Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #19 in London, United Kingdom

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 11.2 km
Ascend 219 m
Descend 216 m

Explore London in United Kingdom with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in London

Sight 1: Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens

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Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens

Vauxhall Gardens is a public park in Kennington in the London Borough of Lambeth, England, on the south bank of the River Thames.

Wikipedia: Vauxhall Gardens (EN), Website

954 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 2: Morpeth Arms

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Morpeth ArmsEwan Munro from London, UK / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Morpeth Arms is a public house at 58 Millbank, in the Pimlico district of London. It was built in 1845 to refresh prison warders serving at the Millbank Penitentiary.

Wikipedia: Morpeth Arms (EN), Website, Twitter

968 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 3: Victoria Tower Gardens

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Victoria Tower Gardens Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

Victoria Tower Gardens is a public park along the north bank of the River Thames in London, adjacent to the Victoria Tower, at the south-western corner of the Palace of Westminster. The park, extends southwards from the Palace to Lambeth Bridge, between Millbank and the river. It forms part of the Thames Embankment.

Wikipedia: Victoria Tower Gardens (EN), Website

1534 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 4: Imperial War Museum

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Imperial War Museum Imperial War Museums / PD

The Imperial War Museum (IWM), currently branded "Imperial War Museums", is a British national museum. It is headquartered in London, with five branches in England. Founded as the Imperial War Museum in 1917, it was intended to record the civil and military war effort and sacrifice of the United Kingdom and its Empire during the First World War. The museum's remit has since expanded to include all conflicts in which British or Commonwealth forces have been involved since 1914. As of 2012, the museum aims "to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of modern war and 'wartime experience'."

Wikipedia: Imperial War Museum (EN), Website, Heritage Website

598 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: St George's Circus

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St George's Circus is a road junction in Southwark, London, England. At its centre, which is now a traffic roundabout, is an historic obelisk, designed by Robert Mylne (1733–1811), in his role as surveyor and architect of Blackfriars Bridge.

Wikipedia: St George's Circus (EN)

1234 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 6: The Cinema Museum

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The Cinema Museum

The Cinema Museum is a museum in Kennington, London. Its collection was founded in 1986 by Ronald Grant and Martin Humphries, from their own private collection of cinema history and memorabilia. Its current building was once a workhouse where Charlie Chaplin lived as a child.

Wikipedia: Cinema Museum, London (EN), Website

349 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Southwark Playhouse Elephant

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Southwark Playhouse Elephant John Myers / CC BY-SA 2.0

Southwark Playhouse is a theatre in London, located between Borough and Elephant and Castle tube stations.

Wikipedia: Southwark Playhouse (EN), Website

337 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Metropolitan Tabernacle

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The Metropolitan Tabernacle is a large independent Reformed Baptist church in the Elephant and Castle in London. It was the largest non-conformist church of its day in 1861. The Tabernacle Fellowship have been worshipping together since 1650. Its first pastor was William Rider; other notable pastors and preachers include Benjamin Keach, John Gill, John Rippon and C. H. Spurgeon. The Tabernacle still worships and holds to its Biblical foundations and principles under its present pastor, Peter Masters.

Wikipedia: Metropolitan Tabernacle (EN), Heritage Website

754 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 9: Newington Gardens

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Newington Gardens is located on Harper Road in Southwark, London, England. To the north-west is the Inner London Sessions House, a Crown Court. Its area is 1.697 hectares. The park occupies part of the site of an old prison that was closed in 1878. The park was opened by Catherine Gladstone, wife of the then prime minister, on 5 May 1884.

Wikipedia: Newington Gardens (EN)

1314 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 10: View from the Shard

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The View from The Shard is an observation deck located between the 68th and 72nd floors of The Shard, the tallest building in London. The View from The Shard consists of a triple level indoor gallery on the 69th floor and a partially outdoor gallery on the 72nd floor. It was opened on 1 February 2013 by the then Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. In its first year of opening, it was visited by 900,000 people and made a profit of over £5 million.

Wikipedia: The View from The Shard (EN), Website

853 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 11: HMS Belfast

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HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum.

Wikipedia: HMS Belfast (EN)

801 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 12: The Scoop

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The Scoop is an outdoor amphitheatre situated on the south side of the River Thames near Tower Bridge in London, located next to City Hall, providing seating for approximately 800 people. Designed by Townshend Landscape Architects, it is a venue used during the summer to show films, musical performances and theatre productions by such companies as The Steam Industry and The Pantaloons. In June 2008, films shown at The Scoop included The Dam Busters, Atonement and Withnail and I. The Scoop has been used as a performance venue since 2002.

Wikipedia: The Scoop (EN)

39 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 13: City Hall

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City Hall is a building in Southwark, London, which previously served as the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA) between July 2002 and December 2021. It is located in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. In June 2020, the GLA started a consultation on proposals to vacate City Hall and move to The Crystal, a GLA-owned property in Newham, at the end of 2021. The decision was confirmed on 3 November 2020 and the GLA vacated City Hall on 2 December 2021. The Southwark location is ultimately owned by the government of Kuwait.

Wikipedia: City Hall, London (Southwark) (EN)

128 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Potters Fields Park

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Potters Fields Park is a small public park situated in the London Borough of Southwark in London, England. The park is located immediately south-west of Tower Bridge and immediately south-east of City Hall, London. It is frequently used for food festivals and other events.

Wikipedia: Potters Fields Park (EN)

1326 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 15: Tower Bridge

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Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the City Bridge Foundation, a charitable trust founded in 1282. The bridge was constructed to give better access to the East End of London, which had expanded its commercial potential in the 19th century. The bridge was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales in 1894.

Wikipedia: Tower Bridge (EN)

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