Part 8 - St Paul's Cathedral to Covent Garden (4 km) - Across London Visual Marathon
- philip carey
- Jan 26, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: May 28, 2024
Start at St Paul's Station
Finish at Covent Garden Station
THE EXPERIENCE
Crossing the Divide - From inside the Old City Walls to the New Central London.
This exciting route takes you on a discovery tour of all the places that link the City of London to Central London. It contains many of the City of London’s historic institutions and icons, such as St Paul’s Cathedral, the Old Bailey Law Court, Spitalfields Meat Market, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, the Museum of London, High Holborn London Universities, and the Inns of Courts. It is rich in history, architecture, interesting streets, and stories to keep you motivated along the way.
Great for history and iconic sights, cityscapes, markets, museums, law courts, inns of courts, universities, culture, theatres, cathedrals and churches. It also has many eating and drinking spots along the way.
MUST SEE PLACES
What to See List
Areas to Eat, Drink and Be Merry
BEST TIME
Morning—This route will be fairly quiet except at the start and end. The best time to do it is on weekends in the early morning when the lighting is at its best, and few people are around.
Day - This route will be fairly quiet except at the start and end of the routes.
Evenings - Quieter in most places, except around Covent Garden.
ROUTE OVERVIEW
This 4.0 Km section of the Across London Visual Marathon takes you from St Paul's Cathedral, heading north towards the Old Bailey Criminal Court, St Bartholomeus Hospital, Smithfield’s Meat Market, and then past Farringdon and into High Holborn before heading through the Inns of Court, Fleet Street, the Aldwych, and finally Covent Garden via the Kingsway Freemason’s Hall.
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DESCRIPTIVE PHOTO GALLERY
This gallery provides a descriptive and visual reference to many sights along this route. Use the Google Map above to find their location. Double-click to see the image in full size.
HISTORY & INTERESTING FACTS
St Paul's to Smithfields
High Holborn to the Kingsway
This video gives you a short introduction to how the City of London grew during the Tudors (1560) and the Victorians (1860)
7:26 mins
VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE AREA
Click on the picture below to go on a 360 virtual tour of the shopping areas and have a look around.
Use the route to explore this location by looking around in 360, taking in the sights and sounds, listening to an audio recording about the area and going on a virtual tour.
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