Southwark Cathedral Churchyard is a place of great tranquillity and calm surrounded by the manic streets of Southwark and the Borough. For many centuries this has been a place of escape for the local people, a place they can contemplate and rest their weary feet. Today is no different, these wonderful gardens attracting visitors from all over the world to stop and admire not only the churchyard itself, but the nearby river and ancient monuments that line its south bank.