Fleet Street Femmes Walk with Inns of Court

### Fleet Street Women: Roaring Girls, Power, and Hidden Influence

Fleet Street has always been about stories — but for centuries, the women behind them were overlooked, misbehaving, or deliberately forgotten.
This guided walk takes us from Temple tube, through the Strand, into Fleet Street, the Inns of Court, and on towards Holborn, uncovering the women who shaped this area through rebellion, intelligence, charm, and quiet power.
On the walk we’ll meet:

• Mary Frith (Moll Cutpurse), the original Roaring Girl — smoking, swearing, sword-carrying, and scandalising Jacobean London around Fleet Street and the Inns
• Rachel Beer, the first woman to run a national newspaper, pulling political strings from behind the scenes at The Observer and The Sunday Times at the height of Fleet Street’s influence
• Catherine Dickens, wife of Charles Dickens — living in the shadow of his success, quietly erased, and later cast aside as his fame grew
• The women and children of the courts and alleys that fed directly into Dickens’ Oliver Twist, exposing a brutal side of Fleet Street often hidden from view

We’ll also step into St Bride’s Church, the heart of Fleet Street:

• Journalists’ church
• A Wren masterpiece
• And, by legend, the inspiration for the tiered wedding cake

And the oldest Catholic Church in London named after a female Legend with the most beautiful stained glass windows seen in the photo above.

Along the way, Fleet Street itself becomes a character: a place where women bent rules, survived systems, and found ways to make their mark — whether loudly or quietly.
⏰ Start: 1.30pm at Temple Tube station
⏳ Finish: Around 3.30pm (around two hours) Chancery Lane
☕ Optional stop at the end: for a cuppa or a drink
💷 Cost: £10
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