Should you’re in London over Easter – or coming to TNMA: LIVE! on Saturday 26 April on the Trend and Textile Museum (FTM) – Bermondsey Road is a stunning, historic space to discover. Search for, and a number of the buildings nonetheless have the hooks (on exterior partitions) used to load items. From the late 1800s to the Sixties, ships sailed proper as much as Tower Bridge to unload cargo transported from all around the world: spices have been saved within the wharfs close to Shad Thames, and the previous warehouses in and round Bermondsey Road are the place vinegar was produced (Sarson’s), wool and hops processed, and leather-based handled on the quite a few tanneries. Identified on the time as ‘The Land of Leather-based’, the realm’s industrial previous is mirrored within the highway names: Tanner Road, Leathermarket, Morocco Road and so forth. Luckily, the realm is so much much less smelly at present.
Listed below are some suggestions on what to see and do:
José tapas bar
FOOD & DRINK
The most effective espresso comes courtesy of Chapter 72 simply throughout the highway from the FTM; which turns right into a cocktail bar within the night. Therefore, the ‘Floor-Shaken-Stirred’ slogan. The workers are beautiful and you will get a fairly priced flat white (positively beneath the London common). Mr That’s Not My Age noticed Ruth Wilson right here as soon as, so I feel we will say it has A-list clientele!
Photographs courtesy of José Pizzaro eating places on Instagram
The Garrison pub is an establishment, certainly one of London’s unique gastro pubs. My buddy had Christmas lunch right here (2024) and this is among the few locations I might depend on to do good grub on a special occasion. The environment is convivial, the inside is a bit higgeldy-piggedly however that solely provides to the attraction and helps to make The Garrison really feel relaxed.
Casse Croute on the nook can be superb and really French ( not nice for vegans).
Should you like tapas, you’ll love José – owned by the award-winning, Spanish chef José Pizarro – on the nook of Bermondsey and Morocco Streets. It’s at all times super-busy so e-book early. After which over on Maltby Road there’s a Saturday market with a lot of road meals choices ( smaller, much less busy and fewer tourist-y than Borough Market) and there are many cafes, eating places and bars beneath the railway arches. My go-to is 40 Maltby Road a wine store and bar with wonderful small plates.
Picture Courtesy of White Dice Bermondsey
CULTURE
For a tradition repair there’s the White Dice, Bermondsey gallery owned by artwork supremo Jay Joplin. It is a stunning house – one of many largest business galleries this aspect of the Atlantic – with a superb roster of artists and top of the range conveniences (do you have to want the john). And, after all, the Trend and Textile Museum is at all times value a look-in. Across the nook on Tanner Road you’ll discover Kristin Hjellegjerde, the up to date artwork gallery has a various vary of worldwide and rising artists, together with Luella Bartley. And, on the decrease finish of Bermondsey Road (as you stroll up from London Bridge practice station) is Eames Fantastic Artwork.
Picture courtesy of towerbridge.org
SIGHTSEEING
There’s the spectacular view from The Shard, the unmissable glass and metal spire, designed by architect Renzo Piano. And, Tower Bridge is a five-minute stroll from the top of Bermondsey Road. This is among the London’s most iconic river crossings – and the place I met Mr That’s Not My Age ( we have been cheering mates on who have been competing within the London Marathon) 22 years in the past!
And a fast reminder that there are nonetheless a number of tickets obtainable for TNMA:LIVE! on Saturday 26 April 2025. Extra particulars about our trendy extravaganza HERE.
