Thread by @FootwaysLondon

It's #CarFreeDay, so where are you walking?
Here's a beautiful back-street route from #KingsCross to #CoventGarden: 35 happy minutes with some London history thrown in for free! THREAD ⬇️
You can also pick up one of our maps from @LNER station concourse footways.london/map

2. King's Cross was designed by Cubitt to be simple and functional. It sits in stark contrast to the elaborate St Pancras next door, built 15 years later.

3. Straight down Judd Street, or meander through the intriguing streets and ancient alleys via Argyle St. On Judd Street, keep an eye out for numbers 93 to 101, with their early 19th century shop front features still intact.

4. Brunswick Square for the @FoundlingMuseum; a baby Tracey Emin installation; one of London's ten Great Trees; and the modernist icon, Brunswick Centre. Pics: Katie Wilson & Shakespearesmonkey on Flickr.

5. The low buildings of @coramsfields are all that remains of the Foundling Hospital for abandoned children that opened in 1741 . It’s now a fantastic children's-only park and playground. Pic: Sarah M on Flickr.

6. Lambs Conduit Street: fashionable since the 19th century, when Charles Dickens was a local. Pause for independent shops, cafes, great pubs and low-traffic, cobbled calm. Check out the new "streatery" on Great Ormond Street too. @LondonParklet @GOSH_Green

7. From Red Lion Street, divert to see Red Lion Square and its Pre-Raphaelite connections. Or peer in the Dolphin Tavern — its clock is stuck at 10:40pm, the time it was hit by a Zeppelin raid in 1915.

8. Lincoln’s Inn Fields has fine architecture all around. Don't miss @SoaneMuseum, 17th century Newcastle House at number 66 and Lindsey House at 59-60. Pic: Katie Wilson.

9. Great Queen Street was an important route between Covent Garden and Lincoln's Inn when built in 1635. It’s still the best way to enter on foot -- even better if it had fewer cars. Also home to the immense @FreemasonsHall and interesting shops.

10. Covent Garden began as a market garden for Westminster Abbey in Middle Ages and was London’s first square, laid out in Charles I’s reign. Now world-famous for its shopping and theatres. @CoventGardenLDN

Walk King's Cross to Covent Garden
5 mins > Judd St
10 mins > Brunswick Sq
15 mins > Coram’s Fields
17 mins > Lambs Conduit St
20 mins > Red Lion St
25 mins > Lincoln’s Inn Fields
28 mins > Great Queen St
35 mins > Covent Garden
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