About this tour
Walk the four September days in 1666 that erased four-fifths of London — from Pudding Lane bakery to the Golden Boy of Pye Corner — and the forty years Christopher Wren spent rebuilding it into the stone phoenix city of St Paul's, the Monument and 51 parish churches. Fourteen stops, one continuous loop through the Square Mile.
Itinerary
14 guided stops on this route
Seething Lane Garden — Where Pepys Buried His Parmesan
Samuel Pepys (1633–1703) — naval administrator, lived on Seething Lane during the fire. His shorthand diary (1660–1669) is the most detailed surviving account…
The Monument — A Column That Measures a Disaster
Height: 202 ft (61.6 m) — exactly the distance east to Pudding Lane. Doric column designed by Robert Hooke + Sir Christopher Wren, 1671–1677. Stands on the sit…
Pudding Lane — The Bakery That Burned London
Thomas Farriner (c.1615–1670) — Royal Navy ship's-biscuit baker. Fire broke out ~1 a.m. on Sunday 2 September 1666. Farriner + daughter + manservant escaped th…
St Magnus the Martyr — The First Church to Fall, the First to Rise
Closest church to Pudding Lane — burned in the first hours of the fire. Wren rebuild 1671–1687; steeple added 1703–06 (one of his tallest church towers). Large…
Leadenhall Market — The Bulwark That Held
Market trading on this spot since 1321 — 700+ years of continuous use. Built directly over the Roman forum and basilica — the administrative centre of Londiniu…
Royal Exchange — Gresham's Masterpiece, Lost and Rebuilt
Founded 1571 by Sir Thomas Gresham — heart of Elizabethan international trade. Destroyed 3 September 1666; kings' statues fell, lead roof melted. Rebuilt 1669…
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