Near-By Attractions:

Are you a traveller in an unfamiliar city, hungry after a long morning's sightseeing? Do you want to avoid the slow and appalling service of those tourist trap pubs along the Southbank for your lunch?  Then head towards us for a traditional English pub meal or drink from our quick & friendly staff.  We are behind the Tate Modern, across Southwark Street.

 

Tate Modern - International modern and contemporary art: Bankside, London, SE1 9TG [ www.tate.org.uk/modern/ ]

 

Collection of international modern art from 1900 to the present day, housed in the former Bankside Power Station in North Southwark

 

 

 

Shakespeare's Globe‎, Bankside, 21 New Globe Walk, London, SE1 9DT [ www.shakespeares-globe.org/ ]

 

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men.

 

 

Bankside Gallery ‎- 48 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH [ www.banksidegallery.com ]

 

The Bankside Gallery is an art gallery in Bankside, Southwark. It is just to the west of the much larger Tate Modern gallery. Also home to the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers.

 

 

 

The Old Operating Theatre Museum‎ - 9a St. Thomas Street, Southwark, London SE1 9RY [ www.thegarret.org.uk ]

 

The Old Operating Theatre, Museum and Herb Garret is the oldest operating theatre (emergency room) in Britain. It is found in the atmospheric surroundings of the Herb Garret. The Old Operating Theatre Museum is one of London’s most intriguing historic interiors.

 

 

 

 

 

Millennium Bridge‎ - Millennium Bridge, City of London, London EC4V 3

 

The London Millennium Footbridge is a pedestrian-only steel suspension bridge crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City. It is located between Southwark Bridge (downstream) and Blackfriars Railway Bridge (upstream).

 

 

Golden Hinde‎ - Pickfords Wharf, Clink Street, London SE1 9DG [ www.goldenhinde.com ]

The Golden Hind (or Golden Hinde) was an English galleon best known for its global circumnavigation between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake. She was originally known as the Pelican, but was later renamed by Drake mid-voyage in 1577.

 

Bramah Tea and Coffee Museum‎ - 38-40 Southwark Street, London SE1 1UN [ www.teaandcoffeemuseum.co.uk ]

The Bramah Tea and Coffee Museum, London, England is the world's first museum completely devoted to the history of tea and coffee. It covers 400 years of commercial and social history of two important commodities in the world.

 

London Fire Brigade‎ - 169 Union Street, London SE1 0LL [ www.london-fire.gov.uk ]

 

The London Fire Brigade Museum covers the history of firefighting since 1666 (the date of the Great Fire of London). The museum houses old fire appliances and other equipment. It is also possible to see fire brigade recruits training. The museum is located in the former home of Captain Sir Eyre.

 

 

Southwark Council Waht's On - [ www.southwark.gov.uk/whatson ]

 

Eevents: With over 160 events taking place in Southwark every year, there's sure to be something right up your street.