Borough Market Area, Revived Old London

 Under the arches of London Bridge are arched alleys leading to glimpses of old London.

The Market

The market has a myriad of restored historic  buildings  shops and eateries. Shakespeare's  Globe theatre attracts.

The  Globe runs tours. The walkway to it is alongside the river with views across the river to St Paul's cathedral. Sir Christopher Wren was the outstanding architect of his day, not just for beautiful buildings but practical engineering knowledge. The story goes that he defied the bosses who held a traditional view about columns being needed to support the dome and built his cathedral with decorative columns which did not reach the roof to prove his point. Eventually he was so famous that he had what seems to me to be a monopoly and built churches all over London after the great fire.

If you like history, this side of the river there's a big history panel telling you the history of the area with pictures of archaelogical finds.

For real history, there's a preserved rose window over an archeological garden from the Bishop of Winchester, whose grand home was used for a royal wedding, whilst the area was also a red light district for the ladies of the night euphemistically known as Winchester Geese. 

Borough Market is a market for food from all over Europe. First English meat, such as from supplier The Ginger Pig, which has another shop near Baker Street, next to  a cheese specilist, La Fromagerie, which has a walk in refrigerated cheese shop with all the British cheeses as well as French, Spanish, Italian. Here in Borough Market you have a traditional cheese shop, Neil's Yard. Also Spanish speciality shopl 

One local pub, the Anchor, has an outdoor patio as well as traditional pub interior.  Another pub is called the Globe. You can eat traditonal British fare such as British fish and chips. Or a Sunday roast dinner.

Opposite the taverns is a reproduction ship, rebuilt using traditional British oak from bygone eras.

If you also like modern art and architecture, The Tate Modern art gallery, built with donations originally from Tate of Tate & Lyle sugar company.