City of London’s History of Money & Power
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
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.
- St Mary Aldermary | Entrance - Free / Included
- Forgotten Streams | Entrance - Free / Included
- Bloomberg Building | Entrance - Free / Included
- London Mithraeum | Entrance - Free / Included
- Royal Exchange | Outside visit
- Bank of England – Front doors | Outside visit
- Pope’s Head Alley | Outside visit
- St Edmund Martyr on Lombard Street | Outside visit
- George Yard | Outside visit
- Jamaica Wine House | Outside visit
- St Michael’s Church, Cornhill | Outside visit
- Change Alley | Outside visit
- Jonathan’s Coffee House (plaque) | Outside visit
- Garraways Coffee House (Plaque) | Outside visit
- 12 Lamp Posts of the Great Livery Companies | Outside visit
- Bank of England | Outside visit
- James Henry Greathead Statue (Cornhill) | Outside visit
- Duke of Wellington Statue (Bank Junction) | Outside visit
- St Mary Woolnoth | Entrance - Free / Included
- Leadenhall Market – Dragons & Bulls | Entrance - Free / Included
- Lloyd’s of London (Lime Street) | Outside visit
- The Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe) | Outside visit
- St Helen’s Church, Bishopsgate | Outside visit
Booking & Availabilty
Self-guide - Per Person
- 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
