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Hi all, cost & info below, A fascinating 3.5 mile walk of 'The Lost London of London Bridge, Bermondsey and Borough', amazing highlights include Vinegar Yard full of vintage fare, the oldest outdoor statue in London, a beautful open air church bombed in the second World War, incredible beautiful homes from Charles Dickens time, the primary school of Charles Dickens and the area he lived, the incredible location of the famous Marshalseas Debtor's Prison where Dickens father was imprisoned and a church depicted in his novel Little Dorrit, a medieval graveyard with Roman, Saxon and medieval findings, the only galleried pub left in London that Shaekspear frequainted and other hidden gems!

Please note: Loyalty cards from the beginning of March 2022 will not be used anymore. With midweek walks you can still walk for £5 with early bird ticket or £7 on the day. full info is below..

PAYMENT OPTIONS - 2 choices below

If you are down as RSVP 'going' you have the option of £7 cash/card payment on the day, please simply turn up on the day. Please do NOT turn up if you are on the waiting list you will not be able to go on the walk sorry.

OR, £5 limited Early Bird Tickets in advance, if tickets are not available to purchase they have sold out. Waiting list members can also attend the walk but only with an early bird advanced ticket. SORRY NO REFUNDS OR TRANSFERS and WALKS GO AHEAD WHETHER RAIN OR SHINE

Please here click for the 'WE GOT TICKETS' link
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/537285/

Starts and ends at the Bunch of Grapes Pub,
please meet Kevin wearing a Victorian hat inside the pub

Area History
Southwark, the name Suthriganaweorc or Suthringa geweorche is recorded for the area in the 10th-century Anglo-Saxon document known as the Burghal Hidage and means "fort of the men of Surrey"
Southwark is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Sudweca.

Southwark is sited on a once slightly marshy area south of the River Thames. Recent excavation has revealed prehistoric activity including evidence of early ploughing, burial mounds and ritual activity. Much of the district was, in pre-Roman years, a series of tidal islands in the Thames, formalised into ditches such as the so-called River Neckinger.

It was at the lowest bridging point of the Thames in Roman Britain, providing a crossing from Londinium, and for centuries had the only Thames bridge in the area, until a bridge was built upstream more than 10 miles (16 km) to the west.

Bermondsey
Beornmund's island; but, while Beornmund represents an Old English personal name, identifying an individual once associated with the place, the element "-ey" represents Old English eg, for "island", "piece of firm land in a fen", or simply a "place by a stream or river".

Bermondsey's earliest written appearance is in the Domesday Book of 1086, it also appears in a source which, though surviving only in a copy written at Peterborough Abbey in the 12th century, claiming "ancient rights" unproven purporting to be a transcription of a letter of Pope Constantine (708?715), in which he grants privileges to a monastery at Vermundesei, then in the hands of the abbot of Medeshamstede, as Peterborough was known at the time.


By the mid-19th century, parts of Bermondsey, especially along the riverside, had become notorious slums with the arrival of industrial plants, docks and immigrant housing. The area around St. Saviour's Dock, known as Jacob's Island, was one of the worst in London. It was immortalised in Charles Dickens's novel Oliver Twist

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
PLEASE ensure ARRIVAL at least 15 minutes BEFORE the start of the walk, sorry no latecomers accepted for whatever reason.

Members attend the unique walks from our different meetup groups.

IF LATE, SORRY WE ARE UNABLE TO RECEIVE CALLS OR ANSWER EMAILS AS WELCOMING MEMBERS, LEADING THE WALK, AND CONCENTRATING ON THE SAFETY OF THE GROUP. PLEASE DO NOT BE LATE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CATCH THE GROUP UP, PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

Part Tour - normal pace walk from 'Visit England' Award-Winning Guide and our group featured in the National Press!

Please note: Some events, being a large attended meetup group it will be an organised walk only, but members are very welcome to organise their own get-togethers after the event.

You are required to be fit, healthy, appropriate footwear & clothing, responsible for meeting at the correct location and your own safety. Please bring water and some snacks.

The organiser is not responsible for any circumstances that may affect the group, such as personal accidents, rail delays, cancellations, engineering works, heavy traffic, tours affected, weather, walk paths or routes closed, postcodes for car parks or for when we arrive back at the station, or anything else not mentioned!

By joining the event you accept the terms and conditions.

I look forward to welcoming you on the walks/tours for a great day out!

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2 St Thomas Street,

London,

Greater London,

England,

SE1 9RS.