anchor around his neck....
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St Dunstan’s Church in Fleet Street was built in 1831 by the architect John Shaw and his son, although there has been church here as far back as the 10th...
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The terrorist explosion in Bishopsgate of 1993 was just a few yards away from Saint Ethelburga’s Church. A man was killed in the incident, and many tens more injured....
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St Ethelburga’s is one of London’s smallest churches, being only 56 feet long and 30 feet wide. Unfortunately, the church was almost completely destroyed by an IRA bomb in 1993,...
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The first church on this site was built in the 14th Century, but was rebuilt again in the 17th Century. The current church dates back from that time, but it...
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The church of St Helen at Bishopsgate has had a complicated history, which dates back to the 13th Century when a nunnery was built on the site. The church was...
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Another one of the oddly named churches in the City, the name Garlickhythe is derived from the ‘hythe’ or ‘jetty’ where garlic was brought in when the church was on...
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This is one of the most multi purpose churches in the area, functioning as a regular church, an exhibition space and the home of the Industrial Christian Fellowship. The building...
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St Lawrence Jewry is the official Church of the Corporation of London and dates back to the 12th Century. The church was one of the most expensive ever built by...
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This church is admired for its impressive steeple, which is topped by a large octagonal lantern. Until modern buildings dwarfed the tower it was regarded as one of the most...
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St Margaret Lothbury is the parish church to the Bank of England, and has an impressive white stone tower. The church was built by Sir Christopher Wren and was completed...
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This church marked a departure in style for Wren, with its very plain and simple design. The church is named after the local factory than produced pattens, which were objects...
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If you want to find one of Wren’s churches that shows how pretty some of his designs were, and also one that has been largely unaltered since it was built...
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The Church of St Mary Aldermary has existed in some form on the site for over 900 years. The name ‘Aldermary’ is usually thought to mean that it is the...
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This church was founded by the Saxon noble Wulfnoth on the site of a Roman Temple dedicated to Concord. One of the few churches not to have been built by...
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The church of St Mary at Hill is near Billingsgate, and is often known as the fishermen’s church. The church, like so many in the City, was built by Wren,...
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Some people believe this to be the most stunning of all of the Wren churches in the City. It has an intricately wrought stone tower, topped by a 9 feet...
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This is another City church associated with Wren, but the main tower of it was designed by one of his pupils, Nicholas Hawksmoor. The rest of the church is by...
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Despite its name, St Michael’s does not have any connections with royalty. The ‘Royal’ title comes from the fact that wine merchants in the area used to buy a lot...
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St Olave Jewry was built by Sir Christopher Wren, but now only the tower remains after the rest of the church was pulled down in 1888. This was done to...
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This large, red brick church was built by Christopher Wren and was completed in the late 1680’s. The church’s tower is topped with a dome, as well as a St...
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The famous Captain John Smith was buried in this church in 1631. The church is also associated with Newgate prison, and the unsavoury business of executions. The church houses a...
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This church was built by Wren, and is noted for its incredibly beautiful interior. The church was used by Wren as an experiment for his designs for St Paul’s Cathedral,...
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This church is named after a rarely known saint, St Vedast. The ‘alias’ is the English version of his name. St Vedast was a 5th Century Bishop of Arras, and...
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St. Bartholomew’s Hospital was founded in 1123 by a monk named Rahere. The museum tells the story of this renowned institution, celebrates its achievements and explains its place in the...
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The Parish of St. Mary Moorfields is steeped in history, the original church having served as pro-Cathedral to Cardinal Wiseman before London’s Catholics had established Westminster Cathedral. The present...
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St. Paul’s Cathedral is first and foremost a place of Christian worship. Some will come to pray. Some will come for concerts and recitals, for public lectures, and for exhibitions....
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St. Paul's Churchyard Gardens are located just opposite the great cathedral that was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. The gardens are beautifully maintained and feature a wonderful selection of...
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This statue of Queen Anne is one of the most famous sights around St. Paul's Cathedral. Often framed in photographs of the great Cathedral, the statue stands directly outside...
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Swiss Re Tower has rapidly become one of the most famous landmarks in the world, featuring in tourist brochures and on posters of London all over the world. Few...
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T.P. O'Connor is quite rightly honoured with a monument on the most famous historic newspaper street in the world. He lived in the late 19th and early 20th Century...
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The City of London School is one of the oldest and most prestigious academic institutions in the capital with a history that dates back to the 15th Century. The...
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Ludgate is of extreme historical importance. Once the City of London was surrounded by a great stone wall that marked its boundary but also protected those who lived and...
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Tower 42 is the tallest building in the City of London, and until the construction of Canary Wharf, was the tallest building in Britain. Long known as the NatWest...
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Begun by William the Conqueror in 1078, the Tower of London has served as a royal residence, fortress, mint, armoury and more imfamously as a place of execution. Now as...
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Wallspace is located within the historic All Hallows Church on the site of the old London Wall that would have once surrounded the City of London. The purpose of...
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Watling Street Gardens is a small green area that is beautifully kept close to the centre of London's financial district. The garden is extremely popular with local office workers...
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Whittington Gardens is a small but beautiful place of peace and tranquillity at the heart of London's financial district. Named after Dick Whittington, the most famous Lord Mayor of...
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Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese was built in 1667 after the Great Fire of London. There has been a pub on the site since the 1530’s, and it has a lot...
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