Southwark Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, is a beautiful place of worship, a stone's throw from The Thames, The Golden Hinde, and Borough Market. Originally the site of a Roman villa, in the seventh century, a nunnery was founded here by a wealthy ferryman, in honour of his daughter, Mary. You can still see parts of the villa's pavement inside the church today. St Swithun, the Bishop of Winchester, converted the nunnery into a church and monastery in the ninth century and these were then rebuilt in 1106. The Norman church however burned down in 1212 and was replaced between 1220 and 1420 by the present building, making it one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in London.  

Address

London Bridge, London SE1 9DA

Getting There

Tube:  Jubilee line and Northern lines (London Bridge).

Rail: South Eastern, Southern and Thameslink (London Bridge).

Bus: Lines 17, 21, 35, 40, 43, 47, 48, 133, 149, 501, 521, D1 and RV1 (London Bridge); Lines 21, 35, 40 and 133 (Borough High Street).