City of London In Your Pocket

______ _ CITY O F L O N _ _ _ _D_ O_ N _ IN YOU R P O _ _ _C_K_ E_ T _ A worker’s guide to rest and play in the Square Mile

Contents

What is the City?

What is the City?

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Providing services for the City and beyond

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Getting Started

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What’s new?

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Points of view

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Good morning City

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Lunch on the go

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Sarnies alfresco

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Lunch with a lift

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In the know

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Popping for shopping

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City map

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Out in the evening

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Art, stage and screen

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Antics for romantics

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A winner for dinner

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Party people

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Doing good

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Quintessentially city

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Body and soul

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A place to think

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The City of London is a distinct district within the capital.

A series of statues of dragons (the symbol of the City) can be seen on the streets, marking out its boundaries.

From Fleet Street in the west to Aldgate in the east, to Holborn and Barbican at its northern boundary and with the Thames marking its southern edge, the City is also known as the Square Mile. Its maze of alleyways and key thoroughfares ensure it’s anything but a simple square, while the combination of centuries old architecture and cutting edge modern design create a unique and fascinating environment to work and live in.

The Romans founded Londinium here and it has been the focus for British commerce for over a thousand years. Rich in heritage, it is London’s historic heart, yet its diverse cultural offering enables the City to be a nurturing home for contemporary art and performance whilst remaining at the forefront of business innovation.

Sponsor’s Welcome The City of London might cover a relatively small area but it’s easy to get from station to office to sushi bar to office and home again without really getting the most out of what’s around you.

Maximise your coffee break with a few minutes’ contemplation in a quiet City garden; gaze on artistic genius at a free art gallery in your lunch hour or catch up with colleagues in a different bar to the ‘usual’ at the end of a productive day.

Grange Hotels has two key City locations – by St Paul’s and near the Tower of London (with a third hotel just east of the City). Our restaurants, bars, gym and spa facilities are open daily.

In this guide we only have space for a few highlights across the City, but we hope they lead you to new, favourite places to eat, shop and relax throughout your working week. Plus, tempt you back to enjoy and share this unique square and its treasures along the way.

Keep this guide handy for inspiration and in its pages, look for special recommendations from our project partners.

The guide is also available in app form – The City of London Guide.

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Providing services for the City and beyond

See money come to life

Free admission

Visit the Museum to discover the Bank, from its foundation in 1694 to its role today.

10:00am–5:00pm Monday to Friday.

Closed weekends and Bank Holidays. Entrance in Bartholomew Lane, London EC2R 8AH

Share your experience @boemuseum T: 020 7601 5545

www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum

Around 400,000 people come into the City to work every day and, like residents and visitors, rely on the services provided by the City of London Corporation.

The City Corporation is a uniquely diverse organisation that not only provides services you would expect from a local authority but a host of specialist ones as well. These include the City’s own police force, five Thames bridges and sponsorship of several academy schools. It runs the food markets at Billingsgate, New Spitalfields and Smithfield, and is the Port Health Authority for the tidal Thames.

The City Corporation owns and manages the Barbican Centre, visitor attractions like Tower Bridge, Guildhall Art Gallery and several public and specialist libraries across the City. Hampstead Heath and Epping Forest are the most high profile of the 11,000 acres of space under its care across London.

It also works in partnership with local communities to increase skills, employment and opportunities for all Londoners.

The organisation supports and promotes London as a centre for business especially through the work of the Lord Mayor, who heads the City Corporation and acts as an international ambassador.

To find out more visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

The information in this leaflet has been researched and compiled in good faith and checked as thoroughly as possible with the relevant sources. It is correct to the best of the publisher’s knowledge at the time of printing (August 2015) and the publisher cannot accept any liability for errors and omissions howsoever caused. It does not claim to be fully comprehensive.

Editor: Laura Lee Davies, Design: DesignRaphael Ltd

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Getting Started

The City you work in is always changing.

Look up, look around and check it out.

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The City Information Centre is so much more than a resource for visitors to the Square Mile.

Open daily, with free wifi facilities and staff offering multilingual advice, it’s also a handy place to top up your Oyster card and buy theatre tickets (as well as fast-track tickets for London attractions).

Why not get out and stretch your legs during your break? Many of the daytime and evening walking tours around the City start from here or you can pick up leaflets offering inspiration for self-guided exploration of the streets around you.

If you’re planning to travel for work or pleasure, it’s worth remembering that the City Information Centre is a handy foreign exchange point too.

St Paul’s Churchyard EC4M 8BX – Map C4 020 7606 3030 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/cic

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W hat ’ s

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Broadgate Circle

This stunning space by Liverpool Street Station is a new destination for lunch, shopping or relaxation and seasonal events.

Broadgate Circle EC2M 2QS Map D2 www.broadgate.co.uk

Escape Hunt

Compete in teams and solve puzzles in order to escape from a locked room.

5 George Yard EC3V 9DH Map E3 020 7283 3883 www.ldn.escape-entertainment.com Find out more on page 38

Vintage Salt

This is no ordinary chippy. Breakfast options include ‘full English fisherman’s breakfast’ and seafood at lunch or dinner can be washed down with a craft beer or Ozone coffee.

Dashwood House, 69 Old Broad St EC2M 1QS Map E2 020 7920 9103 www.vintagesalt.co.uk

Heritage Gallery

free

This space at the Guildhall Art Gallery has a rolling programme of the City Corporation’s heritage treasures. Highlights include the finest surviving copy of Magna Carta.

Guildhall Yard, off Gresham St EC2V 5AE Map D3 020 7332 3700 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/heritagegallery

London 2012 Cauldron free Thomas Heatherwick’s magnificent beacon that burned bright throughout the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is now on display at the Museum of London.

Museum of London, 150 London Wall EC2Y 5HN Map C2 020 7001 9844 www.museumoflondon.org.uk

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For a break from work or a special spot for a romantic date, the City is spoilt for great sights.

SushiSamba

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Located on the 38th and 39th floors of Heron Tower, this restaurant and bar boasts the highest outdoor dining terraces in Europe. Glass lifts whisk you up from ground level.

110 Bishopsgate EC2N 4AY – Map E2 020 3640 7330 www.sushisamba.com

Vertigo 42 Coq d’Argent

No 1 Poultry EC2R 8EJ – Map D3 020 7395 5000 www.coqdargent.co.uk

Guildhall Art Gallery free On a rainy day you can still gaze on a beautiful City scene – captured in an oil painting in this gallery’s London collection.

Guildhall Yard, off Gresham St EC2V 5AE – Map D3 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/guildhallartgallery

The Barbican Centre’s terrace has relaxing waterside views to enjoy over burgers, chicken, shakes and cocktails. On most Mondays (and Sundays) the conservatory is free to wander around too. A tropical oasis, it’s a scenic escape on rainy days.

Silk St EC2Y 8DS – Map C2 020 7382 6180 www.barbican.org.uk

Monument St EC3R 8AH – Map E4 0207 626 2717 www.themonument.info

Roof Terrace at One New Change

Tower 42 has dizzying views from its Vertigo42 Champagne Bar. Perfect for special occasion drinks.

Book ahead.

Level 42, Tower 42, 25 Old Broad St EC2N 1HQ – Map E2 020 7877 7842 www.vertigo42.co.uk

Tower Bridge free

The terrace at this Cheapside shopping destination is freely accessible by lift from 6am until late.

Bring your coffee and gaze on wow factor views over St Paul’s.

One New Change, Cheapside EC4M 9AF – Map C3 020 7002 8900 www.onenewchange.com

St Paul’s galleries

The two external galleries on the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral offer magnificent views across London.

The Whispering Gallery inside is also stunning.

St Paul’s Churchyard EC4M 8AD – Map C3, C4 www.stpauls.co.uk

The glass floor fitted across the high level walkways has transformed one of London’s iconic sights to look at into one of the best places to look out from.

Tower Bridge Rd SE1 2UP – Map G4, G5 020 7403 3761 www.towerbridge.org.uk

Tower Hill

free

From the gardens by Tower Hill tube station you get a great view of the Tower of London. For riverside views, the Thames is just two minutes’ stroll down past the Tower’s main gate.

Tower Hill EC3N 4AB – Map F4 www.hrp.org.uk/toweroflondon

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One New Change © Land Securities

Please check websites listed for opening times and admission charges

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Bonfire

Built as a memorial after the Great Fire of 1666, The Monument offers a 360° panoramic view of London.

Climb the 311 steps to enjoy the spectacular view.

Guildhall Art Gallery © Sam Roberts

This rooftop restaurant is a classy spot to enjoy regional French cuisine alfresco. There are yoga and DJ sessions here too.

The Monument

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When you start, the City starts with you – with gourmet breakfasts, artisan coffees and body-kind workouts.

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Aubaine

38 Broadgate Circle EC2M 1QS – Map E3 020 3773 3650 www.aubaine.co.uk

Blue Cow Yoga

Please check websites listed for opening times and admission charges

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This yoga studio has sessions suited to pre-work, lunch and post-work hours.

Courses and drop-in sessions of ‘dynamic’ and ‘flow’ yoga available.

7 Moorgate EC2R 6AF – Map D3 020 7726 6166 www.bluecowyoga.com

Curators Coffee Studio

This independent coffee bar serves carefully sourced coffees and offers Work From Home Coffee Classes so you can learn how to make yourself similarly fine brews.

9a Cullum St EC3M 7JJ – Map E3 020 7283 4642 www.curatorscoffee.com

This fitness centre focuses on training all ages to run with improved technical style and offers coached running sessions from 7am.

6 Trump St EC2V 8AF – Map C3 020 7796 3348 www.runningschool.co.uk

St Botolph without Bishopsgate Duck & Waffle

Perched on top of Heron Tower, Duck and Waffle is open 24 hours a day, but breakfast proper starts at 6am. Its Belgian waffle menu is a highlight and includes the ‘Full Elvis’: peanut butter jelly, banana brulee and Chantilly cream. Phew.

110 Bishopsgate EC2N 4AY – Map E2 020 3640 7310 www.duckandwaffle.com

Fox & Anchor

Smithfield used to be the only area in London where you could get a breakfast pint, thanks to the market’s unsociable working hours. The Fox & Anchor maintains the tradition, open from 7am and serving a ‘City Boy Breakfast’.

115 Charterhouse St EC1M 6AA – Map B2 020 7250 1300 www.foxandanchor.com

Golden Lane Sport and Fitness

Pre-work sessions here include outdoor Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning (Mon, 8-8.30am) and Ju-Jitsu (Wed, 7.15-8.15am).

Fann St EC1Y 0SH – Map C1 020 7250 1464 www.fusion-lifestyle.com

If you can find a friend to join you for a morning tennis workout, the outdoor court at St Botolph is bookable from 8am (May to October).

Bishopsgate EC2M 3TL – Map E2 020 7588 3388 www.botolph.org.uk

St Stephen’s Walbrook

Take some time to stop and breathe.

Every Tuesday morning 7.30-9.30am this historic church offers 10 minute sessions of reflection and prayer, repeated at 15 minute intervals.

© Curators Coffee Studio

Aubaine’s traditional all-day French dining includes an impressive petit déjeuner menu of pastries, eggs every which way and a ‘Full French’ with Toulouse sausage, Alsace bacon, duck egg and mushrooms.

The Running School

39 Walbrook EC4N 8BN – Map D3 020 7626 9000 www.ststephenwalbrook.net

The Wren

This café located at St Nicholas Cole Abbey combines a serious knowledge of good tea and coffee with a serene start to the day.

114 Queen Victoria St EC4V 4BJ – Map C4 www.thewrencoffee.com

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CREATING PLACES

The City excels at handy sandwich bars, but why not walk a few paces further and try something different for lunch today?

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Broadgate recommends StreetDots

StreetDots’ line up of traders at Broadgate Circle changes daily, including some of London’s favourite street food names and covering an array of world flavours.

Broadgate Circle EC2M 2QS – Map D2 www.streetdots.co.uk

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Principal Place

London Wall Place

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The main attraction here is the marinated grilled chicken as well as dishes influenced by South American-style cooking.

24 Copthall Ave EC2R 7DN 020 7628 5636 – Map D2 19-21 Great Tower St EC3R 5AR 020 7283 0032 – Map E4 www.as56.co.uk

Bep Haus

Bep Haus serves full-flavoured hot dishes based on Vietnamese regional cooking (rice dishes, noodle soups and summer and spring rolls).

40 Bow Lane EC4M 9DT – Map D3 020 7248 8505 www.bephaus.com

Burrito Mama

This place at One New Change is a little bit of Mex magic. If you’re in a hurry you can order by app or self-service machine and just collect at the counter.

First Floor, One New Change EC2V 6AG – Map C3 020 3375 2374 www.burritomama.co.uk

Chop’d

Come here for imaginative, nutritious salads like ‘feta, puy lentil and pomegranate’ and ‘harissa chicken’. The pots of soup and stews are reliable hunger busters too.

1 Leadenhall Market EC3V 1LR – Map E3, 70 Mark Lane EC3R 7HS – E3, 1 Ropemaker St EC2Y 9AW – D2, 6 Queens Head Passage Paternoster Square EC4M 7DZ – C3 www.chopd.co.uk

George & Vulture

Made famous by Dickens’ ‘The Pickwick Papers’, this is one of the City’s few original chop houses, serving classics like steak and kidney pie, whitebait and, of course, chops.

George and Vulture, 3 Castle Court EC3V 9DL – Map E3 020 7626 9710 13

Guildhall Yard Lunch Market

Turning talent into success…

Every Court of Common Council day, Guildhall Yard hosts a lunch market with over 20 stalls serving up mouth-watering dishes from around the world. Ditch the packed lunch and get out into the fresh air. Check website for market schedule.

City Music Foundation provides professional musicians in the early stages of their careers with expert advice, guidance and support to help them to build successful careers in music. Our programme includes skills workshops, business and artistic mentoring, and performance opportunities.

Off Gresham Street EC2V 5AE – Map C3, D3 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/guildhallmarkets

Kirin

10 College Hill EC4R 2RP – Map D4 020 7248 0253 www.kirins.co.uk

Pull’d

Please check websites listed for opening times and admission charges

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Choose a wrap, baguette, brioche slider, salad or rice, then select your filling from pork, beef, chicken or veggie, before deciding on your sauce and topping. There are plugs and USB ports at tables if you want to eat in and work through lunch.

Street Dots © Holly Wren

If you’re looking for an alternative to sandwiches for a working lunch, this Chinese restaurant’s menu is available to order to addresses in EC1-EC4. Minimum order £100 for delivery.

Let us bring fresh musical talent into your office!

We bring quality music into daily life in the City, including working with a variety of companies to organise concerts for employees and clients which are also employment opportunities for our CMF Artists.

Get in touch to find out more: info@citymusicfoundation.org

www.citymusicfoundation.org

61 Cannon St EC4N 5AA – Map D4 020 3752 0326 www.howtopull.co.uk

The White Swan

With a lunch menu that includes starters like salt baked celeriac and slow cooked veal shoulder tortellini, the offer here is a cut above ‘pub grub’.

108 Fetter Lane EC4A 1ES – Map A3 020 7242 9696 www.thewhiteswanlondon.com

With thanks to the City of London Corporation for its support

The City has many quiet gardens to escape to for a sandwich lunch – all with their own interesting histories.

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Beech Gardens

Located on a raised podium area in the north-west of the Barbican Estate, Beech Gardens has been designed to enhance biodiversity and to be an elegant natural space in this residential setting.

Accessible by bridge over Aldersgate St Barbican EC1 – Map C2

Christchurch Greyfriars

King Edward St EC1 – Map C3

The Cleary Garden

Festival Gardens’ combination of trees and sunken lawn helps create a peaceful oasis just a stone’s throw from the traffic bustle.

There are lots of benches, carefully laid out so everyone has their own personal space.

St Paul’s Churchyard and New Change EC4 – Map C3

Postmans Park

This pretty garden takes its name from the workers who came here from the nearby post office. Don’t miss George Frederic Watt’s 1900 Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice, a tribute to ordinary people who died saving the lives of others. Its tales of everyday bravery are as fascinating as they are touching.

Separated into three tiers, the garden’s wooden arbours, shaded seats and large lawn make it the ideal spot for a time-out. See sparrows, blue tits, greenfinches, and dunnocks here, as well as an ‘insect hotel’ – a special habitat created to keep the creepy crawlies happy.

St Martin’s Le-Grand EC1A – Map C3

Queen Victoria St EC4 – Map C4

St Paul’s Churchyard EC4 – Map C4

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Garden

This garden south of St Paul’s Cathedral was formerly a coach park and was redeveloped in 2012 with lawns, ornamental planting, sculptures and seating.

A secluded gem where nature has grown up around the remains of the old church. The effect is atmospheric and beautiful. The garden has also been recently replanted with a variety of herbaceous, shrub and climbing plants.

Dunstan’s Hill EC3R 5DD – Map E4

St Olave’s Churchyard

Diarist Samuel Pepys is buried at St Olave’s, as is the 16th century botanist, William Turner. The recent garden work includes plants associated with Turner. There is also a pavement labyrinth with a Jerusalem Cross as its centrepiece.

Hart St EC3R 7NB – Map E3

St Pancras Church Garden

This garden’s oak benches have been individually carved by students of the City & Guilds of London Art School, set in York stone. The garden’s existing trees and new plants add greenery to its striking landscape.

Pancras Lane EC4N – Map D3

St Paul’s Cathedral Churchyard

Spot goldfinches among the birds that feed here, and look out for three monuments: a granite memorial inscribed ‘Remember before God the people of London 1939-1945’; a statue of John Wesley; and a commemoration of St Paul.

St Paul’s Churchyard EC4 – Map C3

If you want to find out more, there are regular City Garden walks (Apr-Oct). www.citygardenwalks.com

St Dunstan’s in the East

Please check websites listed for opening times and admission charges

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In 1940, incendiary bombs destroyed most of the Wren church that stood here. The rose garden planted in 1989 reflects the layout of the original church with box-edged beds representing the pews. Trees mark the former nave.

A lovely place to sit and think.

Festival Gardens

St Dunstan’s in the East Garden

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Make lunchtime a proper break. You can see free art, hear live music or even watch theatre while you eat your sandwiches.

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Museum of London

150 London Wall EC2Y 5HN – Map C2 020 7001 9844 www.museumoflondon.org.uk

St Olave’s Bank of England Museum free Discover the fascinating history behind the United Kingdom’s central bank. Where else can you hold a gold bar on your lunchbreak?

Bartholomew Lane EC2R 8AH – Map D3 www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/ pages/default.aspx

Bishopsgate Institute

Please check websites listed for opening times and admission charges

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free

Gresham College

free

Lecturers here have been giving free talks for over 400 years, covering a range of subjects from art and literature to science and law. Doors open at 12.30pm, seats available on a first come first served basis.

Barnard’s Inn Hall EC1N 2HH – Map A3 020 7831 0575 www.gresham.ac.uk

Open through the week for courses, talks and events, the Institute also regularly hosts free exhibitions based on its collections of art, books and publications.

Guildhall Art Gallery free

230 Bishopsgate EC2M 4QH – Map E2 020 7392 9200 www.bishopsgate.org.uk

See also page 31.

Guildhall Yard (off Gresham St) EC2V 5AE – Map D3 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/guildhallartgallery

Bridewell Theatre

This studio theatre presents a range of dramas including ‘Lunchbox’ shows from 1pm (Tuesday and Friday). You can take your packed lunch in with you and shows are 45 minutes long, so you have time to get back to work.

St Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, Fleet St EC4Y 8EQ – Map B4 020 7353 3331 www.sbf.org.uk/theatre

A great place to relax in and explore, even when time is short. You can see the ruins of London’s Roman Amphitheatre in the basement too.

St Mary-le-Bow

free

Come here for art exhibitions and a lunchtime programme of talks and live music recitals (at 1.05pm).

Everyone welcome.

Cheapside EC2V 6AU – Map C3 020 7248 5139 www.stmarylebow.co.uk

free

This museum is a gem for lunchtime escapes. It has a great café and galleries full of fascinating displays from Roman times to the present day.

Every week there are lunchtime classical music recitals here on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

free

8 Hart St EC3R 7NB – Map E3 020 7488 4318 www.sanctuaryinthecity.net

St Botolph without Bishopsgate

If you want to socialise and get some exercise, the outdoor court at St Botolph can be hired for half-hour lunchtime netball sessions all year round.

Bishopsgate EC2M 3TL – Map E2 020 7588 3388 wwwbotolph.org.uk

St Paul’s Cathedral

On weekdays Eucharist is held at the Cathedral at lunchtime. This spoken service is usually led by a visiting priest. All are welcome.

St Paul’s Churchyard EC4M 8AD – Map C3, C4 www.stpauls.co.uk

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From borrowing books to business research to tracing family history, the City has some great resources.

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This public library specialises in the history of London with printed titles dating as far back as the 15th century. There are extensive archives for research too, and directories.

Aldermanbury EC2V 7HH – Map C3 020 7332 1868 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/guildhalllibrary

London Metropolitan Archives

City Business Library

1 Artizan St E1 7AF – Map E2 020 7332 3810 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/artizanstreetlibrary

Aldermanbury EC2V 7HH – Map C3 020 7332 1812 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/cbl

40 Northampton Rd EC1R 0HB – Map A1 020 7332 3851 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma

Barbican Library

City of London Police

For advice about personal security and safety, and for assistance reporting a crime, there are three City of London Police stations.

Portsoken Health and Community Centre

As well as regular lending services for fiction, graphic novels, DVDs and audio books, special collections focus on art, music, finance and London.

Please check websites listed for opening times and admission charges

Silk St EC2Y 8DS – Map C2 020 7638 0569 www.barbican.org.uk

Bishopsgate Institute

Free to enter, the Institute includes a public library and offers courses from creative skills to language classes.

230 Bishopsgate EC2M 4QH – Map E1 020 7392 9270 www.bishopsgate.org.uk

This specialist library is dedicated to advice, support and resources for business, trade and careers. There are regular events offering expert help starting a business and how to develop existing interests.

37 Wood St EC2P 2NQ – Map C3 182 Bishopsgate EC2M 4NP – Map E2 5 Snow Hill EC1A 2DP – Map B3 www.cityoflondon.police.uk

The LMA has documents, images, maps, films, photographs and books ideal for exploring family history or learning more about London. There are also regular events.

This health and community centre serves the local area with advice sessions, activities and the City Wellbeing Practice.

14 -16 Little Somerset St, off Mansell St E1 8AH – Map F2 020 7332 3320 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

Gresham College

Shoe Lane Library

Barnard’s Inn Hall EC1N 2HH – Map A3 020 7831 0575 www.gresham.ac.uk

Little Hill House, Little New St EC4A 3JR – Map B3 020 7583 7178 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

As well as presenting regular free lectures (see pages 18), the College also offers seminars and conferences.

London Metropolitan Archives © Sam Roberts

Artizan Street Library and Community Centre

This library’s services include lending books, CDs, DVDs and audio books. Its community centre hosts fitness sessions and activities like drop-in life drawing classes.

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Guildhall Library

Shoe Lane is a lending library with reading groups, free wifi and computers.

The City’s archives are full of incredible historical artefacts. You can get monthly alerts unlocking these treasures at www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/treasureofthemonth

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Something to cook for dinner, a shoe repair, the perfect wedding gift – the City’s got it covered.

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Bow Lane, EC4

When you have a few minutes to spare at lunchtime, explore the alleyways off Cheapside. Alongside Bow Lane’s many cafés, you’ll find stores like Jigsaw and Whatever it Takes.

Map C3

Cheapside, EC2

´ Leadenhall Market in the heart of the City of London offers a modern retail and leisure experience set within an historical Victorian market setting. @LeadenhallMkt

Leadenhall Market

Gracechurch Street, City of London, EC3V 1LR

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/leadenhall

Leadenhall Market is owned and operated by the City of London Corporation Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0

With wide pavements and shops for everything from a padlock to a poncho, this is the City’s high street.

Paperchase, Tesco, Vision Express and Daunt Books all feature, along with a string of quality men’s and womenswear brands.

Map C3, D3

Leadenhall Market, EC3

Ornate arcades focus on everyday luxury. With boutiques like jewellers Beau Gems and perfumers Diptyque Paris it’s hard not to treat yourself.

Gracechurch St EC3V 1LT – Map E3 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/leadenhall

Liverpool Street station and Broadgate, EC2

The station’s West Mall and mezzanine boast Laura Ashley, Lush, Hotel Chocolat and Hawes and Curtis for suits, shirts and ties. Neighbouring Broadgate has classy staples like Hobbs and Timberland.

Liverpool St EC2M 7QH – Map E2 www.networkrail.co.uk Broadgate Circle EC2M 2QS – Map D2 www.broadgate.co.uk

The London Silver Vaults, WC2

Steeped in City history, this former Victorian secure store is home to several specialist silver dealers.

Great when browsing for antique collectibles, striking modern jewellery or a romantic gift.

Chancery Lane WC2A 1QS – Map A3 020 7242 3844 www.silvervaultslondon.com

Ludgate Hill and Blackfriars, EC4

The shops on Ludgate Hill and New Bridge Street are handy for high street shopping and quirky one-offs like Hardy’s old fashioned sweet shop (a liquorice-lover’s paradise).

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(opposite St Paul’s Cathedral)

For a birthday card or gift with a difference – jewellery to cufflinks, prints to homeware – don’t forget the shops at the Barbican Centre, Museum of London, Guildhall Art Gallery, St Paul’s Cathedral and Guildhall Library.

Find addresses on pages 32 & 33 For St Paul’s see pages 8 & 9

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Premium high street labels here include All Saints, Banana Republic, Superdry and Boss, alongside brands like Next and H&M and luxury lifestyle names like Dermalogica for premium skincare and Fraser Hart for watches and jewellery.

One New Change EC4M 9AF – Map C3 020 7002 8900 www.onenewchange.com

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The City Information Centre (opposite St Paul’s Cathedral)

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The Royal Exchange, EC3

The former home of Lloyd’s of London remains a place of serious commerce but these days it’s all about fine dining and designer shopping. The roll call of luxury brands includes Jo Malone, Paul Smith, Bvlgari and Tiffany & Co. Bank EC3V 3LR – Map D3 www.theroyalexchange.co.uk

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No.1 Currency The City of London Information Centre St Paul’s Churchyard London EC4M 8BX Tel: 020 7651 0005 Email: CIC@no1currency.com

Outfitters like Jeeves of Belgravia and TM Lewin have branches on this piazza, as does the male grooming salon Flint. Other stores include The Whisky Shop and Joy.

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The Pelt Trader

This craft beer bar located opposite the Skinners’ Company keeps things simple, with more than 16 well cared for beers on tap and fabulous pizza.

Dowgate Hill EC4N 6AP – Map D4 0207 160 0253 www.pelttrader.co.uk

Viaduct Tavern broadgate recommends

The Botanist

The celebrated Chelsea cocktail bar has opened a new branch on Broadgate Circle, with several fine wines by the glass and the Soda Room – open late for music and comedy.

Broadgate Circle EC2M 2QS – Map D2 020 3058 9888 www.broadgate.thebotanistlondon.com

City Sports Bar at Grange St Paul’s

There are 10 HD televisions here yet the lounge is well designed to make dining and drinking comfortable even for those who don’t have their eye on the score. You can book ahead too.

10 Godliman St EC4V 5AJ – Map C4 020 7074 1000 www.grangehotels.com

Jamaica Wine House The Blackfriar

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Whether it’s the close proximity to Blackfriars station, the real ale selection and guest beers or its art nouveau design, this is justifiably a City favourite.

174 Queen Victoria St EC4V 4EG – Map B4 020 7236 5474 www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk

Butchers Hook & Cleaver

Overlooking West Smithfield Rotunda Garden, this pub was extended a few years ago making it spacious but retaining its charm. It’s a Fuller’s Ale and Pie House so expect good food encased in pastry.

60-63 West Smithfield EC1A 9DY – Map B2 020 7600 9181 www.butchershookandcleaver.co.uk

This friendly pub, tucked just off Cornhill has enduring appeal. Pepys drank here when it was London’s first coffee house; today you can order excellent Kentish ales on tap.

St Michael’s Alley, Cornhill EC3V 9DS – Map E3 020 7929 6972 www.shepherdneame.co.uk

Old Wine Shades

If you like a bar with ambience, this centuries old wine house has it by the jeroboam. Its vaulted-ceiling basement can be booked for parties.

6 Martin Lane Cannon St EC4R 0DP – Map D4 020 7626 6876 www.elvino.co.uk

A Fuller’s pub, this tavern serves a mean G&T and harks back to its glory days as a Victorian gin palace.

Top notch toasties too.

126 Newgate St EC1A 7AA – Map B3, C3 020 7600 1863 www.viaducttavern.co.uk

Vertigo 42 Champagne Bar

Perched at the top of Tower 42, everything about this bar is set to dazzle. As the name suggests, the focus is on fizz and the dress code is smart casual. Book ahead.

Level 42, Tower 42, 25 Old Broad St EC2N 1HQ – Map E2 020 7877 7842 www.vertigo42.co.uk

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

A fine old boozer laid out over a warren of rooms. Many famous names have supped here over the centuries but the reasonable (Sam Smiths) prices are far from VIP. 145 Fleet St EC4A 2BU – Map B4 020 7353 6170

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Through the day and each evening, the City’s venues offer arts and entertainment to suit all tastes.

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Barbican

This major arts centre presents world class theatre, dance and orchestras with concerts from pop bands and world music artists. There are also cinemas and a contemporary art gallery.

Through the year there are festivals, and its (free to visit) Curve Gallery features cutting edge art installations.

Silk St EC2Y 8DS – Map C2 020 7638 8891 www.barbican.org.uk

Bridewell Theatre

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From new drama to musicals, the evening programme at this small theatre is diverse and busy. The theatre bar also hosts live music.

St Bride Foundation, Bride Lane Fleet St EC4Y 8EQ Map B4 020 7353 3331 www.sbf.org.uk/theatre

City of London Festival

In June and July the annual City of London Festival presents live music, theatre, talks, comedy and art. Many events are free, with entertainment in the street, at churches and other venues across the City. www.colf.org

Dr Johnson’s House

The home of the celebrated dictionary-writer and wit is a museum by day, with literary and period music events at night.

17 Gough Square EC4A 3DE – Map B4 020 7353 3745 www.drjohnsonshouse.org

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

This City college has produced generations of world class performers and it presents regular live events including concerts, discussions and masterclasses. Many events are free.

Silk St EC2Y 8DT – Map C2 020 7628 2571 www.gsmd.ac.uk

LSO St Luke’s

Home to the London Symphony Orchestra’s Music Education Centre, St Luke’s also hosts concerts, including the Radio 3 series, free Friday lunchtime performances, workshops and LSO Discovery Days.

161 Old St Walbrook EC1V 9NG – Map C1 020 7638 8891 www.lso.co.uk

AD Taking Live Escape Games to New Heights

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020 72833 883 london@escape-entertainment.com 5 George Yard London EC3V 9DH www.ldn.escape-entertainment.com

Mansion House tours

The home of the Lord Mayor of London is open Tuesdays at 2pm for tours. Its Harold Samuel Collection of 17th century Dutch and Flemish paintings includes works by Frans Hals and Jacob Ruisdael.

Walbrook EC4N 8BH – Map D3 020 7626 2500 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/mansionhousetours

When nature calls make a dash for our free app

City Toilet Finder Find public toilets using the real time street view or interactive toilet map.

Attended, community, automatic and accessible toilets, baby changing facilities and night-time urinals.

For more details visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/toilets.

Spitalfields Music

This organisation presents concerts and participatory events all year round including seasonal festivals with poetry readings, children’s shows, classical concerts and choir sessions. www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk

Temple Church

The church of the Inner and Middle Temple presents lunchtime and early evening classical music and literary events (see the website for details).

Temple EC4Y 7BB – Map A4 020 7353 3470 www.templechurch.com

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Great bars for first dates, quiet spots away from the crowds, and interesting places for a City rendezvous.

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Rising Sun Smithfield

Located on Cloth Fair, the Rising Sun is an old-school Sam Smiths pub with an upstairs space, a real fire and plenty of nooks for table conversation.

38 Cloth Fair EC1A 7JQ – Map B2 020 7726 6671

Madison 5cc in London

Dimly lit and decked-out with black leather seats, the Farringdon Street branch of this mini-chain of bars has a funky, nightclub edge.

26 Farringdon St EC4A 4AB – Map B3 www.5cc-london.com

Bar at Chiswell St Dining Rooms

The bar leading to the restaurant here is a great place for a well-poured martini or a craft beer. Intimate in size, and just north of Barbican, it’s a handy hidden gem.

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56 Chiswell St EC1Y 4SA – Map C2 020 7614 0177 www.chiswellstreetdining.com

The Folly

With its garden lounge, restaurant and flower shop, this bar has a light and airy feel, perfect when the rowdy atmosphere of a boozer doesn’t feel quite right. Good for everything from coffee to cocktails.

41 Gracechurch St EC3V 0BT – Map E3 08454 680 102 www.thefollybar.co.uk

Guildhall Art Gallery free Fancy something different?

This Gallery has wonderful masterpieces, displayed by theme.

Meet your sweetheart at lunchtime and roam around the ‘love’ and ‘beauty’ collections.

Guildhall Yard, off Gresham St EC2V 5AE – Map D3 020 7332 3700 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/guildhallartgallery

Jamies Minories

A welcoming, stylish choice on the east side of the City, Jamies is mostly geared towards table-for-two drinks and dining, with after work deals every night.

119-121 The Minories EC3N 1DR – Map F3 020 7709 9900 www.jamies.london

Neo Barbican

Hidden away on Carthusian Street this stylish bar is a glamorous setting for a date. If conversation falters, the colourful cocktail concoctions will give you something to talk about. Tables for two are bookable in advance.

14-17 Carthusian St EC1M 6AD – Map C2 020 7726 8925 www.neobarbican.com

With lounge bar and restaurant options, Madison offers views over the City from the roof terrace of One New Change. Its vast windows ensure the setting is great whatever the weather.

One New Change EC4M 9AF – Map C3 020 7871 1213 www.madisonlondon.net

Silks Bar at Grange St Paul’s Ambient lighting and the evening bustle of Silks make it a great place for relaxed conversation. There is an extensive drinks menu, including house cocktails, and a choice of sharing platters for sociable dining.

10 Godliman St EC4V 5AJ – Map C4 020 7074 1000 www.grangehotels.com

Wood Street Bar

Modern and set across two levels, this Moorgate bar has lots of space and corner tables for privacy.

53 Fore St EC2Y 5EL – Map C2 020 7256 6990 www.woodstreetbar.co.uk

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The City experience of eating out after work includes Michelin-starred haute cuisine, relaxed dining and some of the finest meat feasts in London.

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Yauatcha City

Broadgate Circle, EC2M 2QS – Map D2 020 3817 9888 www.yauatcha.com/city

Barbecoa

20 New Change Passage EC4M 9AG – Map C3 020 3005 8555 www.barbecoa.com

Benihana at Grange St Paul’s

For dining with a touch of theatre head to Benihana. Go for fresh and colourful sushi and sashimi, or sample speciality dishes like lobster with Chateaubriand, prepared and cooked at the table.

10 Godliman St EC4V 5AJ – Map C4 020 7074 1000 www.benihana.co.uk

Bird of Smithfield

Set over five floors, from basement cocktail bar to rooftop bar, with acclaimed modern British dining in-between, this is the creation of chef-proprietor Alan Bird (formerly of The Ivy). Regulars love its understated private-club ambience.

26 Smithfield St EC1A 9LB – Map B3 0207 559 5100 www.birdofsmithfield.com

City Social

A spectacular view accompanies the seasonal British produce of this Michelin-starred restaurant.

Expect unique Asian, French and Mediterranean twists.

Level 24, Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street EC2N 1HQ – Map E2, E3 020 7877 7703 www.citysociallondon.com

This excellent steak restaurant has a passion for well-reared, well-prepared meat. The early evening express menu offers good value and never skimps on quality.

10 Basinghall St EC2V 5BQ – Map D3 020 7397 8120 www.thehawksmoor.com

Lutyens

Inside what was once the Reuters building Terence Conran has worked his magic to design a classy place to eat. The menu is Modern European with a Nordic flair for fish.

85 Fleet St EC4Y 1AE – Map B4 020 7583 8385 www.lutyens-restaurant.com

Vanilla Black

Tucked away just east of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, this classy vegetarian restaurant is a treat. Innovative with flavour combinations, beautiful presentation, excellent seasonal produce and Michelin recommended.

17-18 Tooks Court EC4A 1LB – Map A3 020 7242 2622 www.vanillablack.co.uk

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Jamie Oliver’s temple to meat, has a menu that includes 70-day dry aged beef, meltingly good pulled pork and a three-course bourbon and ribs special. The extensive drinks menu includes several American whiskies.

57 West Smithfield EC1A 9DS – Map B2 020 7600 6144 www.clubgascon.com

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Following the Michelin-starred success of Yauatcha in Soho, this brings sublime dim sum to the City. Located on Broadgate Circle, alongside several other restaurants covering world cuisines, there’s plenty of options if it’s fully booked.

A Michelin-starred restaurant that excels at the cuisine of south-west France, with chef Pascal Aussingnac making bold flavour combinations.

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Ideas for after-work parties, officebonding nights out and places to relax, have fun and celebrate.

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Reflex

For Saturday Night Fever that includes Thursdays and Fridays too, Reflex promises retro party pleasures on the dancefloor and at the cocktail bar.

17 Watling St EC4M 9BB – Map C3, C4 020 7248 5641 www.reflex-london.co.uk

40 Coleman St EC2R 5EH – Map D3 020 7796 5960 www.citygolfclubs.com

202 Bishopsgate EC2M 4NR – Map E2 020 7283 5888 www.dirtydicks.co.uk

City of London Distillery

Escape Hunt

The penthouse-level rootop terrace and conservatory at Grange St Paul’s hotel is a luxurious space for private hire, with stunning views of the City skyline. There are chic lounge spaces inside and out, as well as an all-glass bar area. Kitchen and butler services also available.

5 George Yard EC3V 9DH – Map E3 020 7283 3883 www.ldn.escape-entertainment.com

10 Godliman St EC4V 5AJ – Map C4 020 7074 1000 www.grangehotels.com

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Volupté

This stylish distillery just off Fleet Street is a mix of contemporary cool and nostalgic chic, hosting tours, hands-on classes and tastings.

22-24 Bride Lane EC4Y 8DT – Map B4 020 7936 3636 www.cityoflondondistillery.com

Core

Informal and lively, this bar and club has a range of party options including birthday bookings and cocktail masterclasses.

Aldermary House, 10-15 Queen St EC4N 1TX – Map D3 020 7618 9020 www.corebar.co.uk

One of the City’s most unlikely new attractions. You and your friends are locked in a room and given 60-minutes to solve a series of puzzles that will set you free. You can also compete against each other. Perfect for office parties.

With drinks, live entertainment and activities themed around the latest exhibitions, the Late London events are a great way to socialise and let someone else do the organising!

150 London Wall EC2Y 5HN – Map C2 020 7001 9844 www.museumoflondon.org.uk

Sky Bar at Grange St Paul’s

For a burlesque night out, this friendly and risqué cabaret club offers dancing, magic and theatre.

147 Leadenhall St EC3V 4QT – Map E3 020 3475 2067 www.volupte-lounge.com

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A characterful old pub near Liverpool Street, Dirty Dicks has several rooms for hire, suitable for everything from a party to a private dinner with a few friends. It also hosts regular music and comedy gigs.

www.liverycompanies.info

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Show off your swing to friends or colleagues in your own dedicated simulator room. Drinks and food are served while you play, making it a good choice for entertaining. They have motor racing simulators too.

Dirty Dicks

Some of the City’s Livery Companies have their own historic meeting places around the City. Used for events and ceremonies, many of the halls date back centuries and some are available for hire. A good choice for a major occasion or a corporate event.

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Find a new creative outlet or offer your skills to a volunteer project.

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City Action

City Action is a free volunteering consultancy connecting City business employees with local charities and community organisations. www.city-action.org

Friends of City Gardens

From coding to accounting, marketing to managing a budget - your skills are in demand.

Volunteer to keep the green spaces in the City in great shape, working closely with the City of London Corporation’s Gardens team to enhance the biodiversity of the area. www.friendsofcitygardens.org.uk

Friends of culture

City Action is a free service that matches City businesses with charities in need of skilled volunteers.

Start volunteering today www.city-action.org/for-businesses

Support culture in the Square Mile by becoming a ‘Friend’. Many of the cultural institutions, including Barbican, Museum of London and Guildhall Art Gallery, have Friends schemes that provide vital support for the organisations, with some benefits too. P Please visit individual websites for further details.

Prince’s Trust Tomorrow’s Store

This fashion, craft and gift shop is entirely stocked by young entrepreneurs, supported by The Prince’s Trust Enterprise programme. All profits reinvested in other programmes.

9 Eldon St EC2M 7LS – Map D2 020 7543 7497 www.princes-trust.org.uk

Singing in the City

This after-work choir (at St Botolphwithout-Bishopsgate, 6-8pm, Wednesdays) welcomes singers of all ages and ability.

Map E2 www.singinginthecity.co.uk

Song in the City

Bringing classical music to a wider audience, Song in the City’s singers and pianists perform across the City.

They also run social projects with groups like The Maudsley Charity (a mental health organisation). www.songinthecity.org

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From Guildhall all the way to 30 St Mary Axe (the Gherkin) it’s possible to duck along old pathways like Great Bell Alley, Austin Friars and St Helen’s Place, getting away from the traffic and exploring the City’s past.

El Vino

Wine cabinets line the walls and barrels of sherry lie behind the bar.

Firmly anchored in the traditions established by the Bower family in 1879, El Vino is reputedly the bar on which Rumpole of the Bailey’s favourite watering hole is based.

Please check websites listed for opening times and admission charges

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47 Fleet Street EC4Y 1BJ – Map A4 020 7353 5384 www.elvino.co.uk

F.Flittner

A traditional gentleman’s grooming ‘saloon’, operating since 1904.

Behind frosted doors you’ll find a simple, handsome room with classic barber’s furniture and six black coat-clad barbers delivering straightforward haircuts and shaves.

86 Moorgate EC2M 6SE – Map D2 0207 606 4750 www.fflittner.com

Goldsmiths Fair

The splendour of Goldsmiths’ Hall is worth a visit in its own right but its Fair sees beautiful exhibits by some of the world’s finest designers in jewellery, silver and precious metal; with the chance to meet various leading designer-makers.

Goldsmiths’ Hall, Foster Lane EC2V 6BN – Map C3 020 7606 7010 www.goldsmithsfair.co.uk

The Lord Mayor

This centuries-old role as the head of the City of London Corporation entails presiding over governing bodies and acting as an ambassador for City business. On the second Saturday each November, the Lord Mayor’s Show is a grand street procession. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

Sculpture in the City

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Set amongst iconic architectural landmarks like the Gherkin and the Lloyd’s building, each year the openair sculpture trail transforms the Square Mile into an urban art space with some of the biggest names in art.

Various locations around EC3 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/sculptureinthecity

This is the City’s oldest chophouse, where you can dine on superior British comfort food, just as the likes of Samuel Pepys and Charles Dickens did.

Simpson’s Tavern, Ball Court, 38½ Cornhill EC3V 9DR – Map E3 020 7626 9985 www.simpsonstavern.co.uk

Smithfield meat market

Trading in the City for centuries, Smithfield opens at 2am and is best visited before 7am to see it in full swing. Anyone can buy from the stalls – pick up something for dinner if you’re up early enough!

225 Central Markets EC1A 9PS – Map B2 020 7248 3151 www.smithfieldmarket.com

Charity (2002-2003) Photographed by Nick Turpin © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2015

Places, traditions and experiences that are wholly unique to ‘the unsquare mile’.

Sweetings Fish Restaurant

At this much-loved Victorian dining room dishes like lobster thermidor and Dover Sole are beautifully prepared. Try the excellent fish pie or West Mersea oysters (both under £20).

39 Queen Victoria St EC4N 4SF – Map D3 020 7248 3062 www.sweetingsrestaurant.com

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Light Centre Moorgate

A health and well-being gym with a range of classes covering yoga, Pilates, Pilates-reformer, mindfulness and fitness. There are one-to-one treatments available too.

Ajala Spa © Grange Hotels

From stress relief to working out, there are many health and well-being services around the City.

114 London Wall EC2M 5QA – Map D2 020 7628 7780, www.lightcentremoorgate.co.uk

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Ajala Spa

Located at four Grange hotels, including Grange St Paul’s and Grange City close to the Tower of London, Ajala Spas feature first class facilities including luxurious swimming pools, sauna and steam lounges. There are a range of therapeutic and cosmetic treatments at each spa, and at Grange St Paul’s additional key features include a Sun Therapy Lounge, a traditional Turkish hammam and laconium.

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Grange St Paul’s, 10 Godliman St EC4V 5AJ – Map C4 020 7074 1030 www.ajalaspa.com Grange City, 8-10 Cooper’s Row EC3N 2BD – Map F3 020 7863 3999 www.ajalaspa.com

1Rebel

With pay-as-you-train deals for their intense fitness sessions, DJ-curated music and Roots & Bulbs’ coldpressed juice bar, 1Rebel is a chic City fitness boutique.

63 St Mary Axe EC3A 8LE – Map E2 020 3714 0710 www.1rebel.co.uk

Beauty Essence

This salon tucked off Cheapside provides a range of non-surgical beauty treatments.

7 Well Court, off Bow Lane EC4M 9DN – Map D3 020 7248 0127 www.beautyessence.co.uk

City Athletic

This fitness centre includes a two-lane sprint track as well as a fullystocked gym.

6 Trump St EC2V 8AF – Map C3 020 7710 9231 www.cityathletic.co.uk

Golden Lane Sport and Fitness

With gym, outdoor and court facilities, there are plenty of ways to use Golden Lane for personal, group and team-based fitness.

This new-monastic community hosts a regular free meditation session called ‘Stressed in the City’.

St Mary Aldermary, Watling St EC4M 9BW – Map D3 020 7248 9902 www.moot.uk.net

Ted’s Grooming Room

The menswear brand Ted Baker has several luxurious salons around London, including one on Cheapside. Walk-in services include haircuts, brow threading and a traditional Turkish Barber shave.

Other services bookable in advance.

120 Cheapside EC2V 7JB – Map C3 020 7726 2193 www.tedsgroomingroom.com Go to www.cityofsport.org for more ideas.

Fann St EC1Y 0SH – Map C1 020 7250 1464 www.fusion-lifestyle.com

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Step out of the bustle of your day in these peaceful corners.

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All Hallows by the Tower

Open daily for tours and regular organ recitals, this church holds morning and evening prayers through the week, with a special Taizé Service (Wednesday, 6pm ) for quiet candlelit worship.

Byward St EC3R 5BJ – Map F4 020 7481 2928 www.allhallowsbythetower.org.uk

This historic church is open daily to visit. The website contains details of all services taken each week and the café is open every day except Saturday.

West Smithfield EC1A 9DS – Map B2 020 7600 0440 www.greatstbarts.com

4 Heneage Lane EC3A 5DQ – Map E2 www.bevismarks.org.uk

78 Bishopsgate EC2N 4AG – Map E2 020 7496 1610 www.stethelburgas.org

Piazza at Grange City Hotel

St Lawrence Jewry

8-14 Cooper’s Row EC3N 2BQ – Map F3 020 7863 3700 www.grangehotels.com

The centre offers help to communities and individuals seeking to resolve conflicts of all kinds, with training, support, advice and cultural events.

In addition to regular services and events, the official church of the Lord Mayor of London is open during the week as a quiet place to look around, sit, contemplate and pray. Morning prayer is said daily 8.30-9am.

Guildhall Yard EC2V 5AA – Map C3 020 7600 9478 www.stlawrencejewry.org.uk

St Mary Abchurch

A quiet haven, St Mary Abchurch welcomes visitors looking for a place to stop and pray, with a short Holy Communion service on Wednesday lunchtime (12.30pm), followed by tea and biscuits.

Abchurch Lane EC4N 7BA – Map D3 020 7626 4481 www.achurchnearyou.com

St Paul’s Cathedral

Don’t forget this iconic visitor attraction is also a working church with daily services including Morning Prayer (7.30am) and Choral Evensong (5pm). Check the website for full service details.

St Paul’s Churchyard EC4M 8AD – Map C3, C4 020 7246 8348 www.stpauls.co.uk

St Vedast-alias-Foster

St Vedast is an Anglican church in the Catholic tradition, open daily with regular concerts and services.

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St Bartholomew the Great

St Ethelburga’s Centre for Peace and Reconciliation

Eat and relax in a uniquely peaceful setting of the Lutetia bar and brasserie, overlooking a private piazza and the largest remaining section of London’s Roman Wall, within the grounds of the Grange City Hotel.

A church free to visit for peaceful respite or prayer, to light a candle or to attend recitals and the Thursday service (1.15pm).

40 Ludgate Hill EC4M 7DE – Map B4 020 7248 6054 www.stmartin-within-ludgate.org.uk

Bevis Marks

Britain’s oldest synagogue offers the chance for Jewish worship in the City, with services conducted in the tradition of Spanish and Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite.

St Martin-within-Ludgate

4 Foster Lane EC2V 6HH – Map C3 020 7606 3998 www.vedast.org.uk There are over 30 churches in the City that are open regularly for peace, quiet and reflection. For further information on the City churches please visit www. london-city-churches.org.uk 47

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