Highlights:
Bristling with history and atmosphere, Fleet Street is one of the most ancient and well-known thoroughfares in London. Dominated until recently by newspapers, it remains the spiritual home of journalism and printing.

Walk in the footsteps of Pepys, Dr Johnson and Dickens. Hear tales of eccentrics and wits, a demon barber, press barons, monks, waxworks, rebellions and executions, places of ill repute, the Great Fire and the Blitz.

Enter the Temple, a tranquil oasis once occupied by crusader knights and now by lawyers. Wander by sublime gardens and courtyards, barristers’ chambers, a hauntingly beautiful church and a fine Elizabethan hall where the first performance of Twelfth Night took place.

Discover where, why and how printing and newspapers developed here. See monastic remains, banking halls with medieval signs, a church steeple that inspired the tiered wedding cake, and legendary hostelries. Cross a lost river to Britain’s most famous law courts and the place of public executions, pass the site of an old Roman gate and take in Wren’s magnificent baroque cathedral and Temple Bar, the gateway that moved three times.

Duration: 2.5 – 3 hours.
Distance:  Approx 2 miles (3.2 kms)
Start:  Temple Underground Station
Finish: St Paul’s Cathedral, Paternoster Square<
Note: Weekdays only as no weekend access to the Temple