Great city walks: Central London — theguardian.com

Distance 7.8 miles/12.6 km Typical duration 4 hours Start and finish YHA London Central Start postcode W1W 5NU Step-by-step details and maps ramblers.org.uk/londoncentralparks This circular walk through the heart of the capital takes in impressive architecture, including Buckingham Palace, meandering along roads name-checked on the Monopoly board and past some of Britain’s most famous shops, often with fascinating histories (do you know which store invented the scotch egg or had the first “moving staircase”?). It includes four of London’s eight royal parks, which create an almost unbroken stretch of parkland greening the urban landscape. It’s the perfect walk to sample the heart of the capital and its contrasts.

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