Greater London Trip Overview
There isn’t another tour that is quite like this one where we will visit some of the most historic yet less visited sites in London. This walking tour takes places entirely along and around the South Bank of the River Thames which has two thousand years of rich if sometimes less glamerous history which makes for a fascinating tour that opens the door on this less visited part of London.
From theatres to churches and cathedrals. Palaces to prisons, hangings and slums. Voyagers of discover to engineering marvels. Markets, smugglers and bodysnatchers to the birthplace of America.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Greater London, United Kingdom
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Greater London, England, United Kingdom
There isn’t another tour that is quite like this one where we will visit some of the most historic yet less visited sites in London. This walking tour takes places entirely along and around the South Bank of the River Thames which has two thousand years of rich if sometimes less glamerous history which makes for a fascinating tour that opens the door on this less visited part of London.
From theatres to churches and cathedrals. Palaces to prisons, hangings and slums. Voyagers of discover to engineering marvels. Markets, smugglers and bodysnatchers to the birthplace of America.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Millennium Bridge, Thames Embankment, London SE1 9JE England
The newest bridge in London, connecting St Pauls Cathedral and the Tate Modern, the largest Modern Art gallery in the world. You ight recognise the bridge from Harry Potter and other shows.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Tate Modern, 53 Bankside, London SE1 9TG England
The worlds biggest Modern Art Gallery, housed in an old power station. Many of the places we will pass have been converted into new use!
Stop At: Winchester Palace, Clink Street, London SE1 9DG England
See the ruins of the once magnificent palace that miraculously survived centuries of industry and WW2.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Clink Prison Museum Soho Wharf 1 Clink Street Clink Prison Museum Soho Wharf, London SE1 9DG England
We’ll visit the eerie and atmospheric site of what may have been the most horrendous prison in Britain if not the world. You don’t have to use too much imagination to see how it must have been even though the area now is extremely fashionable.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Golden Hinde, St. Mary Overies Dock Cathedral Street Cathedral St., London SE1 9DE England
A replica of the famous ship of exploration, giving an insight to what these parts used to be like.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Crossbones Graveyard, Redcross Way Southwark, London England
We will visit the resting place of thousands of plague victims, criminals and ‘fallen’ women who were buried unceremoniously here and learn of the dreadful poverty that so inspired social reform and the writings of Charles Dickens
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Marshalsea Prison, Angel Pl, London SE1 1JA, UK
Visit the small park that was once the location of a dreaded Debtors prison where Charles Dickens family was incarcerated.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The George, Se1 77 Borough High Street, London SE1 1NH England
See the only remaining Galleried Tavern in London, the haunt of many a famous writing. The yard in front is where the pilgrims assembled in the Canterbury Tales.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Southwark Cathedral, 1 London Bridge Montague Close, London SE1 9DA England
Now part of London, Southwark was once and still is its own city and here is its beautiful and often overlook Cathedral.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Borough Market, 8 Southwark Street, London SE1 1TL England
The site of the world famous food market with food from around the world. There has been a market here of some sorts for at least 1,000 years and possibly since Roman times.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: London Bridge, London SE1 9DD England
The world famous London Bridge, find out why it is here at all and learn about the awful things that used to happen here.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Hay’s Galleria, 1 Battle Bridge Lane, London SE1 2HP England
Once the worlds first covered dockyard, now a place of leisure and good-eating.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: HMS Belfast, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2JH England
See the old WW2 Royal Navy Cruiser, now berthed up as a tourist attraction.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: City Hall, 110 The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA England
The home of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. You’ll see why it has the nick name of the Armadillo.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Tower of London, St Katharine’s & Wapping, London EC3N 4AB England
From the outside, we will see the old Tower of London, sat right next to the Thames.
Stop At: The Scoop, 2A More London Riverside More London, London SE1 2DB England
One of Londons very modern outdoor theatres.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Tower Bridge Road, London SE1 2UP England
We will walk under the famous hydraulic lifting bridge, an icon of London.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Shad Thames, London England
Explore the streets and creeks of what was once the Venice of Drains and the site of murders and executions and all things Charles Dickens.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Edward III’s Manor House, 20 Bermondsey Wall E, London SE16 4TT England
Centuries ago this was all swamp land and Kind Edward III built a hunting lodge here, the remains of which were relatively recently unearthed.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Angel, 101 Bermondsey Wall E, London SE16 4NB, UK
This old pub was a smugglers den and reaches out over the Thames where the trap doors can still be seen. Captain Cook set sail from here on his Voyages of Discovery whilst the Hanging Judge use to sit nearby to watch his sentences be carried out.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: St Mary’s Church, Rotherhithe, Saint Marychurch St, London SE16 4NJ, UK
This beautiful old church in what was once the village of Rotherhithe has a monument to the Pilgrim Fathers. The ‘Captain’ of the Mayflower is buried here and the ship was beached up on the Thames behind.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: The Mayflower Pub, 117 Rotherhithe St, London SE16 4NF, UK
Visit the famous old pub from where the crew of the Mayflower ship departed for the new world. Perhaps return here after the tour to have a great drink or pub meal.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: The Brunel Museum at Rotherhithe, Railway Avenue, Rotherhithe, London SE16 4LF England
The famed Victorian Engineer Brunel built the very first under water tunnel here… the trains still use it today. At one point it could take days if not weeks for ships to dock on the Thames and this was hoped to be part of the solution.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: The Watchhouse Café, 69 Saint Marychurch St, London SE16 4HZ, UK
This funky organic cafe is a great place to drink or grab a cheeky snack. It was once though a Watch House where dead bodies washed up on beaches of Rotherhithe were brought to protect them from thieves and body snatchers until the authorities arrived.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Rotherhithe Picture Research Gallery, 82 Saint Marychurch St, London SE16 4HZ, UK
In this old industrial building amongst the warehouses is now a jewel of cinema and heritage costuming as well as having a lovely old cafe. Many period costumes are made here for television and movies and the reference library is full of photos of how this part of London used to look.
Duration: 10 minutes
