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Shakespeare's London Walking Tour
London

Walk the playhouses, taverns and churchyards of Shakespeare's London, from his lodgings and tax bills to the Globe.

11 stops · 5 km

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Blackfriars Playhouse

Shakespeare's company played through the winters at this candle-lit indoor theatre from around 1609, until it was pulled down in 1655.

Shakespeare's Gatehouse

The 1613 deeds for a gatehouse that Shakespeare bought here carry two of his six surviving signatures.

Mermaid Tavern

Legend places Shakespeare among a club of great minds who met here monthly, though the only proven link is that he knew the tavern's landlord, a trustee on his gatehouse deed.

Shakespeare's Lodgings

Shakespeare lodged opposite this churchyard in 1604, and a family lawsuit later left one of his six surviving signatures.

Heminge and Condell Memorial

A memorial to the two actors from Shakespeare's company who collected his plays in the First Folio, saving many of them for us.

Shakespeare's Parish Church

Shakespeare's parish church in the 1590s, where tax records list him among the neighbours who had not paid.

London Bridge

The only bridge over the Thames in Shakespeare's day, where traitors' heads were displayed on spikes above the southern gate.

The George Inn

London's last galleried coaching inn, rebuilt after a fire in 1676 on a site recorded as the George by 1542.

The Rose

Bankside's first playhouse, where takings for Shakespeare's early plays survive in the owner's diary.

The Globe

The site of the first Globe, built from a dismantled playhouse in 1599 and burned down in 1613 by a cannon fired during a play.

The New Globe

A reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe, whose thatched roof was the first allowed in London since the Great Fire of 1666.

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