A City of London Gallery

That Square Mile

That's right this gallery is limited to the historical City of London.

Did you know London has two cities? The other is the much larger City of Westminster, but London is so much more. The Tower of London & Tower Bridge sits in neither, nor does the British Library or British Museum.

Here I have kept this gallery to 48 shots taken from the very start of London.

Although much of the Roman remains of London has been lost, there are still some remnants.

A great deal of the area was destroyed in the Great Fire of London (1666) and the master architect of the rebuild, Sir Christopher Wren's, work can be seen everywhere.

But it’s not all ancient history, and the modern fits in the spaces inbetween.

And now the gallery

The entrance of Goldsmiths' Hall, City of London, England, UK

30 St Marys Axe and St Andrew Undershaft, City of London, London, England, UK

All Hallows by the Tower, City of London, London, England, UK

The City of London crest on the London Bridge Entrance to the City of London, London, England, UK

The monument to the Heroes of the Blitz, City of London, London, England, UK

The Blackfriar, City of London, London, England, UK

A Police Telephone post, City of London, London, England, UK

The Billingsgate Market, City of London, London, England, UK

The Clock and Tower of St Magnus The Martyr, City of London, London, England, UK

The Church of St Helens and the Gherkin, City of London, London, England, UK

St Dunstan's-in-the-East, City of London, London, England, UK

The Cordwainer, City of London, London, England, UK

The view west, City of London, London, England, UK

The Atlas Building, City of London, London, England, UK

The Guildhall, City of London, London, England, UK

The emblem of the City of London, London, England, UK

Mansion House, City of London, London, England, UK

The Lion and St George, City of London, London, England, UK

Statue to James Henry Greathead, City of London, London, England

The War Memorial in front of the Royal Exchange, City of London,

No1 Royal Exchange Avenue, City of London, London, England, UK

The finest cigars, City of London, London, England, UK

The Entrance to Drapers hall, City of London, London, England, UK

Salisbury House, City of London, London, England, UK

Part of the Guildhall Buildings, City of London, London, England

Entrance to the City of London courts , London, England, UK

St Lawrence Jewry, City of London, London, England, UK

The Tower of the Church of St Alban, City of London, London, Eng

The Goldsmiths Leopard, City of London, London, England, UK

Headstones in Postmans Park, City of London, London, England, UK

The White Horse, City of London, London, England, UK

The statue to Roland Hill, City of London, London, England, UK

Little Britain, City of London, London, England, UK

The Winged Lion, City of London, London, England, UK

The monument to William Wallace, City of London, London, England

Temple Bar - The western entrance to the City in the Strand, City of London, London, England, UK

St Dunstan-in-the-West, City of London, London, England, UK

Temple House, City of London, London, England, UK

Pudding Lane, City of London, London, England, UK

St Pauls from One New Change, City of London, London, England, Uk

St Paul's and the telephone booth, City of London, London, England, UK

Passages, City of London, London, England, UK

Temple Church, City of London, London, England, UK

Old London II, City of London, London, England, UK

The River at dusk, City of London, London, England, UK

To the Church, City of London, London, England, UK

The quiet lanes, City of London, London, England, UK

The technical bits

This collection of shots comes from a few visits to the City. I love it at the weekends in winter when you feel you have the place to yourself.

The images were shot on either the Canon EOS 1Ds-MkIII or the Canon 1Dx-MkII. The lenses vary too, either my stalwart 24-70mm f/2.8L USM or the 16-35mm f/2.8L USM.

The images are catalogued in Adobe Lightroom. Some are processed in Lightroom, others make it into Adobe Photoshop for correction or just a little fun.

The images are presented with the aim of capturing a feeling.

As always, any questions about individual images or techniques used, just ask - here to help.

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