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  View of Inner Temple Gardens, Temple, London, England   Inner Temple.

Inner Temple Garden looking towards the Victoria Embankment. This three acre garden is normally open to the public from 12.30-3.00 each weekday and access is via the north gate opposite Crown Office Row.

The garden has a rare and unusual collection of trees bounded by spectacular herbaceous borders.

 

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  Photograph of King's Bench Walk, Inner Temple, London, England   Inner Temple.

King's Bench Walk. The name of the Walk commemorates the King's Bench Office (that is, the office of the chief clerk or master of the court), which was brought to the Inner Temple in 1621.

Most of the chambers were rebuilt in 1678, following a disastrous fire in 1677.

 

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  Photograph of the terrace steps, Inner Temple Gardens, London, England   Inner Temple.

The Terrace and steps, which were laid out in 1591, at the top end of Inner Temple Garden. References to a garden on this site pre-date the founding of the Inn and the present day lay-out has evolved over the centuries.

 

 

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  Photograph of flowers on the terrace, Inner Temple Gardens, London, England   Temple Church.

The borders along each side of the steps are devoted to Mediterranean species.

It was during the Victorian era, when the grime and soot of industry made horticulture a struggle, that the Inner Temple began its tradition as host to some of London's premier flower shows.

 

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