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The Great Wild West of Medieval Southwark
Art, Culture, & Historical
London
English (Native), Spanish
3 hours 30 min
Private tour (only you and your group)
Up to 4 people
Nowadays Southwark is in London but 500 years ago it lay outside City control, an area of Anything Goes. South of London Bridge was the county of Surrey, but the sheriff's job was made hard by private estates with their own systems of law. This was the place to be if you were on the run. The market was outside the City so prices were cheaper driving City authorities wild. Travellers and pilgrims came from far and wide, Bankside was nightlife area renowned for gaming, theaters and brothels.
12:00 PM
Meeting Point
Southwark Gateway Needle or your hotel
12:00 PM
North side of River Thames at the Monument to the Great Fire of London
Where the fire of 1666 began
Fish Street Hill and St Magnus the Martyr church
From here walk across London Bridge
Queens Walk east along the river
Tower of London, the Belfast
Hay's Galleria warehouse
Shopping arcade by the river
Ancient Tooley Street and Southwark Cathedral
Borough Market
Spectacular food and people-watching
The George
17th-century coaching inn
Site of the Tabard Inn
Where Chaucer set the Canterbury Tales
Crossbones Graveyard
Former graveyard of the poor now a shrine
Bankside
The Globe Theatre, Tudor entertainment district
Tate Modern
Entry hall just to see the space of an ex-power station
Across Milennium Bridge
View to St Paul's Cathedral
North side of the river
Trig stairs and passageway east
Samuel Pepys pub on Stew Lane
View to Bankside
03:30 PM
End at Blackfriars station
Ending Point
Blackfriars Station or your hotel
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Inclusions & Exclusions
What‘s included
Guide fee
What‘s not included
Transport, food, drinks, souvenirs
Tour Important Information
This is a walking tour with stairs to climb up and down.
Walking tour, wear good shoes
Important message from the guide
I'm a guide for walking tours; I don't have a car.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
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