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No: 178
London "Wharves and Warehouses"
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Wednesday 14 February 2007
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Waterloo station concourse, by Platform 4, 10.30 am
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Pub: The Old Thameside Inn, Clink Street
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2 1/2 miles approx |
Leo & Barbara Doyle
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We will stroll from Rotherhithe Tube Station along the Thames riverside passing wharves and warehouses, upon which Dickens based parts of "Oliver Twist". Passing Tower Bridge and Ken Livingstone's Folly and onto London Bridge. The walk will finish at the replica of Sir Francis Drake's ship, the Golden Hinde (just past Southwark Cathedral) and lunch will be at the pub next to the ship.
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