Start: Barbican tube station
Finish: Blackfriars station

This walk is particularly suitable for those who want to see and hear about a lot of gory history without doing too much walking. It’s a relatively short walk crammed with London’s bloodiest history. Hanging, drawing and quartering; boiling alive; heads on spikes; burning at the stake; bodysnatching;  the Black Death; burial alive; cannibalism; a disgusting meat market. You have been warned! You also hear a theory as to why Henry V111 became such a monster in the latter years of his life. And to lighten the mood there’s a funny story about the first man to leave his body to science, and there are a couple of spooky ghost stories too. And Sherlock fans will see something that looks familiar too!