Shakespeare's Globe on Bankside at night
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Shakespeare's London

Playhouses, a cathedral and an old coaching inn.

  • 6 stops
  • About 2.8 miles (4.5 km) in a straight line

The trail

6 stops, in order

Bankside is the heart of it, with two stops further afield.

Shakespeare's Globe 1Bankside Shakespeare's Globe Rebuilt Elizabethan theater
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Sam Wanamaker Playhouse 2Bankside Sam Wanamaker Playhouse Candlelit indoor theater
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Southwark Cathedral 3Borough Southwark Cathedral Shakespeare memorial inside
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George Inn 4Borough George Inn Galleried coaching inn
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National Portrait Gallery 5Trafalgar Square National Portrait Gallery Chandos portrait (check it is on display)
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Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey 6Westminster Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey Shakespeare memorial
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Getting between stops

The route at a glance

  1. 1Shakespeare's Globe
  2. 1 min walk
  3. 2Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
  4. 8 min walk
  5. 3Southwark Cathedral
  6. 3 min walk
  7. 4George Inn
  8. 1.7 miles (2.7 km), Tube or bus
  9. 5National Portrait Gallery
  10. 17 min walk
  11. 6Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey

Times are rough estimates from straight-line distance. Check live journey times on the day.

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Photos: Acabashi (CC BY-SA 4.0); Paul Hudson from United Kingdom (CC BY 2.0); Stephen Armstrong (CC BY-SA 2.0); Ewan Munro from London, UK (CC BY-SA 2.0); Matt Harrop (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Other images are credited on the pages where they first appear. This trail is independent and unofficial.