London Walk - Lambeth Bridge to Blackfriars Bridge

This walk starts at Lambeth Bridge and finishes at Blackfriars Bridge. It&the seventh in a series of free video guides to help tourists enjoy London. Transcript: This seventh stage of this walking tour of London starts at Lambeth Bridge following the River Thames via the South Bank to Blackfriars Bridge. There is link to a map of the route below this video. Cross Lambeth Bridge towards the Tudor bricked entrance of Lambeth Palace, official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England. William Bligh, captain of The Bounty until his crew mutinied, is buried next door at St Mary at Lambeth Church which has been converted into a garden museum. The restaurant there is said to be popular with people who work and live nearby. A detour to the Imperial War Museum involves a 10 minute stroll along the road running past the church away from the river. This walk continues along the riverside path to Westminster Bridge passing St Thomas&Hospital, provider of health care since the twelfth century and home to a museum dedicated to Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. Over the water it&impossible to miss the Houses of Parliament rebuilt in the Gothic style after a fire in 1834. The lion on Westminster Bridge comes from the Lion Brewery demolished in 1949 and subsequently replaced by the Royal Festival Hall. First building along the South Bank is County Hall. Once headquarters of the Greater London Council, much of it has now been...