THE LONDON WALL WALK
The London Wall Walk follows the original line of the City Wall for much of its length, from the royal fortress of the Tower of London to the Museum of London, situated in the modern high-rise development of the Barbican. Between these two landmarks the Wall Walk passes surviving pieces of the Wall visible to the public and the sites of the gates now buried deep beneath the City streets. It also passes close to eight of the surviving forty-one City churches.
The Walk is 1¾ miles (2.8km) long and is marked by twenty-one panels which can be followed in either dişection. Completion of the Walk will take between one and two hours. Wheelchairs can reach most individual sites although access is difficult at some points.

For nearly fifteen hundred years the physical growth of the City of London was limited by its defensive wall. The first Wall was built by the Romans c AD 200, one hundred and fifty years after the foundation of Londinium. It stretched for 2 miles (3.2km), incorporating a pre-existing fort. In the 4th century the Romans strengthened the defences with towers on the eastern section of the Wall.
The Roman Wall formed the foundation of the later City Wall. During the Saxon period the Wall decayed but successive medieval and Tudor rebuildings and repairs restored it as a defensive wall. With the exception of a medieval realignment in the Blackfriars’ area, the Wall retained its original line unaltered over the centuries. From the 17th century, as London expanded rapidly in size, the Wall was no longer necessary for defence. Much of it was demolished in the 18th and 19th centuries and where sections survived they became buried under shops and warehouses. During the 20th century several sections have been revealed by excavations and preserved.

[Map with a line outlining the route of the wall]

[map showing your location]

[around squares with illustrations of the wall in the different centuries]

The Wall was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

In the following pictures, the various parts of the sign are enlarged:
Text 1 - Click for a larger image
Text 2 - Click for a larger image
A map showing the route of the London Wall in a line, and a map showing your relative position - Click for a larger image

The wall in the different centuries
100 AD - Click for a larger image
200 AD - Click for a larger image
750 AD - Click for a larger image
1300 AD - Click for a larger image
Year 1500 - Click for a larger image
Year 1700 - Click for a larger image
Year 1900 - Click for a larger image
Year 1984 - Click for a larger image

The wall is also indicated on the next sign Click for sign's details
And the remains of one of the gates can be seen on the next sign Click for sign's details