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St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Churchyard, London, United Kingdom, EC4M 8AD
Blackfriars
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330 ftLudgate Hill / Old Bailey
330 ftQueen Victoria Street
370 ftCity Thameslink Station / Ludgate Circus
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This is a truly delightful walk that really does take you away from the hustle and bustle of modern London and transports you back to the teeming streets of the London of Charles Dickens.
The walk begins beneath the majestic splendour of St Paul’s Cathedral, where we picture Dickens and his family ascending the steps of Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece to attend the funeral of the Duke of Wellington in 1852. Dickens wasn’t particularly impressed by the spectacle that he witnessed, and his distaste for the ceremony was instrumental in his desire that he would, when the day came, have a quieter and far less ostentatious ceremony.
