Southwark
Until time travel is possible, a visit to Southwark might be the next best thing. Encompassing Roman ruins and the gleaming Shard skyscraper, via a glimpse of Shakespeare’s London at the Globe theatre, it’s an amazing snapshot of the capital’s history.
The inner-city borough is where London’s first bridge across Thames was built, at least 1,600 years ago. For centuries it was the only bridge, making it a hugely strategic site – and where many traitors’ heads were displayed on spikes.
Around the historic Southwark Cathedral, the foodie delights of Borough Market draw in the crowds. There’s also the option of a pint in nearby pub The George, London’s last galleried coaching inn with a preserved two-storey gallery looking over the courtyard.
In 2000, Bankside Power Station reopened as Tate Modern, a gallery showing modern and contemporary art.

Borough Market with The Shard rising above it
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Surrey Docks: Detail shot of a mooring line locked in a chain link with a wooden toggle photographed in January 1932. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1932

Surrey Docks: Discharging Baltic timber in the Albion Dock in May, 1930. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1930
Surrey Docks: Discharging deals from ship to lighter in the Quebec Dock in August, 1933. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1933

Surrey Docks: Diver Alfred Yates being prepared to go down for under-water repairs, in April, 1930. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1930
Surrey Docks: Dockmaster Captain Kendall overseeing a German steamer coming stern first from Surrey Basin into lock, in September, 1929. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1929
Surrey Docks: Entrance to Surrey basin in August, 1932. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1932

Surrey Docks: Firemen fighting a fire in South Dock on 8th March, 1936. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1936
Surrey Docks: Five ships lying in the Albion Dock basin on 20th August, 1933. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1933
Surrey Docks: Floating timber rafts in Lady Dock with the Swedish Church in the background, in April, 1930. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1930
Surrey Docks: Forward mooring lines of a steamer in the Greenland Dock, photographed in September, 1929. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1929
Surrey Docks: General view of Greenland Dock with the masts of the barque 'Lawhill' towering up in the distance, on 8th November 1933. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1933
Surrey Docks: General view of the Canada Dock in September, 1927. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1927
Surrey Docks: General view of the Greenland Dock on 9th September 1931. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1931
Surrey Docks: Greenland Dock - the Italian steamer 'Barbana G.' discharging grain to the floating grain elevators, on 13th November, 1932. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1932
Surrey Docks: Greenland Dock on a busy morning, June, 1927. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1927
Surrey Docks: Greenland Dock view of Ascania (nearer camera) and Ausonia to left, on 13th June, 1929. (gelatin silver print)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1929
Surrey Docks: H. M. Customs officers measuring the timber deck cargo on a ship as she enters the Surry Dock, in August, 1933. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1933