Geo-Trips :: The road goes on forever
The City of London
A walk from No. 2 Moorgate, Mon, 11 Sep 2023 by Basher Eyre
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Or so sang The Highwaymen. Only this is...there are no roads in the City of London Link
However I read about a man who walked every street in The City Link and thought "That's my sort of challenge!
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The City: banking on better weather (1)
Bus passing No 1 Poultry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_1_Poultry
The City: banking on better weather (2)
The City, itself only a "Square Mile", is divided into 24 Wards; for... more
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Looking from Poultry towards Cheapside
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Looking across Poultry towards Bucklersbury Passage
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Grocers' Hall Court North out of Poultry, at No. 35, to Grocers' Hall (P.O.... more
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Approaching the junction of Poultry and Old Jewry
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Old Jewry ran north-south between Lothbury and Poultry and was located in Cheap... more
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Temporary traffic lights in Cheapside https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheapside
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Approaching the junction of Cheapside and Ironmonger Lane.
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Looking from Cheapside into Ironmonger Lane. In mediaeval times a church St Martin... more
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Sign on Atlas House
For a little more on the Atlas Assurance Company see... more
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Looking from Cheapside towards Queen Street
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Cautionary notices in King Street
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The famous Bow Bells https://www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/stmarylebow/
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Junction of Cheapside and Honey Lane. In mediaeval times, this area was a small... more
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Postbox in Cheapside
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Giant "flowerpoints" in Cheapside
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Looking from Cheapside into Milk Street
Henry Harben's 'A Dictonary of London'... more
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Approaching the junction of Milk Street with Russia Row. In mediaeval times this... more
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Looking from Milk Street into Compter Passage... more
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Milk Street: here stood a church, St Mary Magdalen, that was not rebuilt after the... more
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Postie at the junction of Milk and Gresham Streets
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Guided tour of City churches about to set off from the Guildhall. First stop: St... more
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Inside the Guild Church, St Lawrence Jewry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Lawrence_Jewry
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On the south external wall of St Lawrence Jewry: a ward board for Cheap... more
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Standing on the pavement immediately to the south of St Lawrence Jewry looking... more
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St Lawrence Jewry on a glorious September morning
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You always spot something you haven't seen before: seen at the northern end of... more
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Looking south-southwest along Lawrence Lane
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Approaching the T junction. We are coming down Lawrence Lane with Trump Street to... more
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Looking from Russia Row towards Trump Street. Not a metaphor for US politics... more
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Looking westwards in Russia Row
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Looking from Honey Lane into Russia Row
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Looking from Honey Lane across to St Mary-le-Bow. In mediaeval times this was the... more
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A guided tour looking at the stained glass windows... more
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Looking from Bow Lane into Well Court (West out of Queen Street, at No.9, to Bow... more
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Road blocked at the junction of Bow Lane and Watling Street. Despite its high-tec... more
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My grandfather, himself a countryman, used to tell the story of his father's visit... more
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My grandfather, himself a countryman, used to tell the story of his father's visit... more
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Café outside St Mary Aldermary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary_Aldermary
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Seen outside St Mary Aldermary: what a very precise ledger slab
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Café at the back of St Mary Aldermary
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A guided group looking at the stained glass within St Mary Aldermary... more
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Looking east-northeast outside St Mary Aldermary
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Junction of Queen Victoria Street and Queen Street
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Taxi in Queen Victoria Street. For more about the famous London Black Cab see... more
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Queen Street City of London bollards... more
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Pub at the junction of Queen and Cannon Streets- The Sugar Loaf... more
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Cannon Street on a lovely September morning
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Phone box in Claok Lane
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Looking from Queen Street into Great St Thomas Apostle, named after a church which... more
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Cyclists and pedestrians heading down Queen Street
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Looking from Queen Street into Skinners Lane
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Looking past a brick wall in College Street at St Michael Paternoster Royal... more
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Chinese restaurant at the bottom of College Hill
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Inside St Michael Paternoster Royal
Inside St Michael Paternoster Royal (4)
The font
Inside St Michael Paternoster Royal (7)
For more about the real Dick Whittington see... more
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Mid section of College Hill. [South out of Cannon Street, at No. 60, to Upper... more
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The house of Dick Whittington-and cat?... more
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Junction of College Hill and Cannon Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon_Street
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Looking east-southeast in Cannon Street
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Taken in Cannon Street
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You are now standing on the Temple of Mithras... more
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Wren's finest: St Stephen, Walbrook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Stephen_Walbrook
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Looking south-southwest down Walbrook towards Cannon Street
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A heritage week tour at Walbrook
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Inside St Stephen, Walbrook
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Looking from Walbrook into St Stephen's Row... more
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Rear of St Stephen Walbrook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Stephen_Walbrook
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Mansion House Place- looking east-southeast
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Mansion House Place- looking north-northeast
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Mansion Place - looking towards Bank Station... more
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Looking along Lombard Street towards St Mary Woolnoth
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Ward boundary sign in Lombard Street, for Langbourn Ward https://langbourn.london/
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Seen in Lombard Street- postboxes old style and newer
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Looking from Lombard Street into Pope's Head Alley... more
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Blue plaque in Lombard Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_de_Rokesley
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Clock in Lombard Street
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Approaching the junction of Lombard Street and Post Office Court
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Looking from Lombard Street into Post Office Court
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Looking from Lombard Street into Change Alley [Change Alley South out of Cornhill... more
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Looking from Lombard Street into Abchurch Lane [¶South out of Lombard Street... more
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Looking into the other entrance to Change Alley... more
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Mid section of Lombard Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard_Street,_London
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Looking from Lombard Street into Nicholas Lane. Halfway down it stood a church, St... more
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Looking from Lombard Street towards Birchin Lane https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/BIRC1.htm
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Looking north-northeast in Birchin Lane https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/BIRC1.htm
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Ward board and boundary stone outside St Edmund, King & Martyr St Edmund,... more
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Taken at the junction of George Yard and Lombard Street. In the distance you can... more
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Looking from Lombard Street into Clements Lane. At the bottom of Clements Lane is... more
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Looking from Lombard Street into George Yard [North out of Lombard Street at No.... more
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Looking from Lombard Street into Plough Court [South out of Lombard Street at... more
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Gracechurch Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracechurch_Street
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This isn't just any shop closure... more
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Looking up at "The Walkie Talkie" (formally 20 Fenchurch Street) Here is... more
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Looking eastwards along Fenchurch Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenchurch_Street
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Junction of Fenchurch Street and Lime Street... more
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Looking north-northeast along Lime Street, one of the 25 wards of the City of... more
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Mid section of Fenchurch Street
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What's in a name. You say 20 Fenchurch Street, I say Walkie Talkie...
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30 Fenchurch Street. If you look carefully you can see a blue plaque which... more
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Junction of Fenchurch Street and Cullum Street [East out of Lime Street at No. 33... more
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Looking from Fenchurch Street into Cullum Street
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Junction of Fenchurch Street and Mincing Lane... more
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Approaching the junction of Fenchurch Street and Fen Court... more
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Looking from Fenchurch Street into Fen Court [North out of Fenchurch Street at No.... more
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Looking from Fenchurch Street into Hogarth Court... more
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Looking from Fenchurch Street into Mark Lane... more
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Shadows in Fenchurch Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenchurch_Street
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Looking from Fenchurch Street into Billiter Street... more
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Approaching the junctions of Fenchurch and London Streets
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Looking from Fenchurch Street into London Street
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Bus stop in Fenchurch Street
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Mid section of Billiter Street
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Looking southwards down Billiter Street
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Approaching the junction of Billiter Street and Fenchurch Avenue
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Leadenhall Street: The Cheesegrater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/122_Leadenhall_Street
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Mid section of Leadenhall Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadenhall_Street
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Looking eastwards in Leadenhall Street: times are hard- even the traffic cones... more
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I was looking on this ward board, and others, on my most recent trip to The City.... more
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Parked motorcycles in St Mary Axe
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Looking along St Mary Axe towards Great St Helens
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Passing "The Gherkin" in St Mary Axe
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Looking from St Mary Axe, along Undershaft towards Great St Helen's... more
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Looking from Great St Helen's, along Undershaft towards "The Gherkin"
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Undershaft: the old and the new
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Looking up
(from outside Great St Helen's)
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Walking past Great St Helen's Churchyard
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A thriving City Church: St Helen's Bishopgate https://www.st-helens.org.uk/
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A splash of colour in Great St Helen's
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Cut through from Great St Helen's to Undercroft
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Looking across Bishopgate from Great St Helen's. Note the 42 at 42 sign... more
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Looking across Bishopsgate towards a barbers
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A church so small you might miss it. Look to the left of the Haz Bar and you will... more
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Looking up in Bishopsgate... more
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Bus stop in Bishopsgate
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The Heron Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron_Tower
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Statues at the junction of Wormwood Street and Bishopsgate
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Shops in Wormwood Street
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Looking east-southeast towards Bishopsgate Churchyard
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Passing the old bath house in Bishopsgate Churchyard... more
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Emerging from Bishopsgate Churchyard onto Old Broad Street
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Looking north-northwest in Old Broad Street
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Honest Burger, Old Broad Street
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Looking from Old Broad Street into Broad Street Avenue [West out of New Broad... more
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Liverpool Street Station
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A wonderful afternoon at The Railway Tavern
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Ambulance in Liverpool Street
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Looking westwards in Liverpool Street
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Cranes above Liverpool Street
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City of London bollards in Liverpool Street
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High tec buildings above Liverpool St- Elizabeth Line... more
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A busy scene in Blomfield Street
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Gate 1, 1 Broadgate https://www.ahmm.co.uk/projects/office/1-broadgate/
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Coffee shop in Eldon Street
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Pedestrians in Eldon Street
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Inside St Mary Moorfields RC Church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary_Moorfields
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Looking from Eldon Street into Wilson Street
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Police box in Eldon Street
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Looking from Eldon Street into Dominion Street
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Cautionary sign in Eldon Street
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City boundary marker in Moorgate
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Looking north-northeast along Moorgate
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Finsbury Circus
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Roadworks in Finsbury Circus
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Roadworks in Finsbury Circus
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Entering Finsbury Circus Gardens
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Dance class in Finsbury Circus Gardens
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Finsbury Circus Gardens
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A new tactic with litter droppers in Finsbury Circus Gardens
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Looking from Circus Place towards London Wall
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Finsbury Circus on a balmy summer afternoon
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Junction of Circus Place and London Wall
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Looking east-southeast along London Wall
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Looking west-northwest along London Wall
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Looking southwards down Copthall Avenue
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Looking from Copthall Avenue into Langthorn Court... more
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Looking northwards up Copthall Avenue
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Looking from Copthall Avenue into Great Swan Alley [Great Swan Alley
East out of... more
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Bottom end of Copthall Avenue
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Copthall Close
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Boundary of Copthall Close and Whalebone Court [North out of Tokenhouse Yard, a... more
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Looking along Whalebone Passage towards Telegraph Passage
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The Telegraph
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Approaching the junction of Whalebone Court and Telegraph Street
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Looking westwards in Telegraph Street
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Number 1 Telegraph Street
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Looking eastwards along Telegraph Street
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Building work in Moorgate
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Looking towards the junction of Moorgate and King's Arms Yard
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Plaque in Moorgate: also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lambe_(philanthropist)
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King's Arms Yard [East out of Coleman Street at No. 49, across Moorgate Street to... more
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The Tokenhouse, 4 Moorgate https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-tokenhouse-london
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Journey's end: traffic lights at the bottom of Moorgate
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