If you walk from Farringdon station down Cowcross street (ironically where Oat Milk producer, Oatly have their London HQ) and then up St. John's Lane you come to this wonderful looking medieval gate. Unsurprisingly it's called "St. John's Gate" originally built in 1148 and burnt down by Wat Tyler in 1381 then rebuilt in 1504 it was the South entrance to Clerkenwell Priory, a monastic establishment and the headquarters of the Knights of the Order of St John (known as the Knights Hospitaller) There's a museum there now and you can learn all about this order and also how it morphed into St John's Ambulance service, probably one of the oldest continuous charities in the world!
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