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MONTHLY MEANDERS IN LONDON

with SARAH FORDHAM

Book your Meander at:      e-mail: sarah@discoverlondon.org.uk      OR      Tel: 07966202548

NOVEMBER 10TH THURSDAY & 18TH FRIDAY
‘THE LAST JOURNEY OF THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR’
At 9.40am on the 11th November 1920 a gun carriage carrying the coffin of an unknown British soldier was conveyed from Victoria Station to Westminster Abbey.
Our walk 100 years later will follow the same route walking past the great memorials of Hyde Park Corner, Green Park, up the Mall from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards and the Cenotaph (unveiled for the first time at 11.00 am on that very day in 1920) finishing at Westminster Abbey. In the week that followed the burial of the unknown warrior over a million visitors filed past the grave which is now one of the most visited last resting places in the world.
Start: 11.00 Platform 8 Victoria Station.  There are many cafes for coffee and loos.
Finish: Westminster Abbey 13.30 approx.
Cost: £15.00.
NOVEMBER 29TH TUESDAY DECEMBER 8TH THURSDAY
CITY CHURCHES & MUSIC
Before the Great Fire in 1666 there were ninety-seven parish churches within the walls of the City of London.  Fifty-one were rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren.  Today a mere thirty-eight survive & each one is worthy of a visit.  The walk will take us into some of those close to St Paul’s cathedral.  Along the way we will see where others stood & the remains of those not rebuilt following the destruction of the Blitz. A church whose bells are part of a well known nursery rhyme, Agatha Christie’s parish church & one where the heart of a queen is buried. We may ascend to a view of London on a par with the Dome of St Paul’s. We will finish in one of the churches for a free concert.
Start: 11.00 bottom of steps at front of St. Paul’s Cathedral. There are many cafes for coffee and loos in Paternoster Square behind the cathedral.
Finish:  13.00 or 14.00 if you stay for the concert.
Nearest tube: St Paul’s Central line.
Cost: £15.00.