The Southwark & Borough Market Walk

London, United Kingdom

50 tickets 3.3 km · about 1 hr 40 mins · 10 stops · Standard walk How Walking Tickets work

Medieval HistoryLiteratureMedicine & HealthCommerce & Trade

This walk explores Southwark and the City fringe through churches lost to fire, surviving medieval ruins, museums of everyday life, and streets familiar from Sherlock Holmes. From Southwark Cathedral to Borough Market, it traces how worship, medicine, trade, and crime shaped local London across a thousand years. Expect vivid human stories, the Great Fire of London, and the lived backdrop of Victorian detective fiction.

The stops

01
Southwark Cathedral
A historic cathedral near the Thames, reflecting centuries of worship, community life, and the spiritual dimension of local history.
02
Winchester Palace
The ruins of a once-powerful medieval palace, offering a vivid reminder of London’s deep historic layers beneath the modern streetscape.
03
Southwark Bridge
A Thames crossing that connects historic boroughs and frames the riverside story of movement, trade, and the city’s evolving landscape.
04
St Michael, Crooked Lane
St Michael, Crooked Lane, was an ancient parish church situated on the east side of Miles's Lane in Candlewick ward in the City of London. It was rebuilt after the Great Fire of London by Sir Christopher Wren, and demolished in 1831.
05
St Benet Gracechurch
St Benet Gracechurch was a parish church in the City of London. First recorded in the 11th century, it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666 and rebuilt by the office of Sir Christopher Wren. The church was demolished in 1868.
06
St George Botolph Lane
St George Botolph Lane was a church off Eastcheap, in the ward of Billingsgate in the City of London. The rear of the church overlooked Pudding Lane, where the fire of London started.
07
The London Bridge Experience
The London Bridge Experience is a tourist attraction in Southwark, London, England, on the south bank of the River Thames.
08
The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
A preserved medical museum that reveals the city’s historic healthcare practices and the lived realities of old London.
09
The George Inn
A historic coaching inn and a powerful local reminder of old London’s streets, travelers, and everyday life before and during the Sherlock Holmes era.
10
Borough Market
A living local market with deep historic roots, reflecting everyday London life, food culture, and the continuity of urban trade.