Southbank Tower
Southbank Tower is a high-rise building on Upper Ground, Southwark, London. It was originally a thirty-storey structure 111 metres high and was completed in 1972, designed by the architect Richard Seifert and built by John Laing.- Type: Office building
- Description: high-rise building on Upper Ground, Southwark, London
- Also known as: “King’s Reach Tower” and “South Bank Tower”
- Address: Stamford Street, London, SE1 9PS
- Roof shape: flat
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Tate Modern.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
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. Tate Modern is situated 1,800 feet east of Southbank Tower.
London Eye
Ferris wheel
Photo: Khamtran, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The London Eye, originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually. London Eye is situated 3,200 feet southwest of Southbank Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gabriel’s Wharf and South Bank.
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.
South Bank
Photo: Bloodholds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one of the city's cultural centres. It is a small area but it contains many artistic and creative sites, as well as an eclectic range of other attractions, boutique shopping and trendy food and drink places.
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.
Southbank Tower
- Categories: tower block, skyscraper, building, and office
- Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50766° or 51° 30′ 28″ northLongitude
-0.10721° or 0° 6′ 26″ westInception
1972 and 2015Levels
41Height
509 feet (155 metres)Open location code
9C3XGV5V+34OpenStreetMap ID
way 28815418OpenStreetMap feature
building=officeOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatWikidata ID
Q6411068
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Persian—“Southbank Tower” goes by many names.
- Basque: “King’s Reach Tower”
- Basque: “South Bank Tower”
- Chinese: “南岸塔”
- Italian: “King’s Reach Tower”
- Italian: “South Bank Tower”
- Italian: “Southbank Tower”
- Persian: “ساوت بنک تاور”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sea Containers House and Portico of Unitarian Chapel.
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