Travel Reference
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Enjoy a view of the dome from behind the church's red-brick Chapter House (a good
example of Wren's Neoclassicism). This square was designed in the early 21st century to
save views of the church, while allowing maximum modern development here in the city
center.
• Stride right past the
Shepherd and Sheep
statue and head up the pedestrian street, then
bear right onto the busy, noisy street called...
Cheapside—Shakespeare's London
This was the main east-west street of Shakespeare's London, which had a population of
about 200,000. The wide street hosted The City's marketplace (“cheap” meant market),
seen today in the names of the streets that branch off from it: Bread, Milk, Honey.
Rebuilt cheaply after the war, more recently it has been upgraded with brand-new glassy
facades—leaving Cheapside anything but. Between New Change and Bread Streets is a
shopping mall with a glass elevator; ride it to the rooftop terrace for a free view of St.
Paul's Cathedral. On the street there are also some fancy offices, mobile-phone shops,
clothing stores, and Ye Olde Starbucks.
