Pubs and Pirates - Wapping and Limehouse Walk

Discover the darker side of London life in the 18th and 19th centuries as we revisit the haunts of footpads, muggers and pirates.

Walking a part of London rarely visited by tourists we tell the compelling and fascinating story of the development of the London docks. By the 19th century London had become the most important trading city in the world.

Everything imaginable was imported spices, tea, furs, carpets and the storage facilities were vast. There was enough rum stored to make the entire country drunk, enough indigo to dye the Thames blue and a store big enough to house 250,000 mutton carcasses at any one time.

But there is more to this walk than the story of trade. Discover a darker side of London life. A life where pirates and crooks abound and where the law showed no mercy to those caught in the act.

Much of this walk is along the Thames Path and for large sections away from traffic and noise. Discover a part of London less frequently visited by tourists.

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