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The London Borough of Southwark lies south of the River Thames in Inner London, connected to the City of London and Tower Hamlets by bridges. Tate Modern, Shake...
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The London Borough of Southwark lies south of the River Thames in Inner London, connected to the City of London and Tower Hamlets by bridges. Tate Modern, Shakespeare's Globe and Borough Market draw domestic and international tourism to the South Bank. The borough contains the Imperial War Museum and Dulwich Picture Gallery, making it a destination for culture and history.
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St Paul's Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Diocese of London and the great domed building on Ludgate Hill, designed by Sir Christopher Wren and built between 1675 and 1710 after the medieval cathedral on the site burned in…
Tate Modern occupies the former Bankside Power Station, converted into an art gallery by Herzog & de Meuron.
Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the original Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse associated with William Shakespeare. The modern building stands near the site of the original theatre in Southwark, London.
Borough Market is a historic food market in Southwark, central London. It occupies a site near London Bridge that has hosted trading activity for many centuries.
Imperial War Museum London is a major museum about conflict and its effects on military and civilian life. Founded in 1917 to record the First World War, it now covers conflicts from that period to the present.
The Shard is a glass-clad skyscraper on the south bank of the River Thames, in London’s London Bridge Quarter.
The Monument to the Great Fire of London
The Monument to the Great Fire of London is a Doric column near Pudding Lane in the City of London. Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke designed it to commemorate the Great Fire of 1666 and the rebuilding that followed.
HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser preserved as a museum ship on the River Thames. Launched in 1938, she served during the Second World War and the Korean War before decommissioning in 1963.
Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art museum in south London housed in a purpose-built gallery designed by Sir John Soane. Opened in 1817, it is England's oldest purpose-built public art gallery.
Southwark Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral on the south bank of the River Thames, beside London Bridge and Borough Market. Christian worship has taken place on this site for more than one thousand years.