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Tilbury Shore Excursion: Southwark Pub History Walking Tour with Black Cab Transportation

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Step off your ship at Tilbury and into a classic black cab for the Southwark Pub History Walking Tour. Explore London's oldest taverns, hear tales of its boozy and bloody past, and enjoy an authentic British pint or two. Your private black cab ensures a seamless and timely return to your ship.

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Gothic style architecture of the exterior.

The location of Southwark, nestled alongside the River Thames, boats 2,000 years of living liquid history, and that includes the booze!

Come and explore Southwark’s vibrant pub culture and visit some of London’s oldest taverns while learning about its sometimes bloody past and rich social history, starting directly from Tilbury Port with a 'meet and greet' from a qualified London taxi driver and guide.

On your private pub history tour, we shall visit:

  • At least two pubs for drinks (others are optional)—London's oldest riverside tavern with a unique asset for tourists, and London’s last surviving galleried inn. Enjoy a drink on us at each—two pints or two glasses of wine are included on your tour.
  • The site of an old brewery to learn about the distillery process with many amusing anecdotes.
The early Victorian exterior with customers enjoying a drink.
  • London’s last Ferryman’s Seat, and you can try it for size.
  • A world famous market, also noted for its pubs and movie site locations.
  • An historical building, famous for storing the hops transported from the so-called ‘Garden of England’.

Engage with some great storytelling from your host:

  • Compelling stories about (at least) two pubs we visit, plus the many pubs we pass by on this journey.
  • Tales of drunkards and doctors, and how they once overlapped.
  • How the beer in times past was much safer to drink than the water.
Guard with axe outside stone cell with eerie green light.
  • Learn about two of the most feared prisons in historic London, plus the Borough Compter punishment cell.
  • Account of the Great Fire of Southwark.
  • How pubs got their names, pub architecture and pub signs.
Blue painted bar with dark decor and customers ordering drinks.

Make yourselves at home in some of these traditional watering holes, and sample a variety of authentic British ales, stouts, ciders or even wine (underage drinkers can enjoy a variety of soft drinks).

Seamless Return to Tilbury

After your captivating London experience, you'll bid farewell to Rob. Your driver-guide will then escort you back to Tilbury Port, coordinating the return journey to ensure you arrive with ample time before your ship sails.

  • Accessibility: Our London Black Cabs are wheelchair-accessible and can enter areas where regular cars are restricted.
  • Luggage transfer: This same tour is available as part of a Tilbury Hotel Transfer Tour which takes into account the transportation of luggage.
  • Larger parties: If your group is larger than six, please contact us to arrange additional transport and request a quote.
  • Tour Details: The walking tour is approximately three hours long. We recommend wearing comfortable shoes and dressing for the weather.
Itinerary and tour summary
Duration: 5.5 hours
Type: Shore Excursion
Exclusives: Walking tour with Rob Woodford—an experienced, qualified London Black Cab Driver
Price: From £550 (up to 6 guests)
Languages: English
Pick up: Pick up & set down - Tilbury (London International Cruise Terminal)

  • You'll be met at Tilbury (London International Cruise Terminal) and travel to meet Rob Woodford at your tour's starting point: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, New Globe Walk
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  • River Thames and Thames Path: Gabriel’s Wharf, Oxo Tower, Tate Modern, Millennium Bridge, Shakespeare’s Globe, Ferryman’s Seat, Jubilee Walkway, The Anchor Bankside (Visit)
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  • Park Street
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  • (Site of) Barclays Brewery
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  • Clink Street: Clink Prison Museum, Winchester Palace, Pickford’s Wharf
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  • Golden Hinde
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  • Old Thameside Inn
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  • Montague Close: Southwark Cathedral, Mudlark Pub, Nancy’s Steps
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  • London Bridge & The Barrowboy and Banker Pub
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  • Findlater’s Corner
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  • St. Thomas’s Street: The Shard, Guys Hospital, King’s College Campus, (Site of) St. Thomas’s Hospital, Old Operating Theatre, The Grapes Pub
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  • Borough Market: Bedale Street, The Globe Pub, The Ginger Pig, Stoney Street, Market Porter Pub, Leaky Cauldron (Harry Potter), The Wheatsheaf Pub
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  • Southwark Street: Southwark Tavern Pub, Hop Exchange (Visit), 
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  • Winchester Geese Memorial 
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  • (Site of) Marshalsea Prison
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  • Tabard Street
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  • Newcomen Street
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  • The Kings Arms Pub
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  • Borough High Street: St. George the Martyr, The Whisky Exchange, John Harvard Library & Plaque, The George Inn Pub (Visit), St. Christopher’s Inn Pub, Southwark War Memorial, St. Margaret’s Churchyard
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  • Talbot Yard
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  • Set down: Tilbury (London International Cruise Terminal)
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