Southbank railway arches turned into public art gallery

Four arch-shaped lightboxes have been installed on the southern wall of Bankside Yards’ run of historic Victorian railway arches,

Doctor Who and the Bankside elephant parade

At the end of January, there's a series of events around Bankside, including an elephant parade and a special screening of a wintery Doctor Who story.

Bright lights meet dark arches: South Korean digital art illuminates Bankside railway arches

The bright lights of South Korea have come to the dark brick arches under the railway in Bankside, with the opening of an exhibition of digital art by Korean artists.

LGBTQ+ cultural space planned for Southwark’s Bankside

Two railway arches close to Blackfriars railway station are to be turned into an LGBTQ+ cultural space, as part of the planning agreement for the wider area's property development.

New office block planned for Bankside area

A new riverside office block is being planned to replace, what I suspect many passers-by would have assumed is a block of flats, but is actually a 1980s office block.

London’s Alleys: Bear Gardens, SE1

This is an alley in Bankside that's charmingly cobbled, but has a bloody history.

See the Holly Man and the Devil perform their Twelfth Night revels

Next month, Beelzebub himself will rise up from the River Thames, as the Twelfth Night revels make a long-awaited return to Bankside.

Crossbones Graveyard future secured

The long term future of the Crossbones Graveyard in Southwark has been secured after the housing development next to it signed a renewable 30-year lease with the local group, Friends of Crossbones.

London’s Alleys: Marigold Alley, SE1

This is a short modern alley that's actually much older than it looks, and in the wrong place. Oh, and gargoyles.

More tower blocks planned for Bankside

A cluster of towers planned for the bankside area is likely to go ahead after one of the developers committed to the plans.

London’s Pocket Parks: Bankside’s Metal Box Garden

What looks like an abandoned rubbish skip now overflowing with plants growing in the rubble is actually a specially planted metal box garden.

Support the Bankside Twelfth Night festival

The troupe behind the popular Twelfth Night performance along Bankside every January are fundraising to keep it going.

Unbuilt London: The Martian space centre at Bankside

Had things gone according to plan, instead of an old power station full of art, there would be an outpost of Mars on the south-bank of the Thames.

Go Wassailing at the Bankside on Sunday

A seemingly annual tradition now – tomorrow marks the arrival of The Green Man at London’s Bankside and a celebration of the 12th Night festivities. Although Twelfth Night took place a couple of days ago, the celebrations at Bankside are…

Wassailing at the Bankside

If slow to arrive is the Holly Man, slow shall spring be too* *a fake made up saying Circling around Bankside in a powered boat, the Holly Man – a chap decorated in the traditional garb of the Green Man’s…