This is one of our most popular pub walks. It is unsurpassed for the variety of its sights, the antiquity of its pubs, and the fascination of its commentary. It is a walk where ghosts lurk alongside literary memories. Where remnants from Shakespeare’s day stand cheek by jowl with streets and buildings that inspired Dickens. It is a walk through the sinister streets where Jack the Ripper and other horrors have been filmed. It’s where you will hear tales of dark deeds in darker alleyways. Of a Bishop who ran a string of brothels. Of a playwright who murdered a rival. And of the boisterous world inhabited by Samuel Pepys. It’s where a riverside tavern hides dastardly tales of press gangs and smugglers. It’s where Shakespeare’s Globe Playhouse once stood and where the New Globe now gleams proudly on the banks of the Thames. It’s the splendour of Tate Modern and the trembling anticipation of crossing the Millennium Bridge! It’s where you’ll visit an ancient coaching inn, and where you’ll marvel at the replica of Sir Francis Drake’s Golden Hinde. There’ll be lashings of literature; a good measure of bawdy humour; not to mention pints of pub lore washed down with a plethora of amusing tales that, all in all, will add up to an enjoyable and fascinating night.