🏨 Borough Market - Inns and alleys 700 years of literature explored Activity

Borough Market - Inns and alleys 700 years of literature explored

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 1 hours

Departs: London, London

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

You will be taken by a qualified tour guide and London expert through the historic streets of Borough. We will find the hidden gems that not even the locals know.

Guests will explore the inns and alleyways that Chaucer, Shakespeare and Dickens walked and see the sites that have been here since medieval times.

We will visit where Dicken's father was imprisoned for debit. We will see where Chaucer's pilgrims set off on their Canterbury Tales 600 over years ago. Even visit the pub that Shakespeare may well have drank in!

From England's first English bible to Henry V's Falstaff Borough has played a central role in England's history.

This tour is a must for those who want to understand where English literature
has its roots.

I am a fully qualified guide, giving fun, friendly and informative tours.

Tours are small, meeting covid safety guidelines and are a great way to reintroduce you and your friends back to London.

What's Included

Details of Borough attractions

Traveler Information

CHILD: Age: 5 - 14

Additional Info

All tours limited to 5 or less people - ideally single group booking tours. Tours 100% outdoors and socially distanced. Tours through uncrowded areas.
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

All tours limited to 5 or less people - ideally single group booking tours. Tours 100% outdoors and socially distanced. Tours through uncrowded areas.
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Borough Market

We will talk about the history of the market in Borough. We will hear about the area's role in shaping England's earliest Bibles.

• Admission Ticket Free

A classic stage coaching inn, with links to Shakespeare and Dickens. We will visit the site of the Tabard Inn, where Canterbury Tales is set, written over 600 years ago.
We will also learn more about the poet Keats and the philosopher Wittgenstein and their time at Guys Hospital.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St George the Martyr

With a poet laureate in its graveyard and Little Doritt's fire place this church is rich in history. We will visit the Marshalsea Prison, that played a central role in shaping the young Charles Dickens.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Crossbones Graveyard & Garden of Remembrance

This medieval paupers graveyard is rich in mystery and history. With over 15,000 bodies and a history back to medieval times it is a site not to be missed.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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