Rotherhithe Riverside London Walk


I gave a walk for a group of Siberian Architects, through Rotherhithe to Tower Bridge - its an amazing route for showing the changing development of the River front from the medieval period onwards. The Route was:

Rotherhithe Tube
Council Housing, Tunnel Ventilators, and Gasometers on Salter Road
Surrey Docks
Ship Building and Breaker (Fighting Temeraire) Riverside walk back towards centre of Rotherhithe
Charles Hays Barge Builders 1769.
Early Council Blocks, Rotherhithe
Tunnel Wharf
Thames Tunel, Marc Brunel
Brunel Museum, Rotherhithe
Grice's Wharf
Mayflower Inn
St Mary's Rotherhithe
Watchhouse and Charity School.
Prince Lee Boo (Graveyard)
Hope Sufferance Wharf
Angel Inn
Edward III manor house
Dr Salter
Surrey Sluice
Bevington Street
Cherry Gardens
Chambers Wharf
Jacobs Island
St Saviours Dock
Design Museum
Spice Wharfs
Butlers Wharf
Tower Bridge
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