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The fire also marked the end of Bankside's era as London's naughty playground. Hav-
ing recently been cleaned up by the Puritans, it now served as a temporary refugee camp
for those displaced by the fire. And, with the coming Industrial Age, businessmen demol-
ished the inns and replaced them with brick warehouses, docks, and factories to fuel the
economy of a world power.
• From here, the closest
Tube
stops are Southwark (a several-block walk to the south) and
Blackfriars (just over Blackfriars Bridge, to the north).
Handy
bus #RV1
has two stops about a five-minute walk away: From The Founder's
Arms, the nearest stop is called “Southwark Street/Blackfriars Road”: Go around behind
the tavern and along the river. At Blackfriars Rail Station, turn left and go up Hopton
Street, then turn right on busy Southwark Street under the bridge to find the stop. From
the Tate or the Globe, the other stop—“Lavington Street”—is a bit closer (also along
Southwark Street, but directly behind the Tate). From either of these stops, the westbound
bus goes to the London Eye, Waterloo Station (Tube stop), then across Waterloo Bridge
to Covent Garden. Eastbound buses go to London Bridge Station (Tube stop), City Hall,
and over Tower Bridge to the Tower of London (and Tower Hill Tube stop).
To continue on
foot,
follow the Jubilee Walkway along the South Bank of the Thames
to the London Eye and Big Ben. (The 20-minute stroll is particularly enjoyable in the
evening.) Or you can cross the Thames on the Millennium Bridge, where a pedestrian mall
leads past the glassy Salvation Army headquarters (good café and small, free Salvation
Army history display in daylight basement) to St. Paul's Cathedral and Tube station.
