42. St John’s Path Where? Deeply atmospheric jitty linking Britton Street with St John’s Square, Clerkenwell. What? Someone requested this one a few weeks back. Surely some mistake, thought we. St John’s Path is the Platonic ideal of backpassagery. We couldn’t have missed such an …
41. Red Cross Passage Where? Deep in the heart of Borough, a little south of Union Street, this passage links Red Cross Gardens to Ayre Street. What? The alleyway runs alongside a series of model dwelling cottages designed to improve the lot of local residents. …
40. Regent Quarter, King’s Cross Where? Converted factories and warehouses east of King’s Cross station, tucked inside the Islington boundary on yonder side of York Way. What? Regent Quarter is a quaint huddle of 19th century industrial buildings, sandblasted and renewed into a community of …
39. Dansey Place Where? Picturebook shabby access road north of Gerrard Street and south of Shaftesbury Avenue. What? Dansey Place today is a foetid passage, where few would care to linger. You have no business to be down here unless you (a) collect discarded duck …
And that’s ‘Back’ in more ways than one. Long-time readers may remember our (n)ever-popular journeys through the capital’s snickleways and ginnels. Each week, we’d explore a fresh, and sometimes not so fresh, shortcut through the busy thoroughfares of London. Well, thanks to some words of …
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