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Walks in Strand.

One editor-picked walk through Strand, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.

From the piazza through the bookshops to the Inns of Court — the most literary mile in London.

Nearby

Other walks close to Strand.

Sorted by distance from the start of covent garden to the temple. Good for stitching together a longer day.

The classic tourist walk, walked at dusk, in the correct order.

The neighbourhood everyone knows from midnight, walked before it opens its eyes.

Five independent bookshops and the ghosts of the writers who browsed them.

A cathedral, a Fleet Street or two, and the four courtyards behind the pub.