Deptford: The Mysterious Murder of Christopher Marlowe

Walking Tour

Dive into an Elizabethan murder mystery and try to determine what happened to legendary playwright Christopher Marlowe.

Playwright Christopher Marlowe is best known as the author of Doctor Faustus and the greatest influence on his contemporary, William Shakespeare. But he also had a hidden life as a secret agent in the Elizabethan spy network. As the story goes, on a... More

Duration
57 minutes
Location
Deptford Market Yard, Deptford High Street
The Pilot Figureheads

The Dog & Bell

St Paul's Church View

St Paul's Church Steps

St Nicholas Church Skulls

St Nicholas Bench

River View

Payne's Paper Wharf

Old Royal Naval Dockyard

Marlowe's Death and Burial

Across the road from Nail Supply

Dockyard Deptford

Deptford Market Yard, Deptford High Street