ListingsUpdated Sat 5 Sep
Borough: what's on and things to do
The market is the reason most people come, and it is worth it on a Wednesday when you can move. The cathedral next door is free and almost always empty.
Saturday
5 September-
Exhibitions Free
Free entry: Southwark Cathedral
Until 4 Sep
Free, next door to the market, and almost always empty by comparison. Shakespeare's brother is buried here and there is a memorial to the man himself along the south aisle.
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Food and drink From £6
The George Inn, the last galleried coaching inn
Until 4 Sep
The only galleried coaching inn left in London, owned by the National Trust and still working as a pub. The yard fills early on a warm evening.
Wednesday
9 September-
Food and drink From £8
Borough Market, full market days
Until 4 Sep
The full market runs Wednesday to Saturday, and Wednesday is the one where you can actually reach a stall. Monday and Tuesday are limited, which catches people out.
Thursday
10 September-
Theatre From £30
Evening performance at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Until 4 Sep
A small house in a Victorian factory that sends more work to the West End than its size suggests. The dinner and show ticket is decent value and the room seats under two hundred.
Thursday
5 November-
Gigs From £18
Candlelit concert at Southwark Cathedral
Until 23 Dec
A Gothic nave lit by candles and nothing else, a minute from London Bridge station. The programme runs from early November; check which evenings before crossing the river.
Friday
6 November-
Food and drink Free
Christmas by the River, London Bridge City
Until 24 Dec
A run of chalets along the Thames path between Hay's Galleria and Tower Bridge. Free to enter, and the walk itself is the point: the bridge lit up on one side, the City on the other.
