map This is a guide to the best roads to buy or let in the locality.
Borders: Snowfields and Grange Road.
Park: Tanner Street Park
Underground station: London Bridge
Prime roads: Tanner Street, Weston Street
Architecture: Victorian conversions to Modern housing
History: Leather Market
1862 map
map Bermondsey comes from Old English and may have meant 'Beornumund's Island' as Bermondsey was a district of marshes. In 1950 Caledonian (Antique) Market moved to Bermondsey. In 2008 Bermondsey Square was developed with new apartments, offices, a hotel, shops and a 52 seat cinema.
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In the 1990s the street was developed with apartments and offices . New shops. bars and restaurants followed has made it it the vibrant heart of Bermondsey.
Key properties: Nos 1-25 +14-16.
New developments: No 214 Market Mews
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Grange means a group of houses attached to a monastery (ie the long-gone Bermondsey Abbey) .
Many fine period houses just off Tower Bridge Road.
Leathermarket Street
Long Lane
Riley Road
Rothsay Street
map Named after the local leather market which traded from 1833 until recent
times. Tradition of tanners since 17th Century.
Key Properties: Nos 1-5, 11-17 & 2-26
map Reference to Long Lane in 16th Century.
Key Properties: Nos 231-255
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Quiet road off Tower Bridge Road with blocks of flats.
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Includes the Jam Factory. being the old Hartleys Jam Factory converted into three blocks. (A, B and C) plus Block D which is a new build.
Tanner Street
Tyers Gate
Weston Street
Estate agent
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Named after the tanners of the leather market. Originally known as Five Foot Lane.
Key Properties: Nos 4-40 & 42
Map Key Properties: Nos 1-7 & 2-6
Quietly situated in the Bermondsey Street Conservation Area.
Several fine warehouse conversions including Navigator House.
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Runs parallel with Bermondsey Street from St Thomas Street to Long Lane. Several fine warehouse conversions