Pubs, Poets & Prostitutes - a tour of Southwark with Blue Badge guide Laurence

A FUN WALKING TOUR THROUGH LONDON'S NEW HIP DISTRICT

Guided walk £10 payable on the day

Meet 11-11.15 @ Costa Coffee 13 New Bridge Street EC4 - across the road from Blackfriars Underground Station

Sometimes referred to as Shakespeare's playground with its pubs, bear-baiting and theatres, this area is used to be London's red-light district in the Medieval and Tudor periods, alongside which the watermen (taxi drivers of those days) plied their trade - not always honestly! . Much cleaned up today it's still an exciting area of entertainment, foodie delights and still a few pubs.
As for red lights.....well...... i wouldn't know about that! You'll meet Shakespeare , Chaucer and Dickens on this one too - not literally, of course!

We finish near Borough Market and can grab at a drink and a snack in an authentic Elizabethan tavern.

Leader - Laurence 07889 298573

YOUR HOST IS LAURENCE SUMMERS

Laurence Summers is a Blue Badge guide and has been guiding tours since 2004, when he began working for one of London's major open top bus companies, which sparked his interest in London's rich history. Since then he has led groups of all sizes, ages and cultures all over London and the UK.

Please let me know if you cannot make it on the day. We will not wait for people who have failed to turn up in the past without notification. If there is a waiting list anyone who has not turned up in the past without letting me know will be moved onto the waiting list.