WALK 8: TEMPLE BAR TO LONDON BRIDGE - London: A Tour Guide for Modern Traveller - page 85

WALK 8: TEMPLE BAR TO LONDON
BRIDGE

Starting location: Twining's, 216 Strand.
Nearest tube station: Temple.
Length: 2.25 miles.
Opening hours:
• T WINING ' S : Open every day except public holidays.
• D OCTOR J OHNSON ' S H OUSE : www.drjohnsonshouse.org . Open Monday to
Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (5.30 p.m. May to September).
• S T P AUL ' S C ATHEDRAL : www.stpauls.co.uk . Open for sightseeing, Monday to
Saturday from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Last admission 4 p.m. See website for
events and services.
• M USEUM OF L ONDON : www.museumoflondon.org.uk . Open daily from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. Closed 24th to 26th December.
• B ANK OF E NGLAND M USEUM : www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/Pages/mu-
seum . Open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Last admission 4.45 p.m.
Closed on public holidays.
• T HE M ONUMENT : www.themonument.info . Open daily except some public holi-
days. Check website for details.
Tip: Most City pubs, restaurants and shops are closed on Saturday and Sunday. Gener-
ally the area is livelier Monday to Friday.

Historic London is actually two cities - Westminster, the seat of royalty and the abode of

the fashionable to the west, and the City, the centre of commerce and finance, to the
east. We begin this walk outside Twining's the tea merchant, just before the point where the
two meet at Temple Bar.