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The City: the Great Fire, the Money and the Legends
The City's stories place the Great Fire among the layers and legends of central London.
Fire, Plague and Epidemics in London: audio walks
How did London survive its disasters?
4 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
Explore these walksFire, plague and epidemics forced London to respond to threats that disrupted everyday life. These walks approach those disasters through particular places and stories. They ask how the city survived, what changed afterwards and how memories of crisis became attached to streets and buildings that you can still encounter on a walk.
In “The City”: The City's stories place the Great Fire among the layers and legends of central London.
In “Crime and Punishment in London”: From the cathedral that rose from one great fire and survived another to the martyrs' field: the crowds at the Newgate hangings, the midnight handbell, a ghost that packed Cock Lane, the golden boy who blamed the fire on gluttony, Wallace, John Rogers and the Black Death burial ground.
In “The Tower and Pepys's diary”: Around the Tower, without going in: Thomas More joking on the scaffold, the fake parson who stole the crown, the ravens and their modern legend, and the neighbour who wrote it all down, Samuel Pepys, between the plague of 1665 and the fire of 1666.
Choose from 4 independent walks in London. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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Crime and Punishment in London: from St Paul's to Smithfield
From the cathedral that rose from one great fire and survived another to the martyrs' field: the crowds at the Newgate hangings, the midnight handbell, a ghost that packed Cock Lane, the golden boy who blamed the fire on gluttony, Wallace, John Rogers and the Black Death burial ground.
Soho: Refugees, Musicians and the Cholera Pump
Carnaby Street was laid out against the wall of a plague pesthouse, and round the corner Canaletto invited the public, by advertisement, to come and see his painting.
The Tower of London and Pepys's Diary
Around the Tower, without going in: Thomas More joking on the scaffold, the fake parson who stole the crown, the ravens and their modern legend, and the neighbour who wrote it all down, Samuel Pepys, between the plague of 1665 and the fire of 1666.
London, before you go
London makes more sense an area at a time than as one vast walk. Neighbourhoods change pace within a few streets; the sky may change while you find the next one.
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