Final stop of tour - South London

Fabian had one more area of “hidden London” to share with us, so we left Brixton by tube to Bermondsey in South London. We wandered through the narrow streets to the King’s Stairway Park, located onThames, where we had wonderful views back to the centre of London. We could get a great view of the London skyline, and we were the only people there. We could see Tower Bridge, St. Paul’s, the Shard, The Gherkin And Cheese Grater!

The area where the park was located used to be docks, and was heavily bombed in WW2. Many of the buildings fell into the river, and you can still see many weathered bricks lying on the “beach”, many now just pebbles.

We then wandered down some more narrow laneways to a wonderful old pub called the Mayflower, for a drink and where our tour finished. It was from this site that the Mayflower departed for America. The day exploring a different side of London was absolutely wonderful.Read more