Bermondsey — south of the Thames between London Bridge and Bermondsey Street — was for most of the 20th century a tannery and warehouse district. In the past fifteen years it has attracted artists, galleries, restaurants, and breweries into its railway arches and Victorian industrial buildings.
Bermondsey Street
Bermondsey Street is a single street that tells the whole story of London’s creative neighbourhood phenomenon. White Cube gallery occupies a huge purpose-built space. Independent restaurants, coffee shops and a hotel have taken over converted Victorian buildings. The Fashion and Textile Museum is here. The street still has a pub that opened in 1778.
The Beer Mile
The railway arches between London Bridge and Bermondsey shelter a string of craft breweries — Brew by Numbers, Anspach & Hobday, and Fourpure among them. A “beer mile” walk on a Saturday afternoon, visiting tap rooms and drinking in the arches, is one of London’s finer evenings. Start at Borough Market and work east.
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