Great Fire of London Walk & St Paul's Cathedral


I organised a guided walk of the Great Fire of London for a local Islington Primary School (for details of the Great Fire Walk click here).

Kids were great - it was quite a long walk getting to St Pauls. Sadly, the monument is closed so we could not climb it.

We went into St Magnus and they were very interested in the model of London Bridge, and quite amazed by the interior of St Pauls but curiously were most fascinated by the grills which you could look through to see into the Crypt.

The education department St Pauls Cathedral were very helpful - happy for me to show the children round, and let us in free. Their education web site is also really excellent with lots of focussed downloadable resources.

Welcome to St Paul's Cathedral - Self-guided visits

Photos - monument covered in scaffolding
St Stephens revealed by building demolition revealing Wren's method of only cladding those part of the building visible from main roads

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