Thames: The River Heart of London, Between History and Reality

Once you cross the bridge, you are greeted by the breath of the River on the left, before the path bends into Clink Street. Here the atmosphere changes suddenly: the sky narrows into a crevice and the sunlight struggles to penetrate, hindered by the tall Victorian warehouses of dark bricks that evoke the industrial past of London's port. Walking through these stone gorges, medieval history suddenly resurfaces in the remains of Winchester Palace; of the lavish residence of the powerful Bishop of Winchester, only a monumental wall remains today, against which stands the geometric skeleton of a splendid 14th-century rose window.