walk/tour
various
Farringdon Station, Cowcross Street, EC1M 6BY
A walk along and around a stretch of London's most famous hidden river. The River Fleet is underground these days, but it's left its mark on the landscape. Discover the layers of history in this less explored corner of central London.
Farringdon
Farringdon
40, 63, 341
Kings Cross Station
This is a walk
It's outdoors
Starting at Farringdon Station, this walking tour follows part of the course of the hidden River Fleet, the most famous of London's subterranean rivers. The walking tour weaves its way up the Fleet valley to King's Cross, exploring this little known area of central London. It takes in a medieval priory, urban redevelopment projects from the 19th and 21st centuries, and one of the London's loveliest inner suburbs ,and looks at the role of water in shaping the form of the city.
Guide: This tour is led by Alison Porter, a graduate of the Open City Golden Key Academy in 2022. A Londoner by birth, and a geographer by education, Alison earns a living in health related academia, and enjoys sharing her enthusiasm for the multi-layered streets of London.
Outside Farringdon Station - main exit from Metropolitan/Circle lines
Farringdon Station
Cowcross Street
EC1M 6BY
Tour end: Outside King's Cross station.
