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Walks in South Bank.
One editor-picked walk through South Bank, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.
Walks in South Bank
Nearby
Other walks close to South Bank.
Sorted by distance from the start of south bank: festival hall to tower bridge. Good for stitching together a longer day.
heritageliterary2.5 km · 55 min
Covent Garden to the Temple
From the piazza through the bookshops to the Inns of Court — the most literary mile in London.
literaryheritage3 km · 75 min
St Paul's to the Temple
A cathedral, a Fleet Street or two, and the four courtyards behind the pub.
pocketquirky2.5 km · 50 min
Soho at nine in the morning
The neighbourhood everyone knows from midnight, walked before it opens its eyes.
literaryheritage3 km · 90 min
Bookshops of Bloomsbury
Five independent bookshops and the ghosts of the writers who browsed them.