London's Ley Line Patterns |
The Primary Triangle
Set out around London is a geometric pattern that
includes triangles and alignments or 'ley lines' that generates London's sacred
landscape.
This pattern needs to be understood at a number of
levels. The first is based on the major alignment that links the great
abbey of Canterbury in the east and Cistercian monastery site of
Abbey Dore in the West. This alignment broadly follows the Roman Road of Watling Street and passes through the principle sites of
Canterbury Cathedral - Rochester Cathedral - Greenwich - Bermondsey, Downing Street
- Bulstrode Hill Fort - Gloucester Cathedral and Abbey Dore. As can be seen from the plan this line very neatly bi-sects London. This line is shown in blue on the primary triangle plan (see side panel).
 For want of a better title I have called this alignment the
Canterbury Line. It
should be noted that it links the spiritual (Canterbury) and temporal
(Westminster) seats of power in the UK.
The second is the triangle of sites that links
Greenwich (Queen's House),
Wimbledon (Caesar's Camp) and
Hampstead
(Boudicca's Mound) - see diagram. This triangle has internal angles of
50° - 60° - 70°. The triangle's centre is located on an old mound
called the Tothill Mound, which sadly has now disappeared. It used to
lie just to the west of the Horseferry Road. The Canterbury line
passes through the Greenwich point of this triangle.
The Secondary Triangle
This forms an equilateral triangle (internal angles
60° and sides equal) with the key points of Hampstead (Boudicca's
Mound), The Tower of London and the
West Brompton Cemetery. The base
of this triangle links the Tower, Southwark Cathedral, the Palace of
Westminster, Westminster Abbey and the West Brompton Cemetery plus a
number of other key sites. That this triangle was understood and
appreciated, at least until the 18th century is evidenced in the
alignment of John Nash's Avenue in Regent's Park, which is very
accurately aligned to the Boudicca's Mound and also exactly bisects
the triangle.
Alignments
There are many significant alignments or 'ley
lines' that link key points within the capital, such as the alignment from St. James's
Palace to the mound at Arnold Circus, which links the following sites:
St James's Palace - St. Martin's - St.
Mary-Le-Strand - St Clement' Danes - St Dunstan's - Bart's Hospital (Priory of Bartholomew)
- Holy Well - Arnold's Circus.
The length of this 'ley line' is 4.96km and was first mentioned by Alfred Watkins.
Click here for PDF file of Strand Ley.
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| The Broadwalk
Avenue Regent's Park, aligned to mound on Hampstead Heath. |
The
sacred spring on Wimbledon Common. |
The
mound at Arnold Circus. The termination point of the Strand Ley. |
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St
Mary-Le-Strand church
(Strand Ley) |
St
Clement Danes church
(Strand Ley) |
St
Dunstan's Church
(Strand Ley) |
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Another major alignment runs from Boudicca's Mound on Hampstead Heath through to a now lost mound near Horseferry Road called the Tothill Mound. Tothill Street close by was named after the mound. This alignment was picked up by John Nash in the 1830's when he developed Regent's Park and is picked up by the famous Broadwalk. |
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Primary Triangle and
Canterbury Line
Set out around London there is a
geometric pattern of triangles and alignments that generates the
sacred landscape of London.
(click image to enlarge)
Within the larger triangle there is
a smaller equilateral triangle that links Hampstead, The Tower of
London and the West Brompton Cemetery.
(Click image to enlarge)
Plan of ley lines in the City
area.
(Click image to enlarge)
The Tower of London one of
the key points on the inner triangle.
Boudicca's mound on Hampstead
Heath, which at the termination of the Regent's Park Ley. This alignment also runs through St.James' palace and originally terminated at the Tothill mound.
The Regent's Park Ley, which follows the line of the Broadwalk in the Park.
See also
London's Holy
Wells |
