EDGELANDS (2)
- 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 Finsbury Square and Holborn Bars via Golden Lane and Smithfield to reveal medieval suburbs and sanctuaries, markets and modernist utopias!

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