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King’s walks for students at London’s most central university Guy’s to St Thomas’ 1 Guy’s Hospital 1 min Guy’s Hospital was established in 1721. Southwark Tube station you are on The Opposite New Hunts House is the Gordon Cut – it is alleged that the modern rules of Museum of Pathology, the largest medical boxing were devised in a pub on this street. museum in the UK. 5 The Old Vic 24 min 2 Borough Market 5 min The Cut is home to two of London’s Start at New Hunts House, turn left out most important theatres: The Old Vic of the building and right on to Newcomen and the Young Vic. The Young Vic, Street. Cross over Borough High Street was established after World War Two, to Union Street. Incidentally, a short walk predominantly for younger audiences to the right brings you to Borough Market, (hence the name). The Old Vic dates one of London’s oldest markets. back to the first part of the 19th century. 3 Cross Bones Graveyard 9 min 6 Lower Marsh 27 min Continue down Union Street and you Cross over Waterloo Road and continue will come to Redcross Way. Turn right down Bayliss Road until you reach Lower and walk a few yards down the road. Marsh. Lower Marsh is a wonderful There is a gate adorned with flowers, hybrid of market stalls, shops, restaurants, ribbons and other strange ephemera: pubs, a public library and other useful this is the entrance to the Cross Bones establishments. Graveyard, one of London’s hidden 7 Florence Nightingale Museum 35 min oddities. The graveyard dates back At the end of Lower Marsh turn right to Medieval times. It is the final resting and proceed up Westminster Bridge place for many of London’s less fortunate Road. Turn right on to Lambeth Palace citizens, notably ‘single women’ – a Road, cross over to the north side to euphemism for the prostitutes who the Florence Nightingale Museum. worked in Bankside’s brothels or ‘stews’. The museum houses a vast array of 4 The Cut 22 min Nightingale’s personal effects, including Proceed straight ahead and cross over her famous lamp. It is worth noting that Southwark Bridge Road. Continue down Nightingale is one of King’s most famous Union Street, passing over Blackfriars alumna. Road. Once you have walked past 8 Lambeth Palace Park 38 min 9 St Thomas’ House 40 min On the south side of the road is Lambeth A short distance further down is a sign Palace Park, which is accessible to the for Evelina Children’s Hospital – turn public and adjoins the private gardens of right here and St Thomas’ House is the Lambeth Palace, home to the Archbishop first building on your right. The hospital of Canterbury since the 13th century. has an impressive history – dating back to the 13th century (albeit on a different site). 1 2 NEWCOMEN 3ST UNION ST 4 THE CUT 5 L 6 O W E R M A R S H 7 LAMBETH PA LA C E R 9 D 8.

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