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SOUTH BANK

Following the Festival of Britain in 1951, the especially in summer and at Christmas when
Southbank Centre grew up around the newly markets, pop-up venues and other attractions
erected Royal Festival Hall. The architecture are installed. As well as the National and Old
has been criticized over the years, especially Vic the atres, the South Bank area has concert
the chunky concrete building that houses the halls, galleries and the British Film Institute
Hayward Gallery, but now appears to be valued (BFI) Southbank. In keeping with Festival of
as an important part of London’s river frontage. Britain tradition, the South Bank marked the
Popular with locals and tourists, the area is new millennium with the raising of the world’s
crowded with culture-seekers most of the time, highest observation wheel, the London Eye.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Streets and Buildings Restaurants see pp304–5
9 Lambeth Palace 1 Anchor and Hope
w Gabriel’s Wharf 2 The Laughing Gravy
e Waterloo Station 3 OXO Tower Restaurant
Museums and Galleries 4 Ping Pong
2 Hayward Gallery
7 Florence Nightingale Museum
8 Museum of Garden History
0 Imperial War Museum
Attractions
4 Sea Life London Aquarium Blackfriars
5 London Dungeon R i v e r T h a m e s Bridge
6 The London Eye
Theatres and Concert Halls THE QUEEN'S WALK
1 National Theatre Waterloo GABRIEL'S UPPER GROUND
WHARF
Bridge
3 Royal Festival Hall BROADWALL
q The Old Vic Festival RENNIE ST
UPPER GROUND S TA M F O R D S T R E E T
Pier
DUCHY STREET
Hungerford WATERLOO ROAD CORNWALL ROAD COIN STREET HATFIELDS
PARIS GARDEN
Bridge
and Golden Jubilee MEYMOTT B L A C K F R I A R S
footbridges BELVEDERE ROAD CONCERT HALL THEED ST STREET
ROUPELL ST
APPROACH
STREET
Waterloo East
London Eye JUBILEE EXTON WOOTTON
YORK ROAD CORNWALL RD THE CUT Southwark R O A D
Pier GARDENS Waterloo STREET
CHICHELEY
STREET LEAKE ST MITRE RD UFFORD STREET
LOWER MARSH W AT E R LO O GRAY STREET
Street Finder maps 13, 14, WESTMINSTER BAYLIS ROAD
PEARMAN STREET
BRIDGE ROAD
21, 22 Westminster FRAZIE R STREET
Bridge
Lambeth
North
UPPER MARSH W E S T M I N S T E R B R I D G E R O A D
s MORLEY STREET R O A D
DODSON ST
e ST GEORGE'S
C IR C U S
m
a ALBERT EMBANKMENT ROAD
WALK
h KENNINGTON RD KING EDWARD
STREET
T CARLISLE LANE L A M B E T H R O A D GLADSTONE
HERCULES ST GEORGE'S ROAD GARDEN ROW
L A M B E T H PA L A C E R O A D COSSER STREET
r ARCHBISHOP'S GERALDINE MARY
e PARK HARMSWORTH PARK
v
i
R
LAMBETH ROAD WEST
SQUARE
BROOK DRIVE
0 metres 500 AUSTRAL STREET
Lambeth 0 yards 500
Bridge
The London Eye on the South Bank For keys to symbols see back flap
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