The Southwark & Borough Market Walk
London, United Kingdom
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
- 02 Winchester Palace
- 03 Southwark Bridge
- 04 St Michael, Crooked Lane
- 05 St Benet Gracechurch
- 06 St George Botolph Lane
- 07 The London Bridge Experience
- 08 The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
- 09 The George Inn
- 10 Borough Market
The narration at every stop is in the app — this is just the map of where it takes you.
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On the App Store
Walk The Southwark & Borough Market Walk with a voice in your ear.
Download Odyssey Guide on iPhone to start this walk.
Download on the App StoreiPhone · iOS 16 and later