The Mayflower Pub
The Mayflower public house was named after the ship that carried the Pilgrim Fathers. It is beleived that Captain Jones docked the...
The Pilgrims Statue
The statue, 'Sunbeam Weekly and the Pilgrim’s Pocket' stands on the walkway at Cumberland Wharf. The work is by Peter McClean, depicting...
The Free School
The Rotherhithe Free School, founded by Peter Hills and Robert Bell in 1613 to educate the sons of seafarers in the days of the Pilgrims....
St Mary's Church
A church has existed on this site since at least 1282. In 1710 the parishioners collected subscriptions and local craftsmen turned their...
Brunel Museum
Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s father Marc began the tunnel with his teenage son, who later became resident engineer. It is the only project...
Scandanavian Churches
Rotherhithe has always has close trading links with Scandanavia. There are three churches within this small area, Swedish, Norwegian and...
The Clink Prison
The Clink was a prison in Southwark, which operated from the 1144 until 1780. It was possibly the oldest men's prison and probably the...
The Golden Hinde
In 1577, Francis Drake and his crew set sail from Plymouth aiming to be the first Englishmen to sail aound the world. At that time the...
Borough Market
Borough Market is a wholesale and retail food market in Southwark, London, England. It is one of the largest and oldest food markets in...
The Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre is a reconstruction of an Elizabethan playhouse associated with William Shakespeare, on the south bank of the River...