Walks
Cómo llegar desde Kings Cross | Cómo llegar desde los diferentes Aeropuertos y Estaciones de tren | Acceso al mapa | Local Information | London Walks | London Events We recommend the award-winning Blood and Tears Walk, which Ashlee House residents receive a £1 discount on the price. Visit
www.shockinglondon.com for more information Alternatively why not try following any one of these interesting walks yourself, which begin right on our front door. (Avoiding Oxford St like a real Londoner) Oxford Street is probably the most famous shopping street in London, though generally Londoners avoid the place like the plague. There is a huge amount to see by using the side streets. From the junction of Charing Cross Road and Oxford Street walk south to Soho Square. Follow Greek Street down to Old Compton Street and turn right. Which becomes Brewer Street. Turn right and follow Old Compton St along to Regents Street. At Regents St cross over and head up the left hand side. Turn right into the famous Jermyn St, which takes you all the way to Hyde Park! Starting at Ashlee House turn left down Grays Inn Road. A 10-minute walk brings you to the corner of Theobald's Road. Cross over staying on Grays Inn Road. On the right hand side of the street look out for an odd looking entrance. Welcome to Grey's Inn! There are actually four Inns of Court - Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple, Middle Temple and Gray's Inn They date from before the 14th century. Round off your visit to the Inns of Court with a swift pint at the Old Cheshire Cheese on Fleet Street.
Walk One: Holborn to Hyde Park
Walk 2: Inns of Court
(Step back in time to the historic legal area of London)
The Inns stretch from Grays Inn Road, crossing High Holborn and the Strand. The last area before reaching the Embankment (Thames River) is the Middle Temple, which of all the Inns of Court the best preserved. Set back from the embankment on a wide expanse of green, Middle Temple somehow manages to retain all the gravities of a great legal institution within the precincts of what feels like a little village. With its winding alleys intricately laced between cool squares, stepping in to Middle Temple really is like stepping back in time. All of which makes it the perfect backdrop for a novel and, of course, Dickens uses the setting several times.
Ashlee House, 261-265 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8QT, England
Tel: +44 (0)20 7833 9400 Fax: +44 (0)20 7833 9677
