You don’t think of the City as having green spaces, but it does - and plenty more than you think. We headed into town over Easter to visit some old haunts to see how they’ve changed, and if I’m honest for some different views. Before this visit, our last trip into town was a wet Monday evening for dinner at Blixen, in gold trainers no less, back in March 2020. We were long overdue a visit.
Arriving into Cannon Street we first headed up towards St Pauls, through Paternoster Square over the road and past the small green space above before heading over to Postman’s Park, which I first visited back in 2014, having failed to find it in all the time I worked in the City.
The camellias were in flower and I could’t help but stop and admire them and read some of the heroic memorials.
I was quite taken with how the moss is creeping along the girders, softening them. From here we headed towards the Guild Hall, which as a sign of the times is now a Covid test centre, so no photos from there. We headed around towards Wood Street and found another pocket garden, this one with a fabulous magnolia tree in full flower.
And some hedges which reflect the state of the nation’s hair.
We crossed London Wall rising up onto the walkways of the Barbican, which even on its outskirts has some fabulous architecture and is more than just concrete.
Even on the walkway there were pockets of green, and more. As you can see below the space is much more interesting with what looks like a historic ruin, places to sit and sculptures too.
And many of the walkways were edged with living walls similar to this. There’s way more green spaces in the City than you’d expect - if you get to visit, look out for it, I’m pretty sure you’ll be surprised.
