Walks · London · English
4 narrated stops, 12 minutes of stories, 2.8 km on foot. Press play at each stop — no app needed — or open the walk in Avsha and let the stories keep coming as you move.
Stop 1 · 3 min
In short: The Great Fire of 1666 stopped at Pye Corner in Smithfield. The Golden Boy statue marks this location and serves as a reminder of the 17th-century belief that the fire was divine punishment for the sin of gluttony.
↓ 550 m · 8 min to the next stop
Stop 2 · 3 min
In short: Soap magnate William Joseph Pendray built the 1897 Queen Anne Revival style mansion. Known as Victoria’s Soap King, he commissioned the house for his family, featuring luxury hand-painted frescoes and ornate stained glass funded by his soap-making profits.
↓ 1.0 km · 15 min to the next stop
Stop 3 · 3 min
In short: In 2013, Crossrail engineers discovered twenty-five skeletons from a 1348 Black Death burial site. Forensic scientists extracted DNA from their teeth, confirming the presence of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria responsible for the bubonic plague.
↓ 1.2 km · 17 min to the next stop
Stop 4 · The Frozen Boundary of West Hall Street · 3 min
In short: It marks the transition between Savannah's colonial city plan and the Victorian District. It is considered a frozen boundary because it preserves late nineteenth-century architecture and character that residents protected from mid-twentieth-century urban renewal.