London Borough Historical Walking Tour

Travel through a thousand years of history, meeting William Shakespeare, medieval Winchester Geese prostitutes, Charles Dickens, the ghost of a nineteenth century pub landlady, and the wonderfully named Doorkins Magnificat!
On our walking tour we'll visit the areas around Borough and Bankside, which being outside the jurisdiction of the City of London were for centuries the site of seedy goings on. We'll learn how the area had been notorious for prostitution since the arrival of the Romans, visit the locations of Southwark's two most notorious prisons of which parts can still be seen today, take in the sights of a millennium-old market, view the remains of a medieval palace, and find Shakespeare's Globe Theatres both old and new!

The walking tour begins outside Borough Station, ends near London Bridge Station, and will take around two hours. Total distance is about two miles.

Ticket sales will be limited to fifteen attendees, to ensure maximum enjoyment for everybody on the tour.

Meeting Point

Borough

Borough High St, London SE1 1JX, UK

We meet outside the exit of Borough Station. Please aim to arrive five minutes early as the tour will start on time. If you aren't able to make the tour or you will be late, please message me on +44 7783 401 129 so that I know whether to send you our live location on WhatsApp.

What's included:

• Walking Tour Guide

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours

St George the Martyr

Marshalsea Street / Tabard Street / Long Lane Opp. Borough Station Borough Borough High Street, Southwark, London, SE1 1JA

The only remaining part of the Marshalsea Prison

5 minutes

Crossbones Graveyard & Garden of Remembrance

Junction of Redcross Way and Union Street, Entrance by the Golden Gates on Union Street, London, SE1 1TA

The final resting place for thousands of Southwark's outcast dead

5 minutes

The Hop Exchange

24 Southwark St, London SE1 1TY, UK

The largest extant reminder of Southwark's beer trade

5 minutes

George

75 Borough High St, London SE1 1NH, UK

London's last surviving galleried coaching inn

5 minutes

Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret

9A St. Thomas Street, St. Thomas' Church, London, SE1 9RY

Europe's oldest surviving operating theatre

5 minutes

London Bridge

London, EC4R 9HA

The world famous and iconic London Bridge

5 minutes

Southwark Cathedral

1 London Bridge, Montague Close, London, SE1 9DA

London's oldest surviving gothic church

5 minutes

Borough Market

8 Southwark Street, , London, SE1 1TL

A one thousand year old food market

5 minutes

Winchester Palace

Clink Street, London, SE1 9DG

The remains of one of the most prestigious homes in medieval England

5 minutes

The Clink Prison Museum

1 Clink Street, London, SE1 9DG

The site of the notorious Clink Prison

5 minutes

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

21 New Globe Walk, , London, SE1 9DT

The reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

5 minutes