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Globe Theatre , Southwark & Tower Bridge
Part 3 of our self guided walk through the City of London





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The City of London Walk
Stage 1 - Tower of London
To Bank of England

Stage 2 - Bank To
St Paul's Cathedral
Stage 3 - Globe Theatre
To Tower Bridge

Stage 3 - South Bank of the Thames
We left stage 2 of our walk crossing the Millennium Bridge from St Paul's Cathedral over to the south bank of the Thames.
Two buildings will have caught your eye. The large square building is the Tate Modern Art Gallery, a former electricity generating station for London.
Slightly to the left is the medieval building of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

We have dedicated pages for both the Tate Modern and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Tower Bridge
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

Once you have visited either or both of these follow the river eastwards back towards Tower Bridge along the pedestrian path. A little way after the Globe Theatre is a riverside pub to refresh you for the final sector of the walk. This whole area up to Tower Bridge was recently just a district of old warehouses, but in recent years has been rejuvenated into a very attractive district, very atmospheric in places and full of interest.
The path goes under Southwark Bridge. You may see signs for Vinopolis, a rather out of context tourist attraction down a side road offering wine tours.
Clink Street
The path then veers a little inland into a very atmospheric, cobbled lane, Clink Street

The Clink Prison Museum is on the site of the original Clink Prison ("possibly the oldest men's prison and probably the oldest women's prison in England") which held prisoners from the early Tudor years until 1780. Shakespeare visited an old schoolfriend here.
Golden Hind
You soon rejoin the river and come across St Mary Overy's Wharf, in which a replica of the Golden Hind resides in dry dock. The original Golden Hind was the ship that Sir Frances Drake circumnavigated the world in. The replica is not a tourist attraction and cannot be visited.
Southwark Cathedral
The path now bends inland again around a building. On turning the corner, Southwark Cathedral is right in front of you. This historic old cathedral can be visited, there is no admission charge but donations are urged.
William Shakespeare is commemorated by a window and statue in the South Aisle.

Golden Hind

You are now coming across London Bridge, the original bridging point of the Thames from 2,000 years ago, (see first stage of walk).
Cross over the busy approach road to London Bridge and take Tooley Street, parallel to the river. London Bridge railway station is over on your right, there is a very atmospheric basement with shops here.
London Dungeon

Also here on your right is the London Dungeon, consisting of a series of set scenes reproducing chilling aspects of medieval London in a more grisly format than at Madame Tussaud's.

Carry on along Tooley Street past the London Dungeon, soon after coming to Hay's Galleria, a modern shopping mall. Walk through the shopping centre to the river on the other side.
HMS Belfast

Turn right along Queens Walk by the river, Tower Bridge takes your attention. The warship you would have noticed from the opposite bank in stage 1 of the walk is HMS Belfast. HMS Belfast is a former

HMS Belfast
Royal Navy cruiser from the 2nd World War. Since 1971, it has been used as a floating Museum.
GLA Building
Next, the modernistic round glass building just before Tower Bridge is the Greater London Authority building. Home of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. Members of the public may visit parts of the building Mondays to Fridays.
Tower Bridge
Climb up the steps to Tower Bridge and walk across. The bridge is a visitor attraction which you can tour inside. The entrance is at the tower at the Tower of London side of the bridge, on the side facing the Tower of London.

We have a dedicated page for Tower Bridge.

Complete the walk by walking to the end of the bridge and around the Tower of London to Tower Hill Underground Station.

Tower Bridge

The City of London Walk
Stage 1 - Tower of London
To Bank of England

Stage 2 - Bank To
St Paul's Cathedral
Stage 3 - Globe Theatre
To Tower Bridge