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Covent Garden Market – London Eye loop from Covent Garden

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Covent Garden Market – London Eye loop from Covent Garden

Moderate

5.0

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Covent Garden Market – London Eye loop from Covent Garden

00:36

5.81km

40m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 28, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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210 m

Covent Garden Market

Highlight • Structure

The street artists around Covent Garden are an attraction in their own right (of course, sometimes better), but it pays to browse the small shops in the former fruit and vegetable hall.

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1.67 km

Taxi! Statue by J. Seward Johnson Jr.

Highlight • Structure

This unusual bronze statue titled "Taxi!" by J. Seward Johnson Jr. depicts a frustrated businessman eternally attempting to hail a cab on John Carpenter Street near Blackfriars station in London since 2014. Originally created in 1983 and previously displayed in New York with full color painting, the sculpture now stands in London with only its white shirt retaining color, while the once-realistic figure continues his endless wait for a ride that will never come.

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1.79 km

Blackfriars Station and Bridge

Highlight • Monument

2.45 km

View of the London skyline from Oxo Tower Wharf

Highlight • Viewpoint

The building was originally constructed as a power station to supply electricity to the Royal Mail post office, built towards the end of the 19th century. It was subsequently acquired by the Liebig Extract of Meat Company in the 1920s, manufacturers of Oxo beef stock cubes, for conversion into a cold store.[1][2]

The building was largely rebuilt to an Art Deco design by company architect Albert Moore between 1928 and 1929. Much of the original power station was demolished, but the river facing facade was retained and extended. The Liebig Extract of Meat Company wanted to include a tower featuring illuminated signs advertising the name of their product. When permission for the advertisements was refused, the tower was built with four sets of three vertically-aligned windows, each of which "coincidentally" happened to be in the shapes of a circle, a cross and a circle. This was significant because skyline advertising was banned at the time along Southbank.[3]

Despite these windows being the building's architectural focal point, there is no general public access to the tower which is restricted to maintenance tradesmen.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxo_Tower)

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3.42 km

London Eye

Highlight • Monument

The London Eye is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames and dominates the London skyline. It is Europe's tallest cantilevered observation wheel and is the most popular paid tourist attraction in the UK with over 3.75 million visitors annually. The structure is 443 feet (135 m) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 394 feet (120 m).

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3.68 km

View of Big Ben

Highlight • Viewpoint

Best view of Big Ben and the Parliament from across river Thames at Westminster bridge. Perfect pedestrian path for running and walking, easier than on the other river side.

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3.84 km

Westminster Bridge

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

Great views along the River Thames from Westminster Bridge.

The bridge was first proposed to be built in 1664, but after many objections from both the Corporation of London and the watermen on the river, construction only commenced many years later in 1736. The bridge opened 11 years later in 1747.

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5.05 km

Cleopatra's Needle

Highlight • Historical Site

The sphinxes guarding the needle are actually facing the wrong way, Queen Victoria liked them better this way.

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5.81 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.12 km

2.31 km

147 m

120 m

116 m

Surfaces

4.86 km

696 m

251 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Tuesday 19 May

21°C

12°C

25 %

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Covent Garden Market – London Eye loop from Covent Garden

Covent Garden Market

Taxi! Statue by J. Seward Johnson Jr.

Blackfriars Station and Bridge

View of the London skyline from Oxo Tower Wharf

London Eye

View of Big Ben

Westminster Bridge

Cleopatra's Needle

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