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  • 13 Widegate Street

    With your back to the entrance of Crispin Coffee Shop cross over Crispin Street and into Artillery Lane, signposted “Liverpool Street Station”. Where the road bends round to the right, head straight on into a pedestrian alley, Artillery Passage. At the end of Artillery Passage head straight on into Widegate Street.

    Market to Market Question 16 and 17

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    Eye iconWhen was the pub called The King’s Stores rebuilt?

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    Eye iconLook at the tiled building next door to The King's Stores, which is now an Honest Burger restaurant.  The figures above the ground floor tell you what it was originally used for.  What trade was carried on in this building?

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  • 14 Middlesex Street

    Walk to the end of Widegate Street and continue straight on into Middlesex Street.

    Market to Market Question 18

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    The Petticoat Lane garment market runs along Middlesex Street on Sundays.  Which businessman started his career with a stall in Petticoat Lane?

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  • 15 Bishopsgate

    At the end of Middlesex Street cross over this road and turn left into Bishopsgate.

    Walk on the left-hand pavement of Bishopsgate, past Boots The Chemist and Five Guys.

    Keep going over two small roads and stop outside Tesco Express.

    Market to Market Question 19

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    Eye iconThe statue in Devonshire Square represents the nobles known as Cnightengild who were granted land in this area in the 10th Century.  How many knights were there reputed to be?

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  • 16 Devonshire Square

    Take the next road on your left, Devonshire Row, with an open barrier across it. Walk down this road and cross over Devonshire Square to find a grassy area and a knight on a horse

    Look up at the office block soaring into the sky on your right, the Salesforce Tower.

    Market to Market Question 20 and 21

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    Which of these is not a restaurant in the Salesforce Tower

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    What is the name of the tallest building in the City of London today?

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  • 17 Barbon Alley

    Go back into the road area of Devonshire Square behind you and turn left to leave the square next to Premier Place, using Barbon Alley (to the right of this photo).

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  • 18 St Mary Axe

    At the end of the alley turn left into Houndsditch. Cross Houndsditch at the pedestrian crossing on your right, after All Bar One. Walk straight on through the walkway between office buildings, St Mary Axe.

    At the end of the pedestrian area cross straight over the main road using the pedestrian crossing on your left.

    Walk straight on down the left hand pavement of St Mary Axe until you get to an office building with an unusual shape

    Market to Market Question 22

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    Its nickname is The Gherkin.  What is its formal name?

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  • 19 Leadenhall Street

    Keep walking down St Mary Axe and past St Helen’s Church on your left. Stop at the junction of St Mary Axe with Leadenhall Street.

    On your right is a skyscraper known as The Cheesegrater because of its sloping front.

    The reason the building tapers is because if it did not it would have impacted on some of the “protected views” of St Pauls Cathedral, ensuring that the cathedral remains plainly visible from a distance. On the opposite side of Lime Street you’ll see a modern office building, Lloyds of London.

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    Market to Market Question 23, 24 and 25

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    What is this building famous for?

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    Note all the pipework around the building.  What nick-name does the building have because of this?

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    What is the name of the journal which started from “gossip” in a coffee house owned by Edward Lloyd and has provided shipping information since 1734.  It allowed the trade now carried out in this building to flourish due to the high quality of the information.

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  • 20 Leadenhall Market

    Cross Leadenhall Street at the pedestrian crossing at the end of St Mary Axe, turn right and left into Lime Street. The Lloyds building is on your right. Take the first road on the right and head into the domed centre of Leadenhall Market.

    Leadenhall Market was originally a meat and game market, but now houses a variety of shops, restaurants and pubs. Many of these close at the weekend. The market was used as the location for Diagon Alley in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

    Market to Market Question 26 and 27

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    What are you now standing on?

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    The architect was Sir Horace Jones.  Which of these other London markets was he not the architect of?

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  • 21 Fenchurch Street

    From the central dome of the market under the starry sky, take the road on your left from the direction you came into the market.

    Follow the brick road round to the left and turn right into Lime Street. Follow the road to Fenchurch Street.

    Cross Fenchurch Street at the pedestrian crossing on your left and turn right and left into Philpot Lane.

    On your left is the Walkie Talkie Building. There are fabulous views from its Sky Garden. Booking is essential at https://skygarden.london/

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  • 22 Philpot Lane

    At Joe the Juice at the end of Philpot Lane, just after the entrance to Blacklock, stop and look up for this – the smallest street sculpture in London.

    There are numerous “tales” about this sculpture. The most likely one is that is relates to two builders who got into an argument about who had stolen the others lunchtime cheese. One of the builders fell to his death, only for the other to discover that the cheese had been eaten by mice. The sculpture commemorates the dead builder.

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  • 23 Eastcheap

    Carefully cross Eastcheap using the central reservation and turn left. Stop at the top of Lovat Lane on your right.

    On the opposite side of Eastcheap is a beautiful building with very few clues about its past.

    It was built as a vinegar warehouse for Hill & Evans who were, at one point, the world’s largest vinegar producers.

    Market to Market Question 28

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    In which city was the Hill & Evans vinegar factory?

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  • 24 Lovat Lane

    Walk down Lovat Lane with its wonderful views of The Shard ahead of you.

    Market to Market Question 29

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    Stop at the pub at the bottom of Lovat Lane.  What creatures did the Walrus and the Carpenter betray?

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