A little north of Cannon Street is Queen Victoria Street and the remains of the Roman Temple of Mithras. These remains were discovered during rebuilding work in 1954 and is, perhaps, the most famous of all twentieth-century Roman discoveries in the City of London.

It was built in the mid-3rd century and, during excavation, various artifacts were discovered and are now in the Museum of London.

NOTE (Jan 2012): These remains are currently being dismantled so that they can be moved. It is unlikely that they can be viewed until the move is complete which we understand could take a few years.

The Black Friar Pub at 174 Queen Victoria Street is a Victorian pub built on the site of a thirteenth century Dominican Priory, which gives the area its name - Blackfriars. It is, however, the interior which makes this pub exceptional as it is an Art Nouveau masterpiece.

They provide hot food here although, unfortunately, we have no experience of it.

A liitle west of St. Pauls, and south of Fleet Street along either Bouverie Street or Whitefriars Street, is Magpie Alley which leads into Ashentree Court from where there are some steps down into a basement.

On one side is a large plate glass window allowing you to see these remains of a Carmalite 13th century crypt.The crypt lay buried for centuries until it was unearthed in 1895 but it was not restored until the 1920s.