Walking Tour - The Route of the Condemned through Holborn… via its Pubs.

Public hangings at Tyburn were carried out for hundreds of years. The condemned would be led there in a procession from Newgate Pr*son as part of a gruesome public fair put on eight days a year. One legendary aspect of that day was the ritual of the prisoners taking a final drink in one of the many inns along the 2 and ½ mile route.

Walking through Holborn, Richard takes us along the first half of that route, joining up 10 fantastic present and a number of past pubs. We hear about the rituals of that procession and the final drink which would have been taken in at least two of the subject pub sites and pass three historic sites of execution. The walk also explores the history of the pubs (and some wider history through them), which are some of the finest and most historic in London such as the Olde Mitre, the Cittie of York and the Princess Louise. Ofcourse we take an interval drink half way.

Meet at the Viaduct Tavern, a short walk from St Paul's, Blackfriar's and City Thameslink stations. We finish the walk at the Angel pub, St Giles, just round the corner from Tottenham Court Road.

Host or Publisher Richard Watkins, Footprints of London