Walking from Farringdon Station to Barbican Station: what to see on the way

It is about 0.7 km from Farringdon Station to Barbican Station on foot, roughly 9 minutes walking. The same route works the other way: from Barbican Station back to Farringdon Station is the same 9 minutes. There are 6 stops along the way, each with its own story. The route runs along Cowcross St, Charterhouse St.

Streets on this route

• Cowcross St
• Charterhouse St

Stops along the way

1. 1. Farringdon Station

   Farringdon Station, Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6BY, UK

   You are standing at the birthplace of the world's underground railway revolution.

2. 2. Faulkner's Alley

   Faulkner's Alley (running north off Cowcross Street), London EC1M 6DQ, UK

   Look closely at this narrow, iron-gated passageway. This is Faulkner's Alley, a rare survivor from a hidden, labyrinthine London that has almost entirely vanished.

3. 3. Greenhill Rents

   Greenhill Rents (branching north off Cowcross Street), London EC1M 6BN, UK

   Step into this narrow, paved nook known as Greenhill Rents. Today it feels like a quiet, secluded pocket off Cowcross Street, but back in the eighteenth century, this alley echoed with absolute mayhem.

4. 4. The Fox & Anchor

   115 Charterhouse Street, Barbican, London EC1M 6AA, UK

   Take a look at this building... really look at it. Those swirling green and white tiles, those peacocks facing each other on the frieze, the griffins jutting out above the windows.

5. 5. The Charterhouse

   Charterhouse Square, Barbican, London EC1M 6AN, UK

   You are standing on ground that holds one of London's darkest and most layered secrets. Beneath the peaceful green of Charterhouse Square lie the remains of thousands... victims of the Black Death.

6. 6. Barbican Station

   Aldersgate Street, Barbican, London EC1A 4JA, UK

   Standing here on Aldersgate Street outside Barbican Station, you are looking down into one of London's most remarkable architectural crossroads.

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