A Womble in Liverpool Street

Walks, England, Greater London, City of London

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  • Start at Liverpool Street Station, this is a station but there are places you can break off to walk to nearby Stations for a shorter trip.

    Step 1: Start at Liverpool Street Station, this is a station but there are places you can break off to walk to nearby Stations for a shorter trip.

  • Here you’ll see the plaque for the Old Bethlehem Hospital (more commonly known as Bedlam).

    Step 2: Here you’ll see the plaque for the Old Bethlehem Hospital (more commonly known as Bedlam).

  • Bedlam has a dark history, it was a psychiatric hospital but in its early years people would pay to see the patients for ‘entertainment’.

    Step 3: Bedlam has a dark history, it was a psychiatric hospital but in its early years people would pay to see the patients for ‘entertainment’.

  • Step 4: Follow the route through the Church Gardens of St. Botolp built in 1760.

  • Here is St. Helen’s Place a great photo spot with The Gherking juxtaposed with the townhouses.

    Step 5: Here is St. Helen’s Place a great photo spot with The Gherking juxtaposed with the townhouses.

  • Walk passes 2 Bishopsgate and admire the ‘paint splashed’ canopies.

    Step 6: Walk passes 2 Bishopsgate and admire the ‘paint splashed’ canopies.

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