I love the Barbican as well. These big concrete cliffs and plains remind me of the countryside in some remoter bits of the UK. It's telling though that so few

I love the Barbican as well. These big concrete cliffs and plains remind me of the countryside in some remoter bits of the UK. It's telling though that so few people go there. To walk east from Barbican tube station, you can either go along Beech St (through the tunnel built for motor traffic under the Barbican) or over a footbridge and across the Barbican itself, which is quieter and has better air and doesn't involve waiting to cross any roads. The latter seems the obvious thing to do, but at rush hour the tunnel is busy with pedestrians, while the Barbican pedestrian level is almost empty.