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02 LIVERPOOL Bishopgate A10 BARBICAN STREET 05 CIRCLE SALTERS’ HALL STATION At ING we find walking around ST ALPHAGE GARDENS our local area a great way to 03 London Wall London Wall reconnect and find a bit of calm ALDERMANBURY SQUARE FINSBURY CIRCUS during the busy day. 06 GARDENS Commercial St 07 As more of us return to the

SAINT MARY ALDERMANBURY GARDENS city, finding green spaces and A10 08 ADAM’S COURT ‘hidden gems’ where we can be 09 10 22 BISHOPSGATE outside and close to nature is GUILDHALL important for our wellbeing. This THROGMORTON STREET 11 walk will lead you on a journey BANK Algate High St ALGATE of discovery and contemplation; STATION St Mary Axe Cornhill STATION challenge perceptions on what a King William St ‘garden’ is; explore how greenery is integrated in the public realm; Queen Victoria St 12 Fenchurch St and appreciate how the city can Cannon St FEN COURT GARDEN continue to develop with nature Gracechurch St in mind. HILL STATION Upper Thames St Weaving together the history and

design of several urban ‘gardens’, GARDENS & LANES our route takes you through the 13 Byward St back lanes of the City, set back SAINT DUNSTAN from the hustle and bustle of the main streets. We encourage you, as you walk from site to site, to REDISCOVER City the RIVER THAMES look up, look around, and pause, taking in the world around you.

Follow itinerary on Google Maps. 03 04 01 06 02 Finsbury Circus Speed Garden 07 (Barbican) 05 Boundary Garden Aldermanbury Broadgate Circle Square Saint Mary Alder- Gardens Located at the eastern boundary of the Salters’ Hall/ This Grade II listed garden is the largest Barbican lake, sat between Speed House manbury Gardens open space in the City. It is also what (the first Barbican block to be built) (Arnold Circus) The civic space at the heart of the remains of Moor Fields, London’s and Brandon Mews, Speed Gardens St Alphage gardens Following significant war damage the Broadgate estate was redesigned in square was laid out in 1962 as part first public park dating back to 1607. was designed with the community in These gardens lay on the footing 2015 by Arup Architecture, enriching of the London Wall Plan of 1955 to At the centre of arguably the world’s In 1869 the oval shaped garden was mind. The garden includes provision of the medieval church of St Mary the retail, civic and social amenities This series of pocket gardens is pedestrianise parts of the area. Having oldest council estate, formally opened tunneled for the , for play with swings for children as well Aldermanbury, which after being while enhancing the original qualities located around Salters’ Hall, designed gone through several reconfigurations in 1900, the Boundary Gardens at and for the past ten years has been as a rich variety of greenery, including destroyed in the Great Fire of of the space. The dramatic colonnade by Brutalist architect Basil Spence since its conception, the most recent Arnold Circus was built using surplus closed to accommodate the eucalyptus and kiki fruit. Although the London, was rebuilt to the design structure, formed of 54 travertine and recently refurbished by dMFK scheme designed by Eric Parry material and waste from the surrounding construction programme at Liverpool garden is private, the public can still of Sir Christopher Wren, only to be columns, was maintained, the Architects, and includes the ruins of Architects was completed in 2006. As Boundary Estate designed by Owen Street. The Corporation perch around the edge at podium level, destroyed once again during the Blitz amphitheater modernised and the area the St Alphege church. The secluded part of the Street Scene Challenge Flemming. It was the first major initiative reopened the park to the public in offering an almost aerial view of the in 1940. The ruins were then moved and punctuated with ‘green furniture’ to garden is sunk below road level – initiative run by the City of London, the undertaken by London County Council August 2020, after a call for design garden below. If you look up, you can reconstructed as part of a memorial encourage interaction and reflection. with the old Roman City Wall as its traffic-free square was re-landscaped as an early instance of ‘slum clearance’. proposals to transform the gardens into see how residents have continued to to Winston Churchill in the grounds of Being a privately owned public space, southern boundary it is a perfectly using natural stone – tracing the Its original purpose – to unify the new a sustainable multipurpose space. Five embrace the natural world by adorning Westminster College Missouri, where it is used for a range of activities manicured mosaic of lawn, hedging, former oval shaped layout, the soft community through access to green practices have since been shortlisted, balconies with hanging plants and he famously delivered his ‘Iron Curtain’ throughout the year. pergolas and fountains. It is directly landscaping balances the natural world space and play – remains unchanged but in the meantime, the garden greenery. speech. Tucked away, the gardens accessible from the Barbican ‘pedway’ with the surrounding buildings. Seating with locals taking full advantage of remains a popular lunch spot for local provide a place for reflection and rest system of elevated walkways and has provision, lighting and a water feature the garden and bandstand for outdoor workers and those who need to escape as visitors are gently reminded of the been the connecting tissue for many make the space an ideal escape. activities. the office to stretch their legs site’s historical provenance through office developments, including those its landscaping and sculptures. of architectural luminaries such as Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Eric Direction tip: head towards Moorgate, take Direction tip: Direction tip: head south Parry and Terry Farrell. a left on Moor Place, walk across City Point on Willoughby Highwalk to Saint Alphage to end up on Silk Street. Climb the blue Highwalk, then towards Salter’s Hall. stairs in front of Wagamama to enter the and head towards Speed Gardens. 08 09 13 Guildhall Throgmorton Saint Dunstan in 12 10 Street Comprising many complex layers of 11 architectural and archeological history, the East Garden the site has been home to the City One Fen Court of London Corporation for over 800 Adam’s Court Named after Nicholas Throckmorton, years. The current Guildhall building chief banker of during the This ruin, a Grade I listed building, was Garden was predominantly built from 1411 to 22 Bishopsgate reign of Queen Elizabeth I and the originally built as a church in 1100. It 1440, with the present grand entrance, Adams Court, just off Old head of an ancient Warwickshire was severely damaged during the Great in Hindoostani Gothic style, added in faces Drapers’ Hall, and was probably family, Throgmorton Street runs from Fire of London, and rather than being One Fen Court, designed by Eric Parry This new skyscraper in the heart of the 1788 by architect George Dance. After the home of Sir Thomas Adams, Master Old Broad Street towards the Bank of completely rebuilt, Christopher Wren Architects for Generali, comprises a mix city has been designed to prioritise more than a century of searching of the Drapers Company and Lord England. The was tasked with designing the new tower of office and retail space and one of the the health and wellbeing of the 12,000 by archaeologists, London’s Roman Mayor of London during the Civil War formerly occupied the southern side of and steeples. These, and the north and only free and publicly accessible roof people who work there, with a range of Amphitheatre was rediscovered in (1642-1651). The courtyard is perfectly the street. It was also once the home south walls, are all that remain following gardens in the city. The Garden at 120, facilities and services not provided in 1988, hidden beneath Guildhall Yard. located in the heart of the city, meters of Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII’s the church’s destruction during the which was designed in collaboration with traditional offices. Designed by PLP The original Saxon guildhall was most away from Bank Station. chief minister. Blitz. After WWII, it was decided not landscape architect Latz + Partner, is Architecture for Lipton Rogers and likely built on this spot because of the to rebuild St Dunstan’s – instead, the a unique, open-air area for the public AXA, in addition to 1.275 million sq ft of historic amphitheater. The black circle City of London Corporation turned and tenants alike, offering panoramic flexible workspace, 22 Bishopsgate will paved on the courtyard, designed by the ruins of the church into a public views across the City to the Tower of offer over 200,000 sq ft of communal Richard Gilbert Scott, marks its outline. garden, which opened in 1971. It now London and beyond. Compared to the amenity spaces, including a fresh food Gilbert Scott was also responsible provides a peaceful sanctuary for city hustle and bustle of the streets below, hall, private club, wellbeing retreat, for the design of the modern West workers and tourists – a true hidden The Garden at 120 is an urban oasis fitness studio with 25th storey glass Wing and . On a gem within the city. that can be appreciated from within climbing wall and London’s largest cycle summer lunchtime the Yard plays host as well as from the taller surrounding park. Construction is due to complete to hundreds of City workers, escaping buildings. later this year with tenants moving in the office to soak up the sun on the from 2021. stone paving. Walking Tour Walking