Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

Dennis Severs' House

Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

This extraordinary Georgian house is set up as if its occupants – a family of Huguenot silk weavers – have just walked out the door. Each of the 10 rooms…

Charterhouse

Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

From a monastery, to a Tudor mansion, to the charitable foundation that's operated here since 1611, Charterhouse has played a discreet but important part…

Museum of the Home

Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

These beautiful ivy-clad brick almshouses, which are closed until summer 2020 for renovations, were built in 1714 as a home for poor pensioners. Two rooms…

St John’s Gate

Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

This remarkable Tudor gate dates from 1504. During the 12th century, the Knights Hospitaller (a Christian and military order with a focus on providing…

St John's Priory Church

Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

The Priory Church is one of London's oldest churches. This whole area was originally part of the medieval St John's Priory and is now associated with the…

Marx Memorial Library

Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

Built in 1738 to house a Welsh charity school, this unassuming building is an interesting reminder of Clerkenwell's radical history. From here in 1902 and…

Old Truman Brewery

Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

Founded here in the 17th century, Truman's Black Eagle Brewery was, by the 1850s, the largest brewery in the world. Spread over a series of brick…

Postal Museum & Mail Rail

Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

Here's an underground experience you won't find on the tube map. Built in 1927 to beat traffic congestion, the Post Office Railway was a subterranean…