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9 The Rose
Playhouse
56 Park St SE1. Map 15 A3.
Tel 020 7261 9565. 1 London
Bridge. Open 10am–5pm Sat, plus
performances. & donation requested.
= ∑ rosetheatre.org.uk
In 1989 the remains of the Rose
theatre, dating from Elizabethan
times, were discovered during
excavations ahead of building
work for a new office block.
The Rose, built in 1587, was
the first of the Bankside theatres,
and it staged plays by Shakes- The Shard, London’s tallest building, soaring above Tower Bridge
peare and Christopher Marlowe.
The site of the original Globe have been found beneath it. w The Shard
theatre was just over the road The inn was once connected London Bridge Street. Map 15 B4.
on Park Street (a plaque marks with a brewery across the road 1 London Bridge. The View from the
the spot). that belonged to Henry Thrale, Shard: Entrance via Joiner Street.
Preserved in a specially a close friend of Dr Johnson Tel 0844 499 7111. Open Apr–Oct:
designed space, with a modern (see p144). When Thrale died in 10am–10pm daily; Nov–Mar:
building constructed over- 1781, Johnson went to the 10am–10pm Thu–Sat, 10am– 7pm
head, the archaeological brewery sale and encouraged Sun–Wed; last adm: 1 hour before
remains are submerged in the bidders with a phrase that closing. Closed 25 Dec. & 7 =
water, with lights indicating has passed into the English ∑ theviewfromtheshard.com
the shape of the theatre. A small language: “The potential of
volunteer-run exhibition tells growing rich beyond the dreams Designed by Renzo Piano,
the story of the excavation, of avarice.” the Shard is the tallest building
and the atmospheric space is in Western Europe. At 310 m
also sometimes used as a (1,016 ft) high with a crystalline
small theatre. q Clink Prison façade, the 95-storey building
Museum houses offices, restaurants,
the five-star Shangri-La hotel,
1 Clink St SE1. Map 15 B3. Tel 020 7403 exclusive apartments and the
0900. 1 London Bridge. Open Jul–Sep: country’s highest observation
10am–9pm daily; Oct–Jun: 10am–6pm gallery, the View from the Shard.
Mon–Fri, 10am–7:30pm Sat & Sun; last Take a high-speed lift to the top
adm: 30 mins before closing. Closed of the building for spectacular
25 Dec. & = 8 for groups (phone unobstructed views of the
first). ∑ clink.co.uk
capital. There are two viewing
The prison that was once floors, the higher of which is
located here dates back to right among the “shards” with
the 12th century. It was owned the breeze blowing overhead.
by successive Bishops of
Winchester, who lived in the
Pub sign at the Anchor Inn, where a tavern adjoining palace, of which all e Bermondsey
has stood for over 800 years that now remains is a lovely Street
rose window on Clink Street.
0 The Anchor During the 15th century, SE1. Map 15 C5. 1 London Bridge,
the prison became known Borough. Bermondsey Antiques
34 Park St SE1. Map 15 A3. Tel 020 as the “Clink”; it closed down Market: Open 6am–2pm Fri. Fashion
7407 1577. 1 London Bridge. and Textile Museum: 83 Bermondsey
Open 11am–11pm Mon–Wed, 11am– in 1780. St SE1. Tel 020 7407 8664. Open
midnight Thu–Sat, noon–11pm Sun. The museum alongside 11am– 6pm Tue–Sat (till 8pm Thu),
7 0 ∑ taylor-walker.co.uk the palace remains illustrates 11am–5pm Sun. & 7 8 on
the history of the prison. request. = - ∑ ftmlondon.org
This is one of London’s most Tales are told of the inmates
famous riverside pubs. It dates incarcerated here, including Bermondsey’s winding streets
from after the Southwark fire of prostitutes, debtors and priests. still hold traces of its historic
1676, which devastated the Visitors can handle instruments past in the form of medieval,
area (see pp26–7). The present of torture that leave little to the 18th-century and Victorian
building is 18th-century, but imagination – a trip here is not buildings. Today, Bermondsey
traces of much earlier hostelries for the faint-hearted. Street is home to galleries,

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