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Booze, Brothels & the Bard: London's Bawdy Borough
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Booze, Brothels & the Bard: London's Bawdy Borough

By Historic London Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is €24 per adult
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Overview
  • Explore Southwark with a guide and learn why its known as London's Bawdy Borough
  • Discover over a millenium of history filled with debauchery and seedy goings-on
  • See two notorious prisons and what remains of the Bishop of Winchester's palace
  • Uncover Charles Dicken's connection to London's infamous neighbourhood
  • Visit London's largest and oldest market and Shakespeare's famous Globe Theatre

Activity location

    • London
    • London, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Borough High St, London SE1 1JX, UK | Meet just outside the Borough Station exit on Borough High Street. Your guide will be standing there with an Historic London Tours sign.
    • London, England, United Kingdom

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Booze, Brothels & The Bard: London's Bawdy Borough
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 11:00
Price details
€23.87 x 1 Adult€23.87

Total
Price is €23.87

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  • Not suitable for: Children under 13 years
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

Travel through a thousand years of history, meeting William Shakespeare, medieval 'Winchester Geese' prostitutes, Charles Dickens, the ghost of a nineteenth century pub landlady, and the wonderfully named Doorkins Magnificat!

On our walking tour we'll visit the areas around Borough and Bankside, which being outside the jurisdiction of the City of London were for centuries the site of seedy goings on. We'll learn how the area had been notorious for prostitution since the arrival of the Romans, visit the locations of Southwark's two most notorious prisons of which parts can still be seen today, take in the sights of a millennium-old market, view the remains of a medieval palace, and find Shakespeare's Globe Theatres both old and new!

The walking tour begins outside Borough Station, ends near to London Bridge Station, and will take around two hours. Total distance is about two miles.

Ticket sales will be limited to fifteen attendees, to ensure maximum enjoyment for everybody on the tour.

Location

Activity location

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    • London
    • London, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Borough High St, London SE1 1JX, UK | Meet just outside the Borough Station exit on Borough High Street. Your guide will be standing there with an Historic London Tours sign.
    • London, England, United Kingdom