#bankside

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Love Wishes is by the River Thames at Bankside. That's St Paul's Cathedral in the background.

In London, England.

[haxanbroker]

One Blackfriars. London, June 2023.

[archoptical]

Triptych Bankside

[jackiebranc]

OVERCHOICE

TATE Modern / London

[offdutyplaces]

southwark bridge - london, uk

[the-rambling-man]

[salaryw0man]

[08.09.2019] Taken a year ago @ Tate Modern, London. One of my favourite places in the world.

[londiniumlundene]

The Ferryman’s Seat

Squeezed between the modern brickwork of the wall of a Greek restaurant in the Bankside area there is a slab of very worn looking flint. This is the only remaining ferryman’s seat in London, one of many that once lined the banks of the river. The exact age of the seat is unknown, though the information sign proclaims it to have “ancient origins” (whatever that means).

The seat probably dates back to at least some time before 1750; prior to this date, the only bridge across the Thames was London Bridge. People not wishing to use this route to cross the water could hire the services of a ferryman (more correctly known as a wherryman), who could be found waiting for such passengers whilst perched on such a seat.