Bermondsey and Rotherhithe

On Saturday, I took a guided tour of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe-they are on the South side of the river between The City and Greenwich. They used to be the old shipping docks of the East India Company and a pretty rough area. Most of the old warehouses have now been converted into flats.

A view towards Tower Bridge from Bermondsey
Looking across the river-the pub in the middle is the Town of Ramsgate where they used to drown pirates

Looking down the river

Statue of a cat on the river wall

The foundations of the summer palace of Edward II-famous for being killed with a red hot poker up the bum!!

One of the converted warehouses

The Sailors Church-the Captain of the Mayflower is buried here

The Mayflower pub-named after the Mayflower-obviously not that old and I doubt that the Pilgrims were very big drinkers.