Trafalgar, Strand & Temple

Start: National Gallery / Trafalgar Square → End: Temple / Victoria Embankment

Distance: 2.48km
Walking: 33min
Visits: 80min
Est. total: 113min

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Stops in order

Boris Anrep’s Mosaics
Trafalgar Square · Hidden art / mosaic floor / famous faces
Hidden
Core
The Gilded St Olaf of Norway House
Cockspur Street · Look-up detail / Norwegian London
Hidden
Core
Landseer’s Lions
Trafalgar Square · Monumental sculpture / animal detail
Hidden
Core
Trafalgar Square’s Tiny Police Box
Trafalgar Square · Street curiosity / police history
Hidden
Core
Trafalgar Square’s Imperial Standards
Trafalgar Square · Hidden measurement standards / wall detail
Hidden
Core
London’s “Mile Zero”
Charing Cross · Ground plaque / geographic history / Eleanor Cross
Hidden
Core
York Water Gate
Victoria Embankment Gardens · Lost Thames shoreline / Baroque architecture
Hidden
Core
The Carting Lane Sewer Gas Lamp
Carting Lane / Savoy · Victorian engineering / gas lamp / sewer history
Hidden
Core
The King’s Chapel of the Savoy
Savoy / Strand · Hidden royal chapel / Tudor survival
Hidden
Core
The Dead House — Somerset House
Somerset House · Hidden subterranean space / tombstones / royal Catholic history
Hidden
Core
The Strand Lane “Roman Bath” That Isn’t Roman
Strand Lane · Hidden bath / historical misidentification / appointment-only
Hidden
Core
Aldwych: the Ghost Station beneath the Strand
Aldwych / Surrey Street · Closed Underground station / transport archaeology / wartime London
Hidden
Core
222 Strand: the Former Lloyds that Looks Like a Palace
Strand / Royal Courts of Justice · Banking architecture / Victorian interior / adaptive reuse
Hidden
Core
The Camel Benches of Victoria Embankment
Victoria Embankment / Temple Gardens · Victorian street furniture / animal sculpture / riverside detail
Hidden
Core

Optional stops
Optional

Not part of the audited order, but you can add them to your itinerary and they'll slot into the most logical point of the walk.

British Optical Association Museum
Craven Street · Tiny museum / optical curiosities / historic spectacles
Hidden
Optional
Benjamin Franklin House
Craven Street · Historic house / science / American Revolution / anatomy
Hidden
Optional
The 221B Recreation at The Sherlock Holmes
Northumberland Street · Literary recreation / pub interior
Hidden
Optional
Freemasons’ Hall and Museum of Freemasonry
Covent Garden / Great Queen Street · Art Deco interior / hidden institution / museum
Hidden
Optional
Hunterian Museum: Surgery, Anatomy and John Hunter
Lincoln’s Inn Fields · Medical museum / anatomy / history of surgery
Hidden
Optional
Cecil Court
Covent Garden / Leicester Square · Picturesque street / books / Mozart / early cinema
Hidden
Optional
Goodwin’s Court
Covent Garden · Hidden alley / Georgian shopfronts / gas lamps
Hidden
Optional
Jean Cocteau’s Murals at Notre Dame de France
Leicester Square / Soho · Hidden church / modern sacred art / spectacular interior
Hidden
Optional
Phoenix Garden
St Giles / Covent Garden fringe · Hidden community garden / urban oasis
Hidden
Optional

A few minutes from your route

Nearby essential landmarks. Add any you want and Step&Stop will place them where they add the least detour.

Twinings 216 Strand: Three Centuries of Tea on One Site
Strand / Temple · Historic shop / tea history / Georgian commerce
Hidden and essential
Near the route
Temple Church
Temple · Medieval church / Knights Templar / legal London
Hidden and essential
Near the route
Inner Temple Garden
Inner Temple · Hidden garden / legal London / quiet courtyard world
Hidden
Near the route

Must see

Worth it

The base stop order is curated, and walking directions are calculated from your location. Optional stops you add may change the journey.

Closures and hours change: check access before you go.

Trafalgar, Strand & Temple

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Stops in order

Optional stops Optional

A few minutes from your route

Optional stops
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