What to see near St Paul's: a guide to London by tube

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2013/jan/09/what-to-see-near-st-pauls-tube

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<strong>Nearby highlights</strong> Wren's dome of St Paul's (stpauls.co.uk), which has dominated London's skyline for 300 years, is iconic, and if you've never whispered across the gallery you should. One of the oddest green spaces in London is nearby Postman's Park (Edward Street, wattsgallery.org.uk). It featured in the 2004 film Closer – look for the disappearing postman. The garden was created by George Frederic Watts to celebrate heroic self-sacrifice: some of the tiled memorials describe truly unlikely situations. If it's cold, drop into the Viaduct Tavern (126 Newgate Street, viaducttavern.co.uk) for a drink beneath the wrought copper ceiling. If you ask behind the bar, you'll be shown their spooky basement "cells", claimed to be part of Newgate Prison.

<strong></strong><br /><strong>Did you know?</strong> The original St Paul's is in fact the station now known as Blackfriars, which predates the modern St Paul's station and the Central line as a whole. The station now known as St Paul's opened as part of the original Central London Railway under the simple name Post Office, as it was also the location of the headquarters of the General Post Office. That name was jettisoned when the old St Paul's became Blackfriars in 1937.