South Bank: Waterloo → Bankside

Start: Leake Street Arches / Waterloo → End: Tate Modern / Bankside

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Leake Street Arches: the Tunnel Where Graffiti Became Legal
Waterloo · Street art / Banksy / railway infrastructure / living gallery
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Royal Festival Hall: the Optimistic Architecture of the Festival of Britain
South Bank · Festival of Britain / post-war optimism / architecture / music
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Must see
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National Theatre: Brutalism as Urban Landscape
South Bank · Brutalism / Denys Lasdun / theatre / post-war architecture
Hidden and essential
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Gabriel’s Wharf: the Temporary Experiment that Helped Revive the South Bank
Gabriel’s Wharf / Coin Street · Community regeneration / meanwhile use / South Bank history
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OXO Tower Wharf: the Windows that Dodged an Advertising Ban
Oxo Tower / Coin Street · Industrial reuse / advertising trick / community regeneration / design
Hidden and essential
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Hopton’s Almshouses: a Small 1752 Community Opposite Tate
Hopton Street / Bankside · Almshouses / philanthropy / Georgian London / residential survival
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Tate Modern: from Power Station to Cathedral of Modern Art
Bankside · Industrial reuse / Bankside Power Station / Herzog & de Meuron / modern art
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The base stop order is curated, and walking directions are calculated from your location. Optional stops you add may change the journey.

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