Hello Walkers! 😀
Welcome to another London walk 🇬🇧
We're starting off on Westminster Bridge Road
at the junction with Kennington Road
by Lambeth North Underground Station 
served by the Bakerloo line in fare zone 1
BAYLIS ROAD
It's a weekday early morning in January 2020
and as the sun begins to rise over the city
the current temperature is 8°C/46°F
We're going to take a stroll from here 
in the London Borough of Lambeth
through the London Borough of Southwark
and the City of London
ending at Tower Hill Underground Station
in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Sights seen along the route will include
The Old Vic, Waterloo Station,
Borough Market, London Bridge,
and the impressive Tower of London
The Old Vic (right) is a 1,000-seat 
not-for-profit producing theatre
established in 1818 and rebuilt in 1871
its had several names over the years
including the Royal Victoria Theatre
WATERLOO ROAD
Waterloo Station provides National Rail 
train routes served by South Western Railway
and is a London Underground station
in fare zone 1 for the Bakerloo, Jubilee,
Northern (Charing Cross branch),
and Waterloo & City lines
Waterloo is the busiest railway station
in the whole of the UK
with nearly a hundred million entries & exits 
from the station every year! 😳
It is also the country's largest station 
in terms of floor space
and has the greatest number of platforms
St John’s Church, Waterloo
Southbank Place (centre) is a new office, 
retail and residential complex on South Bank
and replaces part of the former Shell Centre
though the Shell Centre Tower will remain 
the centrepiece of the new development
BFI IMAX has the UK's biggest cinema screen
at over 20 metres high!
King's College London's 
James Clerk Maxwell Building
STAMFORD STREET
South Bank Tower (centre-left) is a high-rise
former office block converted to apartments
One Blackfriars (right) is a mixed-use tower 
including a hotel, residential and retail
and is informally known as The Vase 
or The Boomerang due to its shape
Here's a closer look at One Blackfriars
which was originally going to be 68-storeys
but had to be scaled back to 52-storeys
as there were concerns over its impact 
on the rest of London
JUNCTION WITH BLACKFRIARS ROAD
240 Blackfriars Road is a mixed-use tower 
containing offices and apartments
SOUTHWARK STREET
JUNCTION WITH SUMNER STREET
View north towards Tate Modern, 
a contemporary art gallery
Neo Bankside Pavillon D apartment complex
Blue Fin Building is a retail & office block
which gets its name from the 2,000 vertical
blue fins used for solar shading
SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD
Bridge at the Southwark Street/Redcross Way junction with colour-changing light displays
The Shard is a mixed-use glass skyscraper 
including residential flats, hotel, offices,
and a paid-entry viewing platform at the top 
called The View from The Shard
STONEY STREET
Borough Market is a large, renowned market 
which is housed partly-under railway lines
selling produce including fruit & veg, 
meat, fish and cheese
as well as freshly-cooked speciality foods 
from around the world
BOROUGH HIGH STREET
Entrance to London Bridge Station
with National Rail train routes served by 
Southeastern, Southern and Thameslink
and is a London Underground station
in fare zone 1
for the Jubilee line and 
Northern line (Bank branch)
The News Building (aka The Baby Shard) 
is a 17-storey office block
housing all of News UK’s London operations, 
including The Times, The Sunday Times,
The Sun, The Wall Street Journal, 
Dow Jones, TalkRADIO and HarperCollins
LONDON BRIDGE
View north towards the 
City of London skyscrapers (right)
View east towards Tower Bridge
Fishmongers Hall (left) (aka Fish Hall)
is a Grade II* listed building
which is headquarters of the 
Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
and one of the livery companies 
of the City of London
KING WILLIAM STREET
JUNCTION WITH CANNON STREET
Monument Underground Station for the
Circle & District lines in fare zone 1
EASTCHEAP
22 Bishopsgate tower (aka Twentytwo)
is an under-construction skyscraper
The Walkie Talkie is a 38-floor 
office building by Rafael Viñoly
which has a public sky garden and 
contemporary rooftop restaurant
GREAT TOWER STREET
JUNCTION WITH BYWARD STREET
Tower Place West is a 7-story, 
low-rise office building
Just ahead is All Hallows by the Tower
which is the City of London's oldest church 
having been founded in 675AD
and the wedding venue of the sixth president 
of the United States John Quincy Adams
which is the only marriage of a US President 
that occurred on foreign soil
TOWER HILL
View east towards the Tower of London
which is situated on the north bank 
of the River Thames
and is one of the world’s 
most famous fortresses
having served as a royal palace, prison, 
armoury, and even a zoo!
We're now entering Trinity Square Gardens
which includes the stone and bronze
Tower Hill Memorial
listing the names of Mercantile Marine 
casualties from WWI and WWII
10 Trinity Square is a Grade II* listed 
building and currently a hotel
but best known as the former headquarters 
of the Port of London Authority
thus aka Port of London Authority Building
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Tower Hill Underground Station for the
Circle & District lines in fare zone 1
So until next time, 
bye for now! 😘
