2014-03-02 - The Wards of the City of London Ride

Here's the route for those who dropped off and wanted to find out what they missed, or wanted to go back to places we just whizzed past.

• = places of interest
  
  
  

====START====
Millenium Bridge
*Plaque on Right and College of Arms
Continue onto Peter's Hill 0.0 mi
Left on to Knighrider St
Right into New Bell Yard
Turn left onto Carter Ln 0.3 mi
*Left on Wardrobe Place
Back to Carter Lane
Turn left onto St. Andrew's Hill 0.3 mi
*Shakespere Plaque
Right into Ireland Yard
Turn right onto Friar St 0.4 mi
Left on to Carter Lane
Left into Church Entry
*St Anns vestry Hall
Right to Ireland Yard
Left to Playhouse Yard
Right into Black Friars Lane
*Blackfriar Plaque
Right into Cobb's Court
Left into Priory Ct
Straigh ahead on Pilgrims St
Right into Ludgate Hill
Left into Ave Maria Lane *Worshipful Co of Stationers and Newspaper Makers
Amen Court
*Clergy Houses
And Warwick Lane *Cutlers Hall
Turn left onto Newgate St/A40 1.0 mi
Across the road - Blue Plaque of Grey Friars Monastery & Christs Hospital
Cross Holborn Viaduct

======HOLBORN SECTION========
Left into Furnival St
Left Cursitor St
Right into Macs Place
*Church Gardens
Left on Bream's Buildings
Right on to Fetter Lane
Left on to W Harding St
Right to Red Lion Crt
Turn left onto Fleet St 1.9 mi
Left into Johnsons Crt
*Back up past Dr Johnsons House
Continue Straight to Gough Square, past the cat
Turn right onto Gunpowder Square 2.0 mi
*Cannon
Continue straight onto Wine Office Ct 2.0 mi
Turn left onto Shoe Ln 2.1 mi
Right into Plumtree Crt
Up the Holborn viaduct *Houses on either side
*Crest on the bridge, dragons, muses.

=========SMITHFIELDS========
Turn left onto Giltspur St 2.5 mi
*St Sepulchre's Church
*Cock Lane
Turn right onto W Smithfield 2.6 mi
*Sherlocks jump
*William Wallace plaque
Turn right onto Cloth Fair 2.7 mi
RISING SUN PUB STOP
Turn right onto Kinghorn St 2.8 mi
Continue onto Bartholomew Close 2.8 mi
Turn left to stay on Bartholomew Close 2.9 mi
*Butchers Hall
Slight right onto Albion Way 2.9 mi
Left on to Montague St
Enter Rotunda 3.0 mi
Lap of Rotunda

=========BARBICAN========
Exit the roundabout onto Aldersgate St/A1 3.0 mi
Turn right onto Beech St/B100 3.2 mi
Left on to Bridgewaters
Turn right onto Viscount St 3.3 mi
Around the UBS building - Cripplegate St
Turn right onto Golden Ln 3.4 mi
Left on to Beech St
Turn right onto Silk St 3.5 mi
Right into Moore Lane
Right onto Fore St 3.8 mi
*Lap of the church
Come out and go back on Fore St
Turn right to stay on Fore St 4.1 mi
Turn left onto London Wall/A1211 4.1 mi
*Moorgate stop
*Keats Pub - The Globe
Continue on London Wall towards Liverpool St.

=======BISHOPSGATE SECTION========
Turn left onto Old Broad St 4.4 mi
Turn right at New Broad St - office buildings drive way 4.4 mi
Turn left onto Bishopsgate/A10 4.5 mi
Go overland on to Houndsditch and continue 4.6 mi
Turn left onto Outwich St/A1211 4.7 mi
Around Aldgate Roundabout for the church - St Botolphs without Aldgate

=========LEDENHALL MARKET SECTION===========
Keep left to continue on Duke's Pl/A1211 5.2 mi
Turn left onto Creechurch Ln 5.2 mi
*First Synagog plaque
Turn right onto Bury St 5.3 mi
*Gherkin
Continue straight onto Undershaft 5.4 mi
Turn left onto Great St. Helen's 5.4 mi
Turn left onto Bishopsgate/A10 5.5 mi
Turn left onto Leadenhall St 5.6 mi
Turn right onto Whittington Ave - To market 5.6 mi
*Dragons
Turn left at Market - Leadenhall Market 5.8 mi
Continue Straight to Ledenhall Place
*Lloyds Building
Left on to Lime St

======FENCHURCH ST SECTION======
Turn right onto Fenchurch Ave 5.9 mi
Right into Fen Crt
Turn left onto Fenchurch St 6.0 mi
Right into Fenchurch Place *Station - Toilet Stop
Left into Passage which runs left of station
Left into Hart St/Crutched Friars
*French ordinary Court
Come out go right on Fenchurch St
Right on Lloyds Ave
Straight on to Coopers Row
Trinity Gardens
*Tower of London
Right on Muscovy St
Right on Seething Lane
Left on Crutched Friars
St Olavs Church where we see Ward Board
Turn right onto Mark Ln 6.4 mi
If OPEN! Left into Dunster Ct
If CLOSED - up Marks Ln to Left on to Fenchurch St.
Turn left onto Mincing Ln 6.5 mi
Dunstan Hill cross the top of the church yard
Turn left onto Idol Ln 6.7 mi
Idol Ln turns right and becomes St. Dunstan's Ln 6.7 mi
Turn right onto St. Mary at Hill 6.8 mi
Cross the road to St Margarets Pattens Church - Ward Board
Turn right onto Eastcheap 6.8 mi
Left into Lovat Lane *descent!
At the end, continue left onto Monument St 7.0 mi
*Monument
Right on Fish St Hill
Left on Eastcheap

==========MANSION HOUSE HILLS==================
Continue onto King William St 7.1 mi
Slight right to stay on King William St 7.1 mi
Left on Clements Lane - Ward Board
Continue up the road - Ward Board
Left on to Nicolas Lane
Right back to King William St
Turn left onto St. Swithin's Ln 7.3 mi
Turn right onto Mansion House Pl 7.3 mi
Turn left St Stephens Row 7.3 mi - Ward Board
Turn left onto Walbrook 7.4 mi
Cross Cannon St
Continue straight onto Dowgate Hill (Along side the station) 7.5 mi
Right into College St
Right into College Hill
Left into Cloak Lane
Turn left onto Garlick Hill 7.7 mi
Turn right onto Little Trinity Ln 7.9 mi
Turn right onto Great Trinity Ln 8.0 mi
Turn left onto Queen St 8.1 mi

=======WATLING & BOW BELLS============
Turn left onto Watling St 8.1 mi
*Cordwainers Statue
THE WATLING PUB STOP
Turn right onto Bow Ln 8.1 mi *Bow Bells Church
Continue onto Cheapside 8.5 mi
Left on to Bread Street
*Arthur Phillip Statue
Right on to New change
Continue onto Newgate St/A40 - In front of St Pauls Tube 8.5 mi
Slight right onto King Edward St - Right lane /A40 8.6 mi
*Postmans Park
Turn right onto St. Martin's Le-Grand 8.7 mi
Continue onto Cheapside 8.8 mi
Continue onto New Change 8.9 mi

======GUILDHALL===========
Turn left onto Foster Ln 8.9 mi
*Goldsmiths Hall
Continue onto Noble St 9.0 mi
*The London Wall
Turn right onto Oat Ln 9.1 mi
*Pewters Hall and St Mary Staining
Right into Staining Lane
Turn left onto Gresham St 9.2 mi
Left to Wood St *Around the tower
Turn left onto Love Ln 9.3 mi
Continue onto Aldermanbury/St Mary Aldermanbury 9.3 mi
Turn left onto Aldermanbury Square 9.5 mi
*Brewers Hall and Garden
Back out (leftish) to Basinghall St
*Ward Board outside church
Enter the roundabout and go left on Basinghall St
Guildhall skidz
FINISH
(Final Pub - The Blackfriar)