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Visitor Guide: Places To Visit
Visitor Guide: Places To Visit
Better Bankside
Bankside Community Space
18 Great Guildford Street
London SE1 0FD
T 020 7928 3998
www.betterbankside.co.uk Visitor Guide
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Dickens lived London Bridge, and the surrounding area has been inhabited
ever since.
It has provided London with activities not always welcomed
Mandela enjoyed
in the City itself, and as an Elizabethan ‘red light’ zone,
developed into London’s finest theatre district. Some
of England’s greatest writers and players, including William
Shakespeare, lived and worked here. Up until 1600 stews
You should visit Today Bankside’s heritage survives in its street names–
Bear Gardens was the site of the bear baiting and Rose
with this guide Alley was the site of the Rose Theatre, where Shakespeare’s
Titus Andronicus and Henry VI were first performed.
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Places Bankside Gallery Free 1 Jerwood Space Free 6 Places
to visit Home to the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal A beautifully refurbished Victorian building, combining to visit
Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery runs dance & theatre rehearsal spaces with a gallery showing
an exciting programme of exhibitions featuring watercolours a year-round programme of the best of contemporary
and prints. Works are for sale at affordable prices. visual arts. Both gallery and Café 171 are open to the public.
Open daily 11am–6pm Open Mon–Fri 10am–5pm/Sat–Sun 11am–3pm
48 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH (Closed Bank Holidays)
T 020 7928 7521 www.banksidegallery.com 171 Union Street, London SE1 0LN
T 020 7654 0171 www.jerwoodspace.co.uk
Borough Market Free 2
The UK’s finest gourmet food market, located in a unique
The London Bridge Experience 7
1 position under a network of railway viaducts, winner Take a trip back in time through the life of London Bridge 3
of numerous awards and voted by Londoners their favourite and meet characters with creepy tales to tell. Winner
place to visit. For more information, see the Shopping pages. of the Best All Year Round Scare Attraction 2008.
Open Thurs 11am–5pm/Fri 12pm–6pm/Sat 8am–5pm Open Mon–Fri 10am–5pm/Sat–Sun 10am– 6pm
8 Southwark Street, London SE1 1TL 2–4 Tooley Street, London SE1 2PF T 0800 0434 666
T 020 7407 1002 www.boroughmarket.org.uk www.thelondonbridgeexperience.com
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The Clink Prison Museum 3 London Walks
On the site of the original ‘Clink’ Prison, this museum Join the ‘Along the Thames Pub Walk’ or the ‘Shakespeare’s
examines some of London’s unsavoury past from 1144 London Walk’ to discover the quirky facts about Bankside.
to 1780. The prison, known as ‘The Clink’ from the 15th London Walks guides include authors, journalists, actors
Century, and its inmates were involved with the Gunpowder and the crème de la crème of professionally qualified Blue
Plot, Babington Plot, Bye Plot, The Mayflower and many more. Badge and City of London guides.
3 Open Mon–Fri 10am–6pm/Sat–Sun 10am–9pm Walks take place every day, morning, afternoon and evening.
1 Clink Street, London SE1 9DG T 020 7624 3978 www.walks.com
T 020 7403 0900 www.clink.co.uk
Did you know?
Floatworks 4 The Millennium Bridge is the first new bridge over
the Thames in London since Tower Bridge of 1894.
Since its inception in 1993, Floatworks has rapidly
established itself as the largest Floatation centre
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anywhere in the world. With 9 floatation suites it’s
a chance to relax and enjoy an oasis of calm before
stepping back into the hustle and bustle of Bankside.
Menier Chocolate Factory 8
Open Mon–Sun 10am–10pm
It’s not a factory and they don’t make chocolate…
1 Thrale Street, London SE1 9HW
but they do produce some of the most exciting
T 0207 357 0111 www.floatworks.com
and innovative theatre in town. Whether it’s world
5 premieres of new writing or lavish revivals of classic
Golden Hinde 5 musicals, there is something in the programme to
suit all theatrical tastes. The venue won Outstanding
A fully working, authentic reconstruction of Sir Francis
Newcomer at the 2005 Evening Standard Awards.
Drake’s famous ship, the Golden Hinde is open to the
public for guided and self-guided tours. It is even possible 53 Southwark Street, London SE1 1RU
to join Drake and his crew on an overnight imaginative Box office 020 7907 7060
voyage of adventure. Please phone ahead for opening times. www.menierchocolatefactory.com
Professional actors onboard dressed in period costume have
extensive knowledge of 16th century life and how to bring Menier Gallery* Free 9
history alive. The Pirate Academy offers weekend workshops Housed on two floors of the historic Menier Chocolate
throughout the year for youngsters who want to brush Factory, it offers a dramatic space in which to view works
up on their pirate skills. Special events include the overnight of art and design. The Menier Gallery is just two minutes’
living history experience. walk from Borough Market and 5 minutes from Tate
Pickfords Wharf, Clink Street, London SE1 9DG Modern. The gallery also makes a great venue for evening
T 020 7403 0123 www.goldenhinde.com events. *The Menier Gallery is run by the registered charity
Paintings in Hospitals (no. 1065963).
Open Mon–Sat 10am–6pm
51 Southwark St, London SE1 1RU
T 020 7407 3222 www.meniergallery.co.uk
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Top 3’s ‘Special Occasion’ Restaurants Bankside is a shopping Shopping
eating Roast 42 haven for art and food lovers.
Floral Hall at Borough Market T 0845 034 7300
and Using the finest of the country’s produce, the award
drinking winning Roast is dedicated to the best of British
cooking. From succulent spit roasts and deeply flavoured
puddings cooked over days, to organically grown salad
leaves with real taste. Roast is also open for breakfast . Food and Drink
Cantina Vinopolis 43 Borough Market (2), Great Britain’s gourmet market,
No 1 Bank End T 0870 899 8856 offers specialities directly from the producers, organic
products, delicatessen, cheese, wines, fish and imported
La Cave Restaurant 44
continental fare.
Bank Chambers, 6–10 Borough High Street
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T 020 7378 0788 If you’re not familiar with the produce on the stalls, or
you’re not sure how to cook it, just ask: the traders will
be delighted to tell you about their specialities, where
Pubs with a Difference they come from and how to make the most of them.
The Rake 45 Look round carefully before you buy–the Market sells
14 Winchester Walk T 020 7407 0557 some expensive delicacies but there are also lots of
The smallest bar in London was founded by the people delicious cheaper cuts of meat and good value seasonal
45 behind Utobeer, the beer specialist that’s had a stall in 2
fish, vegetables and fruit. www.boroughmarket.org.uk
nearby Borough Market for seven years. Not surprisingly
there are over 100 bottled beers from around the world, Surrounding the market there are other excellent food
and what a marvellous selection it is. shops, such as De Gustibus (54), a popular artisan baker
and cafe and Monmouth Coffee Company (15),
Brew Wharf 46 that sources and roasts coffee from around the coffee
Stoney Street T 020 7378 660 growing world and you can try any of the coffees before
Microbrewery, restaurant and bar. buying beans to take home.
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George Inn 47
77 Borough High Street T 020 7407 2056 Did you know?
London’s last remaining galleried coaching inn. Until 1750 London Bridge was the only crossing of the
Thames in central London and so Borough High Street
was the main road south to the English Channel.
Wine Bars
Wine Wharf 48
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Stoney Street T 020 7940 8335
Informal and relaxed, with leather sofas, soft lighting Art and Culture
and an eclectic selection of music. The building combines
The three shops inside Tate Modern (13) offer over
a modern style bar and kitchen with the industrial chic
10,000 different book and magazine titles, 70 new products
of a Victorian warehouse. Wine Wharf’s creative wine list
exclusive to Tate, as well as posters, prints, stationery
includes more unusual boutique wines complemented
and postcards featuring well-known works of art.
by a menu of wine friendly dishes.
www.tate.org.uk
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The Bankside Gallery (1) shop also offers a wide
Bedale Street T 020 7403 8853
range of books, greetings cards and art materials
Viva Verdi 50 as well as an interesting selection of children’s books.
6 Canvey Street T 020 7928 6867
Both the Bankside Gallery and the Menier Gallery
offer the opportunity to take home a real gem of art as
Cocktail Bars a souvenir of your visit as all exhibited works are for sale.
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Bar Blue 51
Vinopolis, Bank End T 020 7940 8333 Boutiques and Shopping
Bar Blue serves superb canapés and bar foods with Neal’s Yard Remedies (55) provides a vast selection
Oriental influences. Bar Blue is a contemporary space of organic remedies for our bodies, whilst clothes designer
with minimalistic decor with a smart and extensive Paul Smith (56) opened the only clothing shop in
drinks list to match. sight in a building that was featured in Guy Richie’s
Del’Aziz 52 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
5 Canvey Street T 020 7633 0033 Located behind Tate Modern is Bankside Mix (57)
Clinks Bar 53 stop by Joy (58) or Oliver Bonas (59) to pick up the
53 Southwark Bridge Road T 0207 089 0400 latest fashion looks as well as great gifts for all.
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