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A small square between red-brick houses and a lattice-clad building — London, Sardinia Street

700 mabout 9 min

Worth the walk

If you are walking nearby, Sardinia Street is worth a short stop. There is a church on the way to it.

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The walk · 700 m, about 9 min

A pedestrian lane under strings of coloured flags — London, Sardinia Street

Start at St Clement Danes on the Strand and head towards Kingsway through Sardinia Street and Remnant Street. Take your time in the church. The two streets after it can be seen as you walk.

St Clement Danes, a church in the middle of the road

Worth the stop

It stands in the middle of the Strand, so look along the main road.

The present building was finished by Sir Christopher Wren in 1682. The first church on the site is said to have been founded by Danes in the 9th century.

The church was damaged in the war and reconsecrated in 1958, with the Queen and Prince Philip at the service. It now remembers everyone who has died in service with the Royal Air Force, so you tend to walk through it quietly.

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Sardinia Street, a sculpture and a telephone box on the corner

Worth the stop

A short street joining Kingsway to the south-west corner of Lincoln’s Inn Fields. About 450 m from the church, around 6 minutes.

Begin at the Kingsway corner, with Richard Wilson’s 2009 sculpture and a K2 telephone box listed grade II by Historic England.

Then pass the red wall pierced with a lattice and walk on under the flags. The street sits in Camden to the north and the City of Westminster to the south.

The present Sardinia Street was built further south than the old one.

Remnant Street, a short street facing Kingsway

Can be skipped

About 250 m from Sardinia Street, around 3 minutes.

A wide road lined with plane trees and stone buildings — London, Remnant Street

It is named after James Farquharson Remnant, the MP for Holborn from 1900 to 1928.

The former post office closed long ago and is now part of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies. There is not much else to see, so no need to plan a long stop.

A black lamp and iron railings, trees beyond them — London, Remnant Street

On a short day leave out Remnant Street. The church and the Sardinia Street corner are the heart of this walk.

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