Postman's Park
King Edward St, London EC1A 7BT
This peaceful green space was once a burial ground. By the mid 19th century, London’s inner city graveyards were dangerously overcrowded, so new laws stopped burials within the City. Many former churchyards, including this one, were later turned into public parks.
The park is surrounded by former Post Office buildings, which gave it its name. Inside the wooden shelter is the Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice by the Victorian artist George Frederic Watts. It commemorates ordinary people, many of them children, who died saving others.
In the centre of the flower bed is a sundial memorial to NHS staff from nearby St Bartholomew’s Hospital who lost their lives during the Covid pandemic.
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Directions to next stop: Retrace your steps and exit through the gate back onto St Martin’s Le Grand. Cross at the pedestrian lights to the other side and turn left, then right into the road named London Wall. Immediately cross the busy two-lane junction of London Wall using the double zebra crossings. With the Barbican estate on your left, walk up London Wall, heading east. A few metres up, on the left, is the entrance to the underground car park. Carefully follow the footpath down, into the green space by the hall.