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13 St Saviours Dock
Turn right at the information board and then left over the bridge crossing the entrance to St Saviours Dock.
This is where the River Neckinger flows into the Thames. This tidal tributary looks quite different when the tide is out compared with when it is in. Enjoy the atmospheric feel of this area and imagine how it was when these warehouses were still trading with dockers loading onto and unloading ships of all sizes. Also consider how important it was for the ships and dockers to work with the tides.
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14 Concordia Wharf
Cross over the St Saviours Dock using the pedestrian bridge.
At the end of the bridge on your right is New Concordia Wharf.
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15 Thames Path
We now have a stretch of the walk away from the river with no clues. The path turns inland through a narrow passageway then go left down a slope.
Go left and right to walk along Bermondsey Wall West. At the end of the road at the junction with George Row carry straight on.
Turn right down East Lane and left into Chambers Street. Follow this road past extensive works relating to the Thames Tideway Project.
Immediately after these works turn left into Loftie Street, sign-posted Thames Path and right along Bermondsey Wall East.
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16 Fountain Green Square
Take the first road left through the modern houses of Fountain Green Square, following the Thames Path sign.
Once at the riverside look straight over the river. Directly opposite you get a good view of Wapping Pier Head, the former entrance to the London Docks.
London Dock was built in 1799 to import the high value commodities such as ivory, spices, coffee and wine. The dock was filled in in 1969. You can still see the entrance that the ships used. Immediately downriver is a gothic style warehouse built on the wharf that unloaded and stored the very expensive tea.
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17 Cherry Gardens
Turn right along the Thames Path with an avenue of trees and construction work on your right.
At the end go down the slope on your right and turn left to go up the next slope into an open paved area, Cherry Gardens and Cherry Garden Pier.
The name Cherry Garden derives from a river garden in Bermondsey opened in 1664 which was visited by Samuel Pepys. This is where Turner painted the warship in Question 11 on its way to the breaker’s yard in Rotherhithe.
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18 Cherry Garden Pier
Look to your left along the Thames – you will see that Tower Bridge is in view but if you look to the right there is a bend in the river so it could not be seen by the approaching Ship Captains. Cherry Garden Pier was used as the look out point to telephone ahead to the bridge operators at Tower Bridge to raise the arms of the bridge, so ships could carry on through without stopping.
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19 The Angel Pub
At the end of Cherry Gardens go down the slope and turn left to carry on along Bermondsey Wall East until you come to another paved area on your left before The Angel pub.
You are three quarters of the way through the walk.
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20 Bermondsey Wall East
Cross over Bermondsey Wall East to a mound of grass and a few stones.
This is all that remains of Edward III’s 14th century manor house. These stones were discovered when a 1930’s tobacco warehouse was demolished.
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21 Kings Stairs
Return to the river and walk past The Angel pub, which dates back to the 15th Century. If you are stopping here allow 20 minutes to complete the walk and remaining clues where you need to find an answer. Immediately after the pub go up the slope on your left.
This is where the King’s Stairs were giving access to the river from the Manor House. On your left is a plaque from 2016 showing the skyline. Note how much it has changed in the past 6 years.
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22 Princes Stairs
At the end of this open area go up 2 steps and then down the steps on your right. Turn left and up the slope on your left keeping the river on your left.
The Thames Path passes under a block of modern apartments. Stop at the end of this block of apartments at Prince’s Stairs.
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23 Rotherhithe Street
Carry straight on keeping the river on your left. At the end turn right and left into Rotherhithe Street.
As you walk along notice the walkways between the warehouses which have been converted into small gardens.
Just before The Mayflower pub turn right into the gardens of St Mary’s Church, which we saw from Tower Bridge.
St Mary’s Church Is deliberately raised up high on a plinth to protect It from flooding. Inside there are memorials to local ships’ captains and furniture made from wood salvaged from the ship in Question 11. The roof resembles an upturned boat, probably because it was built by shipbuilders. In this churchyard on your right look for a memorial to the Captain of the Mayflower, Captain Christopher Jones.
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24 St Mary Rotherhithe
Walk through the churchyard. On the opposite side of the road are two painted plaster figures of children above the door of St Mary Rotherhithe Free School.
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