Borough Market to Tower Bridge, London: free self-guided walking tour
Quick answer. A free self-guided walking tour from Borough Market to Tower Bridge in London: 3 stops, about 1.9 km, about 25 minutes of walking plus about 20 minutes of listening. Start at Borough Market, where food has been traded near the south end of London Bridge since at least 1014, under a portico that began life as the Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House. Cross the river to the Tower of London, whose White Tower was begun in the 1070s, and finish on Tower Bridge, the bascule bridge Sir Horace Jones designed in Victorian Gothic to match the Tower. Entry to the Tower is ticketed.
- Stops:
- 3
- Distance:
- about 1.9 km
- Walking:
- about 25 min
- Listening:
- about 20 min
Borough Market to Tower Bridge, London: how long does the walk take?
About 45 minutes in all: about 25 minutes on foot over about 1.9 km, plus about 20 minutes of audio at the 3 stops. Time inside the sites is extra.
Borough Market to Tower Bridge, London: in what order should you visit the stops?
Follow the stops in this order: Borough Market, Tower of London, and Tower Bridge. The longest stretch between two stops is about 1.4 km, about 19 min on foot.
Route and map
Navigate with Google Maps, listen with Mappu: the stories keep playing while you follow the route.
Opens Google Maps with walking directions through every stop.
Stop 1
Saved in 1756 by the parishioners of St Saviour’s, who bought The Triangle so that the market would serve the parish forever.
about 7 min of audio
Next stop: Tower of London · about 1.4 km, about 19 min on foot
Stop 2
The Crown Jewels in the Waterloo Block count more than a hundred objects and 23,578 gemstones.
about 7 min of audio
Next stop: Tower Bridge · about 0.5 km, about 6 min on foot
Stop 3
Since 2014 glass floors in the high-level walkways, 42 metres above the Thames, look straight down on the traffic below.
about 7 min of audio
How does this self-guided walking tour work?
The audio guides on this page stay free: open any stop to listen in your browser.
Walk Mode uses your location to narrate places as you walk. It opens in the Mappu app at the first stop, Borough Market. Your first walk is free for three stops with a free Mappu account.
Walk Mode: 2 hours for 50 credits (€4.99 Starter pack)
Before you go
- Check opening hours, tickets and access on each site’s official page before you go.
- Distances and times are estimates: the walking route between stops, from OpenStreetMap, at 4.5 km/h. Your route on the street may differ.
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Route checked by Mappu on October 20, 2026. Stop descriptions come from each place’s published Mappu audio guide. Mappu is a Fenutech product.