Bankside Ghosts and Monsters Walk

Bankside Ghosts and Monsters Walk
Friday 30 October 2015
7-8.30pm (approx)
£5
We've just taken the tickets off-sale for this as we've got to print the guest list off. There are still spaces to if you would like ot come along meet up at Southwark tube station, 68-70 Blackfriars Road, SE1 at 7pm
Meet at the exit for Southwark Station, 68 - 70 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8JZ

The Bankside Ghost

A riverside and Borough back-street tour of Southwark’s ghostly and magical past and folklore. Hear legends of London Bridge, violent wives from beyond the grave, the fury of an undead baker, secret seances at the Globe and the foodie poltergeist of Skeleton Corner and much more.

Your guide is London Fortean Society host Scott Wood. Scott is the irregular writer of Fortean London for Londonist and the author of London Urban Legends: The Corpse of the Tube.

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