St Dunstan in the East
A church gutted in the Blitz and left as a ruin, now a public garden with ivy climbing through the Gothic window frames.
- Landmark
- Price: Free
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Did you know
Christopher Wren added the church's Gothic steeple, a needle spire carried on four flying buttresses, between 1695 and 1701. After the 1941 Blitz the ruins became a public garden, which opened in 1971.
Local tip
Go early on a weekday morning if you want the ruined nave to yourself. It's a small space that gets busy with photographers and lunching office workers by midday.
Finding it
- Address
- St. Dunstan's Hill, Leadenhall Market, Monument, City of London, Greater London, England, EC3R 8HN
- Nearest station
- Monument (Tube), 334 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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