The Green Path

The green path starts at the Design Museum, the world’s first museum devoted to the twentieth century. It is part of Butler’s Wharf, itself a fascinating mixture of restored docks and modern design.



Look out for the modern art galleries as well as excellent restaurants and bars. Follow the path along Shad Thames to Tower Bridge. You can go inside to the Tower Bridge Experience, which tells the story behind this famous landmark.

As you walk along the Thames Path, the space behind the hoardings is now the glass covered home to the new major of London and the headquarters for the Greater London Authority.

HMS Belfast moored alongside is Europe’s only surviving big gun armoured warship from the Second World War. On the left are the shops and restaurants of Hay’s Galleria. Walk through to the London Dungeon and Churchill’s Britain at War Exhibition. Take a detour to St Thomas’ Street and visit the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garrett, the oldest surviving operating theatre in the country.



Either cross Borough High Street or walk under London Bridge to Southwark Cathedral. Then wander round historic Borough Market – London’s Larder. Here you can take a drink in one of the local market pubs from 6.00 am in the morning or visit the specialist food shops and restaurants which make this atmospheric area a centre of food excellence.

Walk for five minutes along Park Street and Redcross Street to Southwark Playhouse in Southwark Bridge Road. This is a hothouse of new writing, directing and acting situated in a Victorian warehouse. Walk back to Union Street and have a look at the delightful Copperfield Street.

Young dance and theatre companies use the Jerwood Space’s rehearsal rooms, while its cafe, gallery and sculpture space and a year-round display of contemporary fine art are open to everyone.

The Union Theatre is a new arrival in the area, already receiving rave reviews.

Continue along to the Cut where you will find the Young Vic, London’s only purpose built theatre in the round which presents a wide range of classic and contemporary works. And at the end of the Cut is the Old Vic, Laurence Olivier’s theatre and one of the most famous playhouses in the World.

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