Farringdon was dark. Not surprising really as I didn't venture there until 10.30pm on a Friday. Fabric. You know it makes sense.

Then again, if you venture there during daytime you'll uncover a wealth of history. Martin E.

The Smithfield meat market still operates there. Livestock used to be slaughtered in the open, but now the market is enclosed in an old Victorian building.

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Clerkenwell used to house the English headquarters of the Knights of St John and abundent evidence of this history can be found here like St John's gate.

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37a Clerkenwell Green where Russian revolutionary Lenin used to publish the newspaper Iskra (spark).

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This school building used to be the site of the House of Detention. Indeed the dungeons are still intact below.

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The Eagle is Britains first 'Gastropub'. 'Gastropubs' specialise in good food as opposed to the usual 'pub grub'. It opened in 1991.

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The area of Smithfields meat market has some wonderful architecture, gastro pubs and historic walks. Photograph by Mark Dawber

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