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Lambeth
Today’s adventure includes a lovley walk and a visit to three museums on London’s South Bank.
Lambeth is located immediately south of Westminster Bridge where you will encounter Lambeth Palace, the Museum of Garden History, the Florence Nightingale Museum, and the Imperial War Museum.
Begin today’s excursion at the Lambeth North tube station. Walk north on Westminster Bridge Road, continue under the overpass, veer left, then go south on Lambeth Palace Road. Across the street is the Florence Nightingale Museum on the right at the entrance to Guy and St. Thomas Hospital.
The Florence Nightingale Museum pays tribute to the nurse who brought positive change to the nursing profession through founding the first school of nursing and in her role in modern standards of health care.
Museum exhibits are divided into three areas with one featuring her Victorian childhood, another about her work caring for soldiers of the Crimean War, and health care reforms The museum offers many artifacts including Nightengale’s books, her lamp, and her (stuffed) pet owl Athena!
Following your museum visit continue walking south on Lambeth Palace. To your left is Archbishop’s Park. This lovely park was once a part of Lambeth Palace grounds. Farther up, and to the left is the palace that has been the official residence e of the Archbishop of Canterbury since the 1200s.
Although the palace is not open to the public, the gardens occasionally host visitors.
Take a moment to enjoy the view of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, as seen across the Thames. On your left before Lambeth Bridge is your second museum. Located within St. Mary-at-Lambeth is the Garden Museum. Within the museum, you will discover antique garden tools, artwork, photographs, and more for the garden enthusiast.
St. Mary-at-Lambeth church tower dates back to the 14th century, the nave was rebuilt in 1852. It now hosts exhibition space for the Tradescants and 20th-century gardener Gertrude Jekyll. A replica of a 17th-century knot garden has been planted in the small churchyard.
The Garden Museum came to be when, in the 1970s, two garden enthusiasts, Rosemary and John Nicholson discovered that the church was to be bulldozed. The churchyard contained the tombs of John Tradescant and his son, also named John. The father and son were 17th-century plant collectors who introduced many new species to England. Other tombs included William Bligh, several members of the Boleyn Family, and several Archbishops of Canterbury.
The gardeners rescued the church and created the museum. Within the museum, you will find one of the largest collections of historic garden tools in Britain in addition to artifacts, curiosities, artwork, and photographs donated by supporters.
If you feel like a refreshment or a bite to eat, the award-winning Garden Café at the Garden Museum serves up a daily changing menu of modern British and European, light, fresh, and seasonal dishes.
Additional eatery options along Lambeth Road include The Corner Cafe at 178 Lambeth Road, The Three Stags for pub fare at the corner of Lambeth Road and Kennington Road, or The Tankard at 111 Kennington Road. For a quick snack The Songbird Cafe at the entrance to the Imperial War Museum. Serving barista coffee, sandwiches, signature bakery items, artisan soft-serve ice cream, and Jude’s mini tubs and lollies.
Continuing to your next destination turn left on Lambeth Road, continue walking to arrive at the Imperial War Museum.
The Imperial War Museum greets you with two large naval guns and a portion of the Berlin Wall. The building that houses the museum was once a psychiatric hospital, the third Bethlehem Royal Hospital, also known as Bedlam.
The building’s history goes back to 1815 with the copper dome added in 1845. When the hospital moved to Kent in 1926, Viscount Rothermere bought the building and donated it for a museum.
While the museum focus is mostly on 20th-century British and Commonwealth military, war in a broader sense is also represented. History buffs of the First and Second World Wars will enjoy the First World War Galleries and Witnessess to War.
Next to the museum is the Tibetan Peace Garden opened by the Dalai Lama in 1999.
Exit onto Lambeth from the park fronting the museum, turn left on St. George’s Road to arrive at Lambeth North tube station and the end of your journey.
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