Watling Street, built by the Romans in perfectly straight sections and the first direct highway from the Kent coast to North Wales. Watling Street's route through the City of London is punctuated by St Paul's Cathedral, which virtually blocks its path.
In the shadow of the worlds second largest dome, where Bow Lane intersects Watling Street, sits Ye Olde Watling. The pub was allegedly built by St Paul's architect, Sir Christopher Wren, to accommodate labourers building the Cathedral and incorporates the timber of the old ships.
Reproduced by kind permission of Knowledge of London.
