Paul Lincoln leads regular guided walks in the City of London. These include Walls of London; the Eastern Cluster; and Imagine Golden Lane at Net Zero.
Walls of London
Book through the Open City website:
SaturdayS at 10-00am – 2026 DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY
This walking tour along the route of the ruined London Wall chronicles how the protective stone barrier, which was originally built by the Romans, has been adapted, demolished, covered up, revealed by the blitz, and even rediscovered by recent building works.
The impact of London’s wall on the historic City of London and the wider capital is immense and yet it is rarely celebrated, noticed or understood. The recent building of the London Wall Place office development by Make — featuring a series of new skywalks — has however shone a light on some new aspects of these ancient fortifications. The walk starts at the recently opened London Wall Museum in Vine Street which is part of King’s College student halls of residence.
Participants will discover the extraordinary history of the wall, its constantly changing appearance, its impact on surrounding neighbourhoods, its relationship with nearby buildings old and new, and the role it played as a symbol of division in medieval society — deterring physical threats, but also separating members of society into ‘insiders’ and ‘outsiders.’
London Wall has survived the plague, the Blitz and is likely to survive the social and economic upheavals brought by Covid-19. The tour will use the history, and surviving structure of London’s ancient wall, to open up discussions about how public spaces are used by local residents, visitors and workers and the ways in which the Square Mile could respond to the impact of Covid-19.
Meeting place:
The City Wall at Vine Street, 12 Jewry Street, London, EC3N 2HT
Cafe is open from 9-00am
Walk starts at 10-00am
Explore the Eastern Cluster:
A guided walk around the City of London’s Eastern District
Saturdays at 10-00am
Book through the Open City website:
2026 dates to be announced IN JANUARY
Over the past forty years the eastern part of the City of London has become home to some of the most distinctive architecture in the capital. Although many of these buildings from Tower 42 to 30 St Mary Axe and the Leadenhall Building, are an important part of the London skyline, less attention has been paid to the way in which this area can be enjoyed at street level. A district known mainly for financial services is now developing new public spaces, public art and landscape projects. This part of the City is also a place of considerable historic significance, from the Roman London Wall to Bevis Marks Synagogue, the only synagogue in Europe that has held regular services continuously for over 300 years; to St Peter’s Cornhill which stands on the highest point of the City of London, this is a completely fascinating part of London.
This walk will look at the Roman invasion and the building of the London Wall; the development of the City of London as a financial district, the impact of the City of London’s policies and voting system on the planning of the area; the approach to tackling climate emergency and planned improvements to the area.
Meeting place:
Aldgate Square
Walk starts at 10-00am
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