THE STORY OF LONDON’S BANKSIDE Throughout history, Bankside has As a storyteller and influencer been on the other side of London’s in Bankside, we need you to help mainstream.16th century ‘Banksyde’ was us tell the Bankside story so those outside the walls of the City, making it who work, explore, live, learn about, a natural landing place for outsiders and and visit Bankside are clear why free thinkers. It became notorious as it’s different and attractive. London’s rowdy pleasure quarter full of theatres, brothels and gambling dens. Bankside has a multitude of facets which contribute to its otherness... Today, rich in art, entertainment and culture, Bankside has a bold and independent spirit shaped by its past – an ‘otherness’ that inspires creative thinking. In the 16th century, English playing companies began constructing purpose-built playhouses. This phenomenon brought Bankside’s greatest export: the work of William Shakespeare.

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A CULTURAL SIDE The Golden Hinde Bankside has changed how the world imagines. Bankside is one of London’s leading cultural quarters, evolving from a rich, diverse and authentic heritage. It is home to some of London’s most visited and renowned cultural institutions. Bankside has been a place where people have come to experience culture for over 1000 years. Tate Modern A CHAOTIC SIDE Bankside has a bold and independent spirit shaped by its rebellious past. Bankside has always been a place of refuge and sanctuary for outsiders and free thinkers. Commit No Nuisance Sign Once London’s rowdy pleasure quarter, located outside the city walls and its jurisdictions, it was home to stews, gambling dens, taverns and theatres. It attracted outcasts, dissenters and misfits. The medieval network of streets encourages exploration and discovery and it has an ‘otherness’ that inspires creative thinking to this day.

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A201 A CONNECTED SIDE Bankside is an area of exchange, connecting places and people in a central neighbourhood. Five of London’s bridges lead to Bankside including London’s earliest and most recent. Railway viaducts connect major transport hubs – London Bridge, Blackfriars, Southwark and Borough. Bankside’s arteries make it a place of exchange of ideas, skills and talent.

An integral part of the urban landscape are the Victorian Flat Iron Square railway arches which form the Low Line, meandering through Bankside into neighbouring areas. The Low Line will connect diverse neighbourhoods and communities, creating new hubs of industry, jobs, creativity and entertainment along its course. It celebrates the character and infrastructure of the railway viaduct, promoting diverse and sustainable models of usage in these spaces.

The first new sections of the Low Line opened at Old Union Yard Arches and Flat Iron Square and complement established hubs located at Borough Market, Maltby Street Market, and Spa Terminus. The Low Line Look out for the blue Low Line markers and follow the route.

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Millennium Bridge On Bear Gardens, just off the riverside, you’ll see a slab of flint called The Ferryman’s Seat. It harks back to when the River Thames was heaving with boat traffic and ferrymen were in high demand taking City-dwellers back and forth.

The Hop Exchange Tate Modern AN INDUSTRIOUS SIDE Bankside is a long-standing home of essential industry. Forming the Thames waterfront, Bankside housed the industries that oiled the wheels of global maritime trade routes launched from Bankside’s wharves and jetties. Ghost signs are a visible insight into Bankside’s commercial heritage and the architecture of the neighbourhood reveals layers of industrial history, from Victorian warehousing to The Hop Exchange, Bankside Power Station and Borough Market mighty railway arches. Today, talent in Bankside powers the new economy – from digital tech makers, architects and designers, to Borough Market’s artisan producers.

Embassy Tea Ghost Sign FEED YOUR CURIOUS SIDE The bombed church of All Hallows ‘Drag Queens’ derived from Bankside. in Copperfield Street was home to In Elizabethan England women were the tiny Blackwing recording studio. forbidden from performing on stage Depeche Mode recorded its seminal and female roles were played by men. album Speak & Spell there in the Those men that became adept at 1980s, and Yazoo also recorded here. moving round the stage in women’s hooped dresses became known as ‘queens of the drag’.

The Clink Prison in Bankside was burnt down twice. The first time was during the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt, the Bankside has London’s first bridge second time was centuries later during Bankside’s brewing heritage is all (London Bridge) and its most recent the 1780 Gordon riots. around us. Barclay and Perkins Anchor (the Millennium Bridge). Brewery, which uniquely took its water direct from the Thames, became the largest in the world by the early 19th century, later merging with its rival brewer Courage in 1955. The Courage brewery ghost sign can still be seen on Park Street. Not far away on Southwark Street, the 1867 Hop Exchange was The George Inn on Borough High built to provide a single market place Street is a National Trust site, the last for hop traders. remaining galleried inn in London.

Medieval literature talks of a great Tate Modern is the only building market town in 1014 in Southwark, in London to be opened twice by so it is believed that Borough Market Queen Elizabeth II – first in 1963 has existed to some extent for around as Bankside Power Station and then 1000 years. again as Tate Modern in 2000 within the same landmark building. Social Find out more Tag us in your posts using #Bankside For more information about the role #LondonsOtherSide via the following handles: of Better Bankside, visit: @BetterBankside / @bankside_london betterbankside.co.uk. @bankside_london To access images of Bankside, please contact: [email protected].