Second World War Bomb Found Near Tower Bridge

A 400m police cordon has been set up to allow a bomb squad to deal with an unexploded Second World War bomb that has been discovered near Bermondsey.

The fire brigade said resolving the incident would take some time and predicted significant disruption to local traffic.

Homes have been evacuated and a 400m cordon's been set up, after an unexploded WW2 bomb was found near Tower Bridge pic.twitter.com/485n7TMoXz

— sadaq Spurs (@sadaq_m) March 23, 2015

The 1000lb device was found on a building site in Grange Walk this morning at around 9.40am.

The safety cordon has been set up while emergency services deal with the incident.

It's all happening round the corner! Unexploded bomb found on building site near Tower Bridge https://t.co/3G6wx0fSmxpic.twitter.com/0pemOKZwbJ

— Jules (@sweetsouldream) March 23, 2015