Clerkenwell: London's first suburb

Sun Oct 02 2022 at 02:30 pm to 04:30 pm

Farringdon station | London

London On The Ground
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Clerkenwell: London's first suburb
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On this circular walk from/to Farringdon Station, now one of the best connected stations in all of London, you will:
• Learn about Clerkenwell's Norman and medieval heritage as the location of a Priory and a Nunnery in fields north of the City of London.
• Discover Clerkenwell's tradition for radicalism, dissent and protest.
• Understand its growth from rural monastic quarter to the first area to be swallowed up by creeping urbanisation.
• Find out Clerkenwell's history as a centre for makers of clocks, watches, jewellery and furniture; for brewers and distillers; and for crime and vice.
• See the site of the historic court houses of the lost county of Middlesex.
• Admire architecture from the 16th to the 21st centuries in a visually attractive village-like area.
• Have a rare opportunity to see the Clerk's Well that gave the area its name.
The walk lasts approximately two hours. Please be prepared for all weather conditions!
Start: Farringdon Station forecourt (opposite Castle pub, Cowcross Street/Turnmill Street - NB not the new Elizabeth Line entrance on Long Lane!)
Finish: Farringdon Station
£12 per person. www.londonontheground.com/service-page/clerkenwell-london-s-first-suburb?referral=service_list_widget
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