Bankside
Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tate Modern and Wobbly Bridge.
Tate Modern
Museum
Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art. It forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
Wobbly Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Txllxt TxllxT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City of London.
Shakespeares Globe
Archaeological site
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southwark and Blackfriars.
Southwark
Suburb
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwark is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark.
Blackfriars
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.
Gabriel’s Wharf
Locality
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The South Bank is an entertainment and commercial area on the south bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Lambeth, central London, England.
Bankside
- Type: Quarter
- Description: district of London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark
- Categories: area of London, human settlement, and locality
- Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50818° or 51° 30′ 29″ northLongitude
-0.09913° or 0° 5′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C3XGW52+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 7628655056OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterWikidata ID
Q2660320
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Satellite Map
Discover Bankside from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Bankside” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بانكسايد”
- Basque: “Bankside”
- Breton: “Bankside”
- Catalan: “Bankside”
- Chinese: “班克賽德”
- Corsican: “Bankside”
- Danish: “Bankside”
- Dutch: “Bankside”
- Esperanto: “Bankside”
- Estonian: “Bankside”
- French: “Bankside”
- Galician: “Bankside”
- German: “Bankside”
- Hebrew: “בנקסייד”
- Hindi: “बैंकसाइड”
- Indonesian: “Bankside”
- Irish: “Bankside”
- Italian: “Bankside”
- Japanese: “バンクサイド”
- Korean: “뱅크사이드”
- Low German: “Bankside”
- Maori: “Bankside”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bankside”
- Norwegian: “Bankside”
- Portuguese: “Bankside”
- Romanian: “Bankside”
- Slovenian: “Bankside”
- Spanish: “Bankside”
- Swedish: “Bankside”
- Tahitian: “Bankside”
- Turkish: “Bankside”
- Urdu: “بینک سائیڈ”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tate Modern Community Garden and Globe Theatre Tour.
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