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1 Southwark
Cathedral
Montague Close SE1. Map 15 B3.
Tel 020 7367 6700. 1 London
Bridge. Open 8am–6pm Mon–Fri,
8:30am–6pm Sat & Sun. 5 daily
(check website). 7 8 0 =
Concerts. ∑ cathedral.southwark.
anglican.org
This church did not become a
cathedral until 1905. How ever,
some parts of it date back to the
12th century, when the building
was attached to a priory, and
many of its medieval features
remain. The memorials are
fascinating, including a late
13th-century wooden effigy
of a knight. John Harvard, the The George Inn, now owned by the National Trust
first benefactor of Harvard
University, was baptized here atmospheric position beneath courtyard where plays were
in 1607 and there is a chapel the railway tracks in 1756. staged in the 17th century. In
named after him. An extremely popular fine 1889, the north and east wings
In 2000, the cathedral was food market, it is known for were demolished, so there is
restored in a multi-million- gourmet goods from Britain only one wing remaining.
pound programme, which and Europe, as well as quality The inn, now owned by the
included the addition of new fruit and vegetables and National Trust, is still a working
buildings housing a shop and organic meat, fish and dairy pub. Perfect on a cold wet day,
a refectory. The exterior has produce. A growing number the pub, spread over a series of
been landscaped to create a of hot food stalls, selling a small rooms, has a well-worn,
herb garden and an attractive tempting array of dishes from comfortable atmosphere. In the
Millennium Courtyard that around the world, share the summer, the yard fills with
leads to the riverside. space with produce stalls. It picnic tables.
is at its busiest on Fridays and
Saturdays, when stalls spread
out across the whole area. Food
demonstrations take place in
the glass atrium on Borough
High Street on Thursdays and
Fridays. The specialist food
shops and pubs on the streets
around the market are also well
worth checking out.
3 George Inn Ancient remedies, the Old Operating Theatre
4 The Old
77 Borough High St SE1. Map 15 B4.
Tel 020 7407 2056. 1 London Bridge, Operating Theatre
Southwark Cathedral’s Shakespeare Window Borough. Open 11am–11pm daily.
Closed 25 & 26 Dec 0 See Pubs and 9a St Thomas St SE1. Map 15 B4.
Bars pp312–15. ∑ nationaltrust.org. Tel 020 7188 2679. 1 London Bridge.
2 Borough Market uk/george-inn Open 10:30am–5pm daily.
Closed 15 Dec–5 Jan. &=
8 Southwark St SE1. Map 15 B4. 7 very limited (the museum is
1 London Bridge. Open 10am–5pm Dating from the 17th century, upstairs). ∑ thegarret.org.uk
Wed–Thu, 10am–6pm Fri, 8am–5pm this building is the only example
Sat (some stalls also 10am–5pm Mon of a traditional galleried St Thomas’ Hospital, one of the
& Tue). ∑ boroughmarket.org.uk coaching inn left in London and oldest in Britain, stood here from
is mentioned by Dickens in Little its foundation in the 12th century
Borough Market was once an Dorrit. It was rebuilt after the until it was moved west in 1862.
exclusively wholesale fruit and Southwark fire of 1676 in a style At this time, nearly all of its build-
vegetable market, which had that dates back to the Middle ings were demolished in order
its origins in medieval times, Ages. Originally, there would to make way for the railway. The
and moved to its current have been three wings around a women’s operating theatre (the

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