As production on the new London Walks leaflet continues, here's David…
Good question. Not least because leaflets – like cello tape dispensers, pencil sharpeners, keys, corkscrews, etc. – have a habit of going walkabout. They get left in desk drawers or books or coat pockets, etc. etc. So if you've pitched up in London and lo and behold your London Walks leaflet – which you thought you'd carefully packed with the maps and the tube guide, etc. etc. – is nowhere to be found.... well, all is not lost.
Here are two absolutely brilliant places in central London where you can always pick up a London Walks leaflet!
Primus inter pares is the wonderful Cafe in the Crypt at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the old church in Trafalgar Square. Their information tables are always well stocked with London Walks leaflets. There are two information tables right there, just inside the entrance, at the bottom of the steps. They also have them on the counter (right by the cash register) in their little shop.
St Martin-in-the-Fields from Oscar's Point of View
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And look, just to drive the point home: you should be going to the Cafe in the Crypt for a whole lot of other reasons in addition to its "carrying" London Walks leaflets. Reasons that are best summed up in its having been awarded the Palm d'Or in its "sector". Yup, the Cafe in the Crypt is Les Routiers London Cafe of the Year 2012. And, hey, it's not as though going to Trafalgar Square is in the least inconvenient, a detour. T-Square is, after all, the great crossroads of London, the very center of the jampot!
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A London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all London Walks can be found at www.walks.com