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           q Clink Prison Museum
          This museum, on the site of                   THE CITY
            the notorious old prison,
           looks back at Southwark’s                       T h a m e s
                 colourful past.
                                                         SOUTHWARK &
                                                          BANKSIDE
                                                     Elephant &
       0 The Anchor                                   Castle
       For centuries this river­                   Locator Map
       side pub has been a                         See Central London Map pp16–17
       firm favourite.

           The Hop Exchange
           was where hops from
           Kent for brewing were
           traded; its pediment
           features carved scenes
           of the hop harvest.
                              14th-century rose
                              window
                                The Golden Hinde II is
                                a replica of Sir Francis
                                Drake’s galleon built in
                                the 1970s; it sailed the
                                globe for several decades
 S O U T H W A R K   B R I D G E   R O A D  B A N K   E N D  CLINK STREET  1. Southwark
                                before docking here.
                                                            Cathedral
                                                          Despite major
                                                         alterations, it still
                                                        contains medieval
                                                             elements.

                                                      London Bridge, in its
                                                      various forms, was the
                     S T R E E T  CATHEDRAL  STREET  MONTAGUE  L O N D O N   B R I D G E London from Roman times
                                   CLOSE
                                                       only river crossing in
       PARK STREET
                                                      until 1750. The present
                                                    bridge, completed in 1972,
                                                    replaced the one of 1831.
                      S TO N E Y                           2 Borough
                                                              Market
                                                          There has been
                           BOROUGH HIGH STREET  S T   T H O M A S   S T R E E T  or near this site
                                                            a market on
                                                            since 1276.
           SOUTHWARK STREET


                                                       The Shard


                      The War Memorial,
                     commemorating soldiers
                      who fell in World War I,
                       was erected in 1924 on   3 George Inn
                        Borough High Street,   This is London’s only
                        where it has become   surviving traditional
                        a powerful landmark.  galleried inn.




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