The ancient heart of the City of London walking tour (4K)

Hi John, tytytlove this walk,,,ancient churches,,,,call the midwife east end (huge fan), then 22 Bishop, my favorite urban skyscraper nearby.....It has it all and I will be perusing the other church vids as well.....Have a good 2023 spring...Here where I live near the Pacific ocean, inland, it is a bugger of 90 degrees!! April, 28, 2023...Take care, Mo from CA

thank you for the video

Can you imagine what someone from 14th century would react like seeing these buildings now🫣

Most informative walk. Prepare me for my trip to London

Think about the stuff that lays undiscovered under the streets in that part of London.

So happy I found your channel loving the history of your beautiful city thanks for sharing

Thank you for the information regarding All Hallows by the Tower. I have tried in the past to go in as my grandfather’s and grandmother’s ashes are somewhere in the crypt as he was a member of Toc H in WW I. All Hallows by the Tower was the church associated with Toc H and “Tubby Clayton “ , the priest who founded Toc H.

Sue in Los Angeles

May be you don't believe....
I was from London in My past life. Yes. I remember something.thast y I am here.
Thank you Rogers. ❤️ Love that music.

Wonderful John thank you ❤️🙏

John , your videos are on another level mate this one’s a corker , I’ve got a lot of catching up to do lol 🙏👌

Search a lovely video so interesting thank you.

Hi just discovered you l live in stoke and I’m photographer absolutely love your content I’m hoping to do some of your walks with my camera please carry on with the great content ❤

Pre Christmas workload means I am only just castching up. Its always a delight to seeing you walking my Old Patch of the city and being able to see how much it has changed.
Keep safe.
Cheers Kev

Yet another great video

Hope to see you in London

Absolutely freezing? One degree below freezing? Try living in Minnesota where recently we had temps 20 degrees below freezing!
Just teasing you John. Love your videos and hope to see you when we're in London in May.

Great episode by the way…

Sushi dog…..the owner has a dog named Sushi…. Maybe.

Your knowledge is incredible !

Love walking in the City. Walk regularly with the Ramblers and it is good to amble round central London in the colder months. Interesting walk John. 😸

Limmy, get some sleep mate.

A lovely short walk John. I would suggest that anyone wanting to see inside these wonderful churches visits the City during the week, when they are open for the working population. Not enough customers at weekends.

I used to live in Wapping and sometimes on a Sunday as long it wasn't raining or windy I walked into the city and spent a few hours wandering around keeping away from the busy tourist areas.
All the modern ugly buildings that have been allowed have spoiled the historic views.
In Central Munich they have strict rules about what building is allowed. They are not allowed to build anything that spoils the historic skyline so Tower block offices etc are built outside the centre.

I could get lost in my imagination staring at that model of Roman Londinium for ages

Hi John. Shame you couldn't visit the Ship Inn. I played darts there in the upstairs room a couple of years ago. To avoid spillage on the winding narrow staircase, any pints for upstairs are conveyed from the ground floor bar via a "dumb waiter" (mini lift) to the upper room where they arrive intact - no a drop wasted !
You must visit - after church maybe ?

Happy new year.

Amazing some places escaped both The Great Fire AND The Blitz! Wonder what they were doing right?

Hmm, a synagogue has been added to the map . . . His Majesty's call for the dignity of all faiths starts taking hold. Any chapels (my own faith being Unitarian)? Any mention of Elizabethan upstarts like the attractively named House of Love? Mosques? Bahai? Any number of options, which someday will have become just as historic to our descendants as these now are to us.

Great video. Very interesting to see these beautiful churches. It seems a shame that most were closed. The streets seemed quite empty too.

The "Heating of the 'Tier "(?) Please enlighten me .. a Lovely video ..I do enjoy your walks ..Thank you ..

Glad I Found You Again Sir Again Was Going To London in 2020 Covid Killed That ,But Finally March 2023 I Will Be There No One Does Video on London Like You Thank You

Brilliant history ,such a shame there is so little of Old London left,thanks for the video😍

Thanks for that, I need to get out and look a little more closely at some of these places. All hallows by the Tower seems especially interesting.

John, great video, fantastic commentary.

DELIGHTFUL! Thank you so very much for this tour. So interesting. New subscriber now.

A taxi driver told me there are no 'roads' in the City of London - all ordinary thorougfares are 'streets'. This back to Roman times. And the only time you can legally drive on the right in London is at the entrance to the Savoy hotel in the Strand. So that one might drive in and around to the entrance of the Savoy and disembark.

Williamism also does an interesting tour of Central london.

Just found your channel. Fantastic content 👍 good to see this before we lose it all to the godless way society is heading 🙏

Fascinating video! Every time I’m in this part of London and see a church or older building it reminds me how much history they have seen and wonder what it would be like through the ages.

The modern architecture is such an insult to London’s history.

I love how these old church buildings stand in defiance of the horrendous modernity that surrounds them.
I have been educated by John's walks far greater than any other teacher or tutor.
Thanks John.

Really enjoy your walks John. Hope to grab a pint together next time I visit!
Jim, Toronto Canada

Great video and reminds me of my commute to work for years in the 2010's I would walk to/from Fenchurch Street station to offices near Borough station and felt like I would always discover something new by taking a different turning. You were so close to St Dunstan's of East churchyard which I expected you to go to unless it was already covered in another video? The Ship pub I rarely ever seen open but the Cafe in Star Alley make some of the best sandwiches in London. Also the building opposite the church/across the road was Mark Lane Underground station.

Great to see you this morning on my circuitous route from Rochester to Woodford

All those mnodern buildings seem so off-putting. Not very inviting at street level. The older ones are much more interesting. Thanks for the tour

Wonderful walk and video with so many fascinating snippets of history. I've been inside all these churches and many others in the City of London and each one is unique. London's rich history is there for everybody to see in these marvellous buildings..and you can visit them all for free!

St Olaves on Seething Lane is the resting place of Samuel Pepys. Also the graveyard is at a higher level to the church due to the amount of burials during the plague. The gates are really cool also. Lovely video as usual

I live in Aldgate, so very much enjoyed this one. I remember visiting the vicar at Saint Botolph Without in the late nineties - he described himself as an 'urban theologian' - I don't know if that was your red flag vicar?
St Olave often has music concerts during the week at lunchtime, The Ship Pub is very like the city was 20 years ago.
You were so close to 'French Ordinary Court' - did you spy it (Do you know it?) I'd put it in the top 5 of London Alleyways.
And - I'm not sure you have yet featured 'St Dunstan in the East' - surely the most magical place (or at least it was until insta found out about it a few years ago)
btw I went to City Poly as well.
Thanks for all the vids