Highlights:
Experience two atmospheric and relatively undiscovered riverside districts of London. Teeming with history, maritime and industrial heritage, there’s a real sense of age, despite ill-judged demolitions and huge regeneration.

There will be tales of leather, spice, seafaring, shipbuilding and shipbreaking.  Of pirates, monks and royalty, of drowning, body-snatchers, arson, bombing and dereliction, philanthropy and filth.

Curve through canyons of warehouses by an ancient dock and the site of London’s ultimate slum rookery. Contrast this with a shabby-chic high street and fashionable waterfront restaurants. Take in a fabulous sweep of the Thames with spectacular views. See the site of a royal manor house and the world’s first underwater tunnel. Hear about the East India Company, a fire fiercer than the Great Fire of London and stand where the Pilgrim Fathers started their journey to America.

(A shorter version of this tour is available, covering Bermondsey only, on a 2.5 hour circuit from London Bridge).

Duration:  Allow 3.5 hours walking plus a coffee break.
Distance:   Approx 4 miles (6.4 kms)
Start:  London Bridge Underground Station (Borough High Street Exit)
Finish: Canada Water Underground Station