Guildhall Art Gallery & Roman Amphitheatre · London

The gallery shows art from the City of London’s collection, including Pre-Raphaelite paintings and a huge battle scene by John Singleton Copley. In the basement you can see the walls of the Roman amphitheatre, which was only discovered at the end of the 20th century. In the square in front of the Guildhall, a dark line in the paving marks the outline of the arena. The Guildhall itself, with its great medieval hall, can sometimes be visited.

Background

The Guildhall Art Gallery houses the art collection of the City of London, England. The museum is located in the Moorgate area of the City of London. It is a stone building in a semi-Gothic style intended to be sympathetic to the historic Guildhall, which is adjacent and to which it is connected internally.

From Wikipedia: “Guildhall Art Gallery”, licence CC BY-SA 4.0

Walk on from here

Three places nearby, in walking order.

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Guildhall Art Gallery & Roman Amphitheatre
4 min walk1
One New Change, roof terraceRoof terrace at eye level with the dome of St Paul's, no admission charge.
2 min walk2
St Paul's CathedralWren's dome from inside and on top: the Whispering Gallery and a panorama over the City.
5 min walk3
Rosslyn Queen Victoria StreetSmall speciality coffee bar in the City; a quick espresso or flat white to go.

Nearby

One New Change, roof terrace

20 min · free

Unverified: roughly 6 am–12 midnight

Roof terrace at eye level with the dome of St Paul's, no admission charge.

Free. May close at short notice in bad weather.

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Rosslyn Queen Victoria Street

15 min · £

Mon–Fri 6.30 am–5 pm, Sat 8 am–4 pm, closed Sun

Small speciality coffee bar in the City; a quick espresso or flat white to go.

Open from 6.30 am, closed Sundays; a short queue of office workers around 8.30 am, then quickly served.

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Postman's Park

15 min · free

Open in daytime (roughly 8 am until evening), unverified

Small park with the Watts Memorial: ceramic plaques honour people who died saving others.

Free and a hidden gem, only a few steps from St Paul's. At lunchtime lots of office workers sit here.

St Paul's Cathedral

90 min · £££

Mon–Sat from 8.30 am (Wed from 10 am), last entry usually 4 pm; Sun services only

Wren's dome from inside and on top: the Whispering Gallery and a panorama over the City.

The dome galleries are included in the ticket (£27). No sightseeing on Sundays; services are free.

Website · Tickets at Tiqets^*

Barbican Hall

150 min · ££

According to the programme

Concert hall in the Barbican complex, home of the London Symphony Orchestra; also jazz and world music.

Beforehand, wander through the conservatory and past the lakes of the Barbican.

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City Information Centre

15 min · free

Mon–Sat 9.30 am–5.30 pm, Sun 10 am–4 pm

Official visitor centre of the City of London next to St Paul's, with maps, tips and tours.

Guided walks by the City Guides also start here. A good first stop before St Paul's and the Millennium Bridge.

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