IU3A Liverpool St And Spitalfields To Barbican
Description
Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.
(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.
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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).
Waypoints
- S : km 0 - alt. 14 m - Start at Liverpool St station exit by Kindertransport statue outside McDonalds
- 2 : km 0 - alt. 14 m - Turn left out of station onto Liverpool Street and continue to Bishopsgate
- 3 : km 0.14 - alt. 15 m - Turn left onto Bishopsgate and cross over
- 4 : km 0.31 - alt. 14 m - Turn right onto Middlesex Street, looking out for digital art on noodle bar at corner of Widegate St
- 5 : km 0.38 - alt. 14 m - Turn left onto Widegate Street, looking up for ceramic bakers by Philip Lindsey Clark on former Nordheim model bakery
- 6 : km 0.46 - alt. 13 m - Turn sharp left onto Sandy's Row
- 7 : km 0.56 - alt. 13 m - Turn sharp right onto Artillery Lane
- 8 : km 0.56 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Steward Street
- 9 : km 0.61 - alt. 14 m - Turn right onto Brushfield Street by Spitalfields market and continue along side of market to view Herd of Hope elephants by Gilly and Marc and relocated refugee boat by KalliopI Lemos.
- 10 : km 0.75 - alt. 14 m - Look out for fruity manhole cover by Keith Bowler just before Commercial St (one of 25 commissioned in area)
- 11 : km 0.76 - alt. 14 m - Return through market to Bishop Square, looking out for I-goat by Kenny Hunter
- 12 : km 1.08 - alt. 14 m - Turn right onto Bishop Square, looking out for 2 x Rabbit Girl and Dogman sculptures by Gilly and Marc. Take steps down to Charnel House to view Choosing the losing side, bronze sculptures by David Teager-Portman
- 13 : km 1.15 - alt. 13 m - Continue with market to your right, looking out for Frame break by Jack West and ahead along Spital Square
- 14 : km 1.27 - alt. 13 m - Turn left onto Folgate Street where building site hoardings to right are worth a look eg Gilbert & George ceramic
- 15 : km 1.36 - alt. 14 m - Turn right onto Norton Folgate and cross towards Principal Place
- 16 : km 1.41 - alt. 14 m - View In Anticipation sculpture by James Burke and Eight Rooms by street artist Agostino Iacurci in the piazza before turning into Worship Street
- 17 : km 1.6 - alt. 14 m - Continue along Worship Street to Worship Square pocket park with decorative panels around trees
- 18 : km 1.81 - alt. 16 m - Turn right onto Clifton Street
- 19 : km 1.91 - alt. 16 m - Turn left onto Scrutton Street, looking out for sundial on north east corner and David Shillinglaw murals opposite along Zetland House
- 20 : km 2 - alt. 17 m - Continue past Zetland House viewing courtyard mural by Rosie Woods for London mural festival and turn right onto Paul Street
- 21 : km 2.14 - alt. 16 m - Look out for two artworks on commercial buildings (Paul St studios mural)(Paul St building sculpture by Stiff and Trevillion with old church, blitz and phoenix echoes) and an anonymous sculpture on Development House before turning left onto Leonard Street
- 22 : km 2.39 - alt. 16 m - At end of Leonard St, cross City Road where safe and go left towards Bunhill Fields
- 23 : km 2.5 - alt. 18 m - Turn left into cemetery and continue along path, Blake memorials are to your right by kiosk
- 24 : km 2.68 - alt. 18 m - Exit onto Bunhill Row and cross to Artillery Arms
- 25 : km 2.7 - alt. 18 m - Continue along Dufferin Street noting artworks on Peabody buildings at corner with Whitecross St
- 26 : km 2.91 - alt. 19 m - Cross Whitecross Street
- 27 : km 2.92 - alt. 19 m - Continue along Fortune Street towards park
- 28 : km 2.95 - alt. 19 m - Turn left into park to view memorial by Emma Douglas on left wall
- 29 : km 2.97 - alt. 19 m - Continue through park
- 30 : km 3.08 - alt. 17 m - Turn left onto Golden Lane towards Beech St for Banksy x 2
- 31 : km 3.25 - alt. 18 m - Retrace footsteps and turn left onto Brackley Street
- 32 : km 3.33 - alt. 18 m - Turn right onto Viscount Street
- 33 : km 3.37 - alt. 18 m - Turn left onto Fann Street, past wildlife garden and sculptural relief of goldsmiths beside Blake Tower
- 34 : km 3.49 - alt. 20 m - Turn left onto Aldersgate Street and continue to Beech St to view painted crossings and ?
- 35 : km 3.64 - alt. 18 m - Cross to Barbican underground station and bus stop (4, 56, 153 to Islington)
- E : km 3.66 - alt. 17 m
Useful Information
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