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Visit Lloyd's, Bank of England, Stock Exchange, The Guildhall, Mansion House, Royal Exchange, and Custom House, as well as other features such as the site of Dick Whittington's house, the Great Fire Monument, the Tower of London, Bow Bells, Leadenhall Market, the redeveloped site of old Billingsgate Market, taking in many City churches, livery halls and unsurprisingly for us! several traditional City pubs and eating houses.
London's river, the Tower of London, the City, the Palace of Westminster all built on the riverbank. As is further down Hampton Court, Henry VIII's palace southwest of London, Windsor, and Woolwich, Greenwich, Deptford, the Thames twists and turns in it’s path, it's River Thames a walk from self guide
Greenwich
Greenwich home of Cutty
The
Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich
Park Row which has an
unsurprisingly nautical
décor, and top class
views of
the river. A nice place to have a drink in Greenwich,
overlooks the river and has plenty of period charm. If it's too
crowded, there are two more pubs nearby all on the edge of the
river, so you can have a mini pub crawl of your own. join us on
the
greenwich walk which is listed for free at self guide.
Cutty
Sark a couple of hundred metres
to the east of the cutty sark along the riverfront is another -
though the interior of this 1700's inn has been sadly
modernised. see the
greenwich
walk which is listed for free at self guide
The main sights on the walk are: Bankside, hosting the sites of three Elizabethan theatre's including Shakespeare's Globe; now rebuilt, The Tate Modern Gallery, Southwark, the site of the Clink Prison, the Bishop of Winchester's medieval palace, St Mary Overy Dock, Southwark Cathedral, the George Inn, Chaucer's Tabard tavern and the old operating theatre of St Thomas's Hospital; and in the final section of the walk through the new London Bridge, Guy's, past HMS Belfast and onto Tower Bridge. There are superb views of the City throughout the walk, with many photographic opportunities.
Anchor, Bankside old pub almost overlooking St Paul's, and frequented by Pepy's Good for drinks outside on the balcony / beer garden on summer evenings, close to the Globe Theatre, Borough Market area and Tate modern. see the free walk at self guide and watching the Thames which passes by underneath you. close by is the.....
The George, Borough High Street. If you see only one pub this is it, not a London boozer with the "local pub" feeling, but the is only remaining old galleried coaching Inn. used to be my local, and was inhabited by the student doctors from nearby Guy's It's now a national monument, and preserved by English Heritage, and close to borough Market, see the free walk at self guide which passes by.
The Black Friar, one of the most outstanding pubs in Britain, corner of Queen Victoria St and Blackfriars Rd Pre-Raphaelite murals.
Lamb and Flag - Rose St, Covent Garden - old pub in side street opposite the Garrick Club
The Grapes, Shepherd Market W1 Victorian pub which this small part of Mayfair takes its name, close to Piccadilly, Berkley Square and Green Park.
Dog and Duck Bateman Street Soho - very small, frequented by advertising and film workers.
This walk goes through the Inns of
Court, the workplace of law & lawyers, and takes in some of the
traditions associated with the law. Allow 1 hour.
Start at Temple underground station. Turn left climb the steps,
turn right along Temple Place, and left into Milford Lane.
Almost immediately, turn right again through a wrought iron gate
in the wall and, after a few steps, left, up the stone steps to
the top continue with our walk...............
Cittie of Yorke, 22 High Holborn, at the top of Chancery Lane, famous old pub with superb interior - go to the back of the pub for the best bits.
Olde Cheshire Cheese - 145 Fleet Street. Pub frequented by Dickens Thackeray, Dickens' chair is reputedly still where he left it.
Visit Lloyd's,
Bank of England, Stock Exchange, The Guildhall, Mansion House,
Royal Exchange, and Custom House, as well as other features such
as the site of Dick Whittington's house, the Great Fire
Monument, the Tower of London, Bow Bells, Leadenhall Market, the
redeveloped site of old Billingsgate Market, taking in many
City churches, livery halls and unsurprisingly for us! several
traditional City pubs and eating houses.
Wapping to Limehouse a free walk for
tourists, going through the old docklands areas of Wapping,
Shadwell and into Limehouse which lie immediately east of the
City, and past Numerous old London pubs, and real 1800's
warehouses, The walk starts at the
The Yacht Crane Street, which is not only conveniently located for the historical areas of this riverside borough and has the Thames under its terrace.
see the greenwich walk which is listed for free at self guideThe Gun Coldharbour Lane on the Isle of Dogs sadly
now the haunt of yuppies instead of docker's. This hostelry is named after the former gun yard next door, where the Royal Navy's cannons were made in the 17th century.Admiral Nelson reputedly used a bedroom upstairs while awaiting fitting out one of his ships; Lady Hamilton meanwhile was quartered next door at Isle House.
Waterman's Arms Isle of Dogs which is a high-ceilinged Victorian pub nicely refurbished in music-hall décor and which has live shows very much in the English music hall tradition.
The Grapes Narrow Street Limehouse, one of the quaintest pubs on the river, with a tiny balcony over the water. The bar itself is only about 14 feet wide and Charles Dickens wrote about it in "Our Mutual Friend" while the American-born resident of Chelsea, Whistler, painted it.
see the wapping walk which is listed for free at self guide.The Crown Albert Embankment opposite the Tate Gallery. One of the best Thames-side Victorian pubs with splendid views of the Houses of Parliament, Lambeth Palace and the wharves which line the river banks.
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