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Highlights include Bank Junction and Bank of England, Blue Bridge, Borough Market, Cutty Sark, Gabriel's Wharf and OXO Tower, General Wolfe Statue.

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  1. Bank Junction and Bank of England: story on the “City of London: from the Tower of London to Saint Paul the Apostle” route

    Here, the City’s financial center becomes a place of choice between former popularity and the Bank’s protection.

  2. Blue Bridge: story on the “Westminster and Whitehall: power, ritual, and chance” route

    The finale will explain why the present crossing owes its appearance to a fire, an argument, and an anonymous will.

  3. Borough Market: story on the “The South Bank of the Thames: South Bank and Bankside” route

    The final stop will show how parish ownership and one fair brought retail life back to the market.

  4. Cutty Sark: story on the “Greenwich: Sea, Crown, Time, and Trade” route

    Show how seafaring skill proved more important than a lost race.

  5. Gabriel's Wharf and OXO Tower: story on the “The South Bank of the Thames: South Bank and Bankside” route

    Small workshops and cooperative housing will show that the riverside was changed by more than just large institutions.

  6. General Wolfe Statue: story on the “Greenwich: Sea, Crown, Time, and Trade” route

    On one plinth, read the posthumous meeting of opponents.

  7. Greenwich Market: story on the “Greenwich: Sea, Crown, Time, and Trade” route

    Understand why the market’s owners spent decades bringing traders back from the streets under one roof.

  8. Guildhall Yard and London's Roman Amphitheatre: story on the “City of London: from the Tower of London to Saint Paul the Apostle” route

    This stop returns to the route’s Roman layer and shows how it was preserved beneath a new art gallery.

  9. Horse Guards Parade: story on the “Westminster and Whitehall: power, ritual, and chance” route

    Here, a disciplinary punishment will outlive its allotted term and become a daily ceremony.

  10. Leadenhall Market: story on the “City of London: from the Tower of London to Saint Paul the Apostle” route

    The market will show how the city authorities turned a private estate into a food reserve.

  11. London Eye and Jubilee Gardens: story on the “The South Bank of the Thames: South Bank and Bankside” route

    This stop will link the legacy of the Festival of Britain with the long struggle for a new symbol of the city.

  12. London Wall at Tower Hill: story on the “City of London: from the Tower of London to Saint Paul the Apostle” route

    Here you will learn to distinguish Roman masonry from later additions and see how an old monument became building material.

  13. National Maritime Museum: story on the “Greenwich: Sea, Crown, Time, and Trade” route

    Trace how a private collection became the foundation of a national museum and survived its wartime closure.

  14. National Theatre: story on the “The South Bank of the Thames: South Bank and Bankside” route

    This stop will show how the company moved into a complex building before construction was complete.

  15. Old Palace Yard: story on the “Westminster and Whitehall: power, ritual, and chance” route

    This stop explains how the plot was uncovered and why its trace is still sought before the opening of Parliament.

  16. Old Royal Naval College: story on the “Greenwich: Sea, Crown, Time, and Trade” route

    Explain what the verification of an injured sailor’s right to refuge meant.

  17. Parliament Square: story on the “Westminster and Whitehall: power, ritual, and chance” route

    Here, the failure of the first traffic signal sets the theme of decisions tested quite literally at Parliament’s gates.

  18. Queen's House: story on the “Greenwich: Sea, Crown, Time, and Trade” route

    See how a royal commission made an artist change his view of a recent battle.

  19. Royal Observatory Greenwich and the Prime Meridian: story on the “Greenwich: Sea, Crown, Time, and Trade” route

    Understand why a struggle over a star catalog ended with several meridian lines.

  20. Shakespeare's Globe: story on the “The South Bank of the Thames: South Bank and Bankside” route

    The new theatre completes the story of a campaign that began with a weathered plaque in the wrong place.

  21. Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall: story on the “The South Bank of the Thames: South Bank and Bankside” route

    Here you will see how a postwar concert hall survived a boycott and became an orchestra’s permanent venue.

  22. St Dunstan-in-the-East: story on the “City of London: from the Tower of London to Saint Paul the Apostle” route

    The ruins show how the parish returned the church to service after violence, and how the church later became a garden.

  23. St Paul's Cathedral: story on the “City of London: from the Tower of London to Saint Paul the Apostle” route

    The finale will bring together the Great Fire of London, the fate of the book trade, and the present cathedral.

  24. Tate Modern: story on the “The South Bank of the Thames: South Bank and Bankside” route

    In the former power station, a physical trace will remain of the work for which the museum floor was opened up.

  25. The Monument to the Great Fire of London: story on the “City of London: from the Tower of London to Saint Paul the Apostle” route

    This stop preserves in stone the trace of how the city assigned and then withdrew blame.

  26. The Tower: a palace behind fortress walls: story on the “City of London: from the Tower of London to Saint Paul the Apostle” route

    The fortress matters here as a former royal palace, where the same rooms served both ceremony and imprisonment.

  27. Westminster Abbey: story on the “Westminster and Whitehall: power, ritual, and chance” route

    The coronation will show how public consent became a threat because of a mistake by the armed guard.

  28. Westminster Bridge: story on the “The South Bank of the Thames: South Bank and Bankside” route

    From here, the poet's private journey becomes the story of one of London's most famous views.

  29. Whitehall: story on the “Westminster and Whitehall: power, ritual, and chance” route

    Two commemorative gestures on the same street will juxtapose the execution of a sovereign with national remembrance.