Thames Path South Bank Section 3a
Southwark, London
- 2 hours / 6km
- 453
Follow the Thames Path from Tower Bridge to Greenland Pier. Take a walk through history as you pass historic sites, wharfs and pubs.
Thames Path, Day 15
Walk preview
Step 1: Start by walking underneath Tower Bridge on its southern side.
Step 2: Walk down Shad Thames and take a the little arch on your left leading between to buildings to the riverside path.
Step 3: You’ll soon pass the former 1940s banana warehouse and former Design Museum (…now the Blueprint Café).
Step 4: Cross over the bridge at New Concordia Wharf and carry on passed Reeds Wharf.
Step 5: Factoid - Wharf means a level quayside area to which a ship may be moored to load and unload. It’s also thought that the word came from the abbreviation "WareHouse At River Front".
Step 6: At George Row take the right and then the next left on Chambers Street.
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