EDGELANDS (1)
- Architecture at
The City's Limits

Distance 2.8km/1.7miles - 2 hours

Around the fringe of every city lies an Edgeland. Neither town or country these often disorganised, but fertile hinterlands  are places that straddle worlds and spatial traditions. Miles from the countryside London’s core maintains its own edge conditions and to traverse its heart is to journey across contrasting landscapes. Skirting the ancient borders of the City of London, this walk explores the liminal buildings, streets and spaces that have grown up in the shadow of the financial heart. Following a route defined first by the Romans two millennia ago, it explores the ‘City Fringe’ between Tower Hill and Broadgate via Aldgate and Spitalfields to reveal warehouses and railways, modernist utopias and 21st century commercial leviathans!

Part one of a two-part walk, see also EDGELANDS (2)