🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Bankside: Shakespeare's Southwark

📍 London🚶 5 stops🚶️ 1.84km⌛ ~40 min

Shakespeare's rebuilt playhouse and the medieval cathedral beside it, a nine-century-old market still trading beneath the railway arches, a dead power station reborn as Britain's most-visited art gallery, and the ship that sailed round the world and came home laden with Spanish treasure — five stops across Bankside and Borough. 5 stops. Looking for things to do in Southwark? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

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🌐 Walk This Trail

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Stops on This Trail

  1. Shakespeare's Globe
  2. Southwark Cathedral
  3. Borough Market
  4. Tate Modern
  5. The Golden Hinde

For Schools

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