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City of London’s History of Money & Power

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Experience a self‑guided journey through the City of London, where money and power intertwine amid history, mythology and financial innovation.

Using clear on‑screen directions (with optional audio narration where available), you’ll discover money not just as a tool of trade but as a symbol and shared story—an invisible thread linking creation myths, systems of governance and changing ideas of value.

As you follow the route at your own pace, you’ll explore how power arises from collective belief and action, and how the ongoing tension between wisdom and greed, creation and destruction, still shapes the City’s hidden dynamics today.

The City of London's story of money and power from Babylon to Bitcoin

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Explore the City of London at your own pace, following a route where ancient gods, medieval merchants and modern bankers all share the same streets. On this self‑guided experience, you’ll trace the evolution of money from clay tablets and temple offerings to paper promises and invisible digital entries, visiting Roman ruins, Wren churches, coffee houses, markets and glass‑and‑steel towers along the way.

With clear directions and stop‑by‑stop commentary, you’ll slip into alleys, churchyards and former trading floors to uncover how symbols, rituals and stories about value shaped everything from imperial expansion to everyday life. Instead of following a group, you choose the timing, dwell as long as you like in each place, and use the audio and on‑screen notes to unpack money as both a practical tool and a powerful form of shared imagination—asking where power really comes from and how unseen forces still influence the world’s financial heart.

Designed for curious minds, history lovers and seekers of deeper meaning, this self‑guided tour blends storytelling, philosophy and concrete locations into a flexible experience, turning the City of London into your personal laboratory of money and power.

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  • St Mary Aldermary | Entrance - Free / Included
    We start with esoteric origins of money in The Oldest Mary Church
  • Forgotten Streams | Entrance - Free / Included
    An art piece for one of the forgotten rivers, which serves our story too
  • Bloomberg Building | Entrance - Free / Included
    How the story of ancient Sun god links the City to Babylon and the story of Money and power
  • London Mithraeum | Entrance - Free / Included
    Immersive displays of artifacts and rituals tied to Londinium’s mercantile past.
  • Royal Exchange | Outside visit
    Founded in 1566 as England’s first purpose-built trading floor.
  • Bank of England – Front doors | Outside visit
    At the doors of the Bank of England, crusader‑era banking, Eastern transfer systems, and ancient protective symbols converge.
  • Pope’s Head Alley | Outside visit
    In Pope’s Head Alley, papal and pharaonic symbols, medieval religious rules on interest
  • St Edmund Martyr on Lombard Street | Outside visit
    Church dedicated to England's last King & Martyr
  • George Yard | Outside visit
    A revolution took place in and around this once financial hub of unprecedented scale!
  • Jamaica Wine House | Outside visit
    The Oldest coffee shop in England!
  • St Michael’s Church, Cornhill | Outside visit
    On perhaps the oldest site site of christian worship we discuss the dirty business of Indulgences
  • Change Alley | Outside visit
    Change Alley’s packed coffeehouses saw the birth of organised stock trading, insurance markets, and speculative manias, culminating in the South Sea Bubble whose debts echoed into the modern era.
  • 12 Lamp Posts of the Great Livery Companies | Outside visit
    The 12 Great Livery Companies who forged London’s early economy, money markets, and trust-based banking system.
  • Bank of England | Outside visit
    The Bank of England, founded in 1694 amid civil war, revolution, and regime change, became the prototype for modern central banks
  • James Henry Greathead Statue (Cornhill) | Outside visit
    A symbol of both British ingenuity and the Industrial revolution
  • Duke of Wellington Statue (Bank Junction) | Outside visit
    War is now won with money not just guns
  • St Mary Woolnoth | Entrance - Free / Included
    Newton a former slave trader turned abolitionist, who wrote the hymn Amazing Grace, served as the Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth for 28 years.
  • Leadenhall Market – Dragons & Bulls | Entrance - Free / Included
    Where we find the truth of money
  • Lloyd’s of London (Lime Street) | Outside visit
    This industrial style building tells the story of the East india company
  • The Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe) | Outside visit
    We tell the story of another unprecedented revolution outside this symbol of the City's financial status.
  • St Helen’s Church, Bishopsgate | Outside visit
    We conclude our story as we link our story with ancient origins to the present day: Bitcoin.
St Mary Aldermary, Bow Ln, London EC4M 9BW
Bloomberg Arcade, 3 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4N 8AA.
3 Queen Victoria St, London EC4N 4TQ
London Mithraeum, Bloomberg SPACE, 12 Walbrook, London EC4N 8AA
1 Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3DG.
Bank of England on Threadnedle Street ((EC2R 8AH)
4 Cornhill, London EC3V 3NR, UK
St Edmund, King and Martyr, Lombard Street, London EC3V 9EA, United Kingdom
1 George Yard, City of London, London EC3V 9DH, United Kingdom
Jamaica Wine House, St Michael’s Alley, London EC3V 9DS, United Kingdom
St Michael’s Cornhill, St Michael’s Alley, London EC3V 9DS, United Kingdom
Change Alley, City of London, London EC3V, United Kingdom
London EC3V 3LL
Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH
Bank Junction, City of London, London EC4N 8BH, United Kingdom
St Mary Woolnoth, Lombard Street, London EC3V 9AN, United Kingdom
Leadenhall Market, Gracechurch Street, London EC3V 1LT, United Kingdom
Lloyd’s of London, 1 Lime Street, London EC3M 7HA, United Kingdom
St Helen’s Bishopsgate, Great St Helen’s, London EC3A 6AT, United Kingdom
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Booking & Availabilty

Self-guide - Per Person

Our self-guided tours give you the freedom to explore at your own pace using your own device. With clear directions and rich on-page storytelling, you’ll enjoy:
  • Flexible start times and no fixed schedule
  • Stop-by-stop guidance with maps and location details
  • Deeper commentary you can read (and where available, listen to) as you go
Perfect for independent travellers, repeat visitors, or anyone who prefers to discover the City on their own terms.
From £11.00
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