Tuesday 25 July: St Paul's Cathedral Churchyard Gardens, EC4M 8AD

 On Tuesday 25 July we will be going to one of London's greatest landmarks, St Paul's Cathedral in the City.  With hopefully lovely sunny weather, we will be able, if we so wish, to immerse ourselves in the Baroque, and fancy ourselves perhaps in Rome or another beautiful continental city.  Immediately surrounding the rear of St Paul's are its gardens, which give views of a Wren church, and various bits of the cathedral.    The immediate gardens are small and close to St Paul's tube station, but to the south there are further areas of grass from which more extensive views of the cathedral can be obtained.   There is also a new public garden at 25 Cannon Street, the Reflection Garden, which gives a new view of St Paul's here:     For those who don't want to sketch the architecture, there are the huge trees, the modern city with shops and offices just outside, and people.  

We will meet at 11 o'clock by an obelisk on the northern side of St Pauls churchyard garden:

To the West of the Cathedral is Paternoster Square, which has views of the front of

the building, loos (which have to be paid for), and booths selling street food.   Also a very fine  baroque arch:  

                                                                                                                            

Additional (and free) loos can be found at Number One New Change, which is a vast glass shopping centre across the road at the rear of the cathedral.                                                                                                

Many buses go past St Paul's: 4,8, 15,17, 23, 25, 26, 56, 76, 100, 172, 242, 521, and St  Paul's tube station is on the Central Line.  There are a multiplicity of cafes and restaurants, but it may be better to chose street food and eat it together in the various gardens.

 

We suggest you bring your sketching stools to get the perfect view.                                                    

Janet's number for the day is: 07815 772857      

 

Finally, we have three late images from our recent days out:    

                                                 

Images above by Christine Khwaja (Thornhill Square)

 

Image below by Janet Payne (Regents Park)