South Bank Walks: Travel & transport south of the river
Sat, 14 Dec
|London
For this edition of our free guided walking tour series South Bank Walks, we explore South Bank's unique history of transport and travel with professional tour guide Alison Rae. Although today the area is best known for the Waterloo Station rail terminus, for centuries north Lambeth and the South B
Time & Location
14 Dec 2024, 11:00 – 12:30
London, Blackfriars Rd, London SE1, UK
About the event
For this edition of our free guided walking tour series South Bank Walks, we explore South Bank's unique history of transport and travel with professional tour guide Alison Rae.
Although today the area is best known for the Waterloo Station rail terminus, for centuries north Lambeth and the South Bank of the river was associated with water-based activity, including boat-building, wharves and warehousing.
Thames-side commerce placed the South Bank in the heart of the Capital, equidistant by water to Westminster and the City, making this an early transport hub and interchange. In his famous diaries, Samuel Pepys records crossing Lambeth Marsh in 1665, travelling from the City of London to Whitehall.
Taking in unusual landmarks and forgotten sites, this walk reveals the past and present road, rail and maritime links that have shaped how South Bank's position as a key London transport hub has developed and evolved.
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