The Scoop is an 800-seater amphitheatre next to London's City Hall on the south bank of the Thames close to Tower Bridge. During the summer months a programme of free open-air musical performances ...

The home of London's government from 2002 to 2021. The Greater London Authority - comprising the Mayor of London and London Assembly - was based here.

A well-known quality riverside marketplace between Oxo Tower Wharf and London Television Centre, Gabriel's Wharf was one of the first parts of the Coin Street jigsaw to be completed. Small studios ...

Historic Anglican parish church. There has been a church on this site since the 12th century. The present building dates from 1736. The parish priest is Fr Jonathan Sedgwick.

Britain's biggest cinema screen opened in 1999 at Waterloo's Bullring. It took just a year to transform the desolate roundabout at the end of Waterloo Bridge and within the first 12 months it is ...

Almost opposite the Houses of Parliament, County Hall was for many years the home of London's government, in the form of the London County Council and latterly the Greater London Council (GLC) and ...

New Anglican church and community centre opened by Princess Alexandra in April 2006 on part of the site of the previous St Andrew's church.

New branch of the affordable sourdough pizza chain in part of the former Evans Cycles shop.

Coffee bar in Waterloo popular with theatre types from The Old Vic and the Young Vic.

The Local History Library - formerly known as Southwark Local Studies Library - is situated to the rear of John Harvard Library. Collection includes books, photographs, maps, newspapers, videos, tapes ...

Successor of the pub that gave its name to the Elephant & Castle. Reopened in July 2016 as part of the Antic Collective.

Most of the information on these pages predates the COVID-19 emergency. Please check before relying on any specific details. For more than 10 years Living Bankside has been bringing together residents ...