The City at Our Feet

Trail Workbook

Your name: ……………………………………………

The photographs in this Trail Workbook have been taken along the following route.

Copyright on maps is such that it is not possible at present to reproduce the map used here.

You might arrive at your own solution for placing a suitable map to follow on this front page.

You will need to go over the route prior to taking your group for the visit.

Route:

Begin outside of 155 Bishopsgate - walk along the front covered area of the building.

Go down stairs into Liverpool Street Station and exit up the stairs in bottom left-hand corner, and come out onto Liverpool Street.

Cross over and walk down Old Broad Street at the end of which bear around to the left onto Threadneedle Street. Bear left and then cross over Bishopsgate into St Helen's Court.

From the bottom right exit cross over Undershaft and the plaza in front of you to the entrance of the Lloyd's building in Lime Street

Back onto Leadenhall Street bearing left into Leadenhall Market via Whittington Avenue.

Exit Leadenhall Market onto Gracechurch Street and turn right.

Make way back to junction of Threadneedle Street and Bishopsgate turning left into Threadneedle Street crossing over to allow access down into Bartholomew Lane past the Bank of England Museum.

Turn into Lothbury and bear right into Tokenhouse Yard. Pass under Copthall Buildings turning right into Telegraph Court exiting to the right onto Copthall Avenue.

Turn left and walk along Copthall Avenue exiting onto London Wall.

Cross over onto Circus Place into the area of Finsbury Bowls.

Exit onto Blomfield Street turning left and cross over at junction with Eldon Street into Broadgate Circus / Ice Arena.

From this final location find your way back through Liverpool Street Station onto Bishopsgate.

We will mark on our route as we go

The City at Our Feet

Our journey will take us through parts of London, known as the ‘City’. It is one of the world’s most important financial areas.

During our journey we are going to record information in this Workbook that we are then going to use back at School.

One key idea for our day’s work is to get a feeling for the buildings of the area. We need to ask questions such as:

·       What do they look like? 

·       How big are they?

·       In what ways are they similar or different?

·       What are they made of?   

·       What is their purpose?

·       Is this the kind of place in which you might like to work?

One of the reasons for this is that when we get back to school we are going to imagine the future and make models for a building.

Your Workbook contains a number of activities for you to carry out with the help of your teacher. Record your findings as carefully and as clearly as possible.

Don’t forget you are a representative of your School, so be on best behaviour at all times. Streets can be dangerous with traffic, so at all times be careful and alert. Also be mindful of other pedestrians and people going about their work. Always stay with your group and teacher.

Enjoy your day - and work hard

Activity: Taking Photographs

Each group has a camera with 27 exposures. During our Trail your group has to take photos that will help you to remember what you have seen once you get back to School. You will need to take it in turns to take the pictures. Your teacher will stop you in a number of places to allow you to take the photos.

Each time we stop to take the photos we will mark on our map where we are standing. We can use a code, like P1, P2, P3 etc each time we stop.

You will need your photos to help you with ideas for making models when you return to School. Use the camera to record ‘the City’.

Activity:  Using Photographs

Reproduced in your Trail Workbook are photographs taken along our route.

For each photo there are a number of Activities to carry out as we reach the place.

Photo One: Outside of 155 Bishopgate

Photo Two:  Outside of Liverpool St. Station

Photo Three:  Entrance of 35 New Broad Street

Photo Four:  Looking down New Broad Street

Photo Five: Looking up at Tower 42 – Old Broad Street

Photo Six: St Helen’s Court

Photo Seven: Entrance to the Lloyd’s Building, Lime Street

Photo Eight: Finsbury Circus Bowls Club

Photo Nine: Broadgate Circus, Ice Arena

Photo One: Outside of 155 Bishopgate

Make a list of 4 different types of building materials.

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Write down 3 words that you think describes this place.

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Write down the names of 2 shops and what they sell.

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2 ……………………….      ………………………

Photo Two:  Outside of Liverpool St. Station