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Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields


Worship at this temple to the burger gods, somewhat sacrilegiously set in the former Hoxton Market Christian Mission and complete with stained-glass windows and a war memorial. Food is served on giant silver baking sheets below the watchful Masonic Eye of Providence painted on the ceiling. The Dead Hippie must be one of London's finest burgers.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields attractions

1. Wesley's Chapel

0.32 MILES

Built in 1778, this warm and welcoming church was the place of work and worship for John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church. You can learn more…

2. Bunhill Fields

0.36 MILES

This cemetery just outside the city walls has been a burial ground for more than 1000 years. ‘Bunhill’ probably derives from the area's macabre historical…

3. Museum of the Home

0.41 MILES

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…

4. Dennis Severs' House

0.49 MILES

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…

5. Columbia Road Flower Market

0.5 MILES

A wonderful explosion of colour and life, this weekly market sells a beautiful array of flowers, pot plants, bulbs, seeds and everything you might need…

6. St Mary’s Secret Garden

0.5 MILES

A little pocket of charming – not to mention unlikely – wilderness in the middle of a Hackney housing estate, St Mary’s Secret Garden really does feel…

7. Old Truman Brewery

0.64 MILES

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…

8. Curve

0.67 MILES

Specially commissioned shows and provocative temporary retrospectives fill this interesting arced gallery in the Barbican.