Friars House

Friars House is a building in London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England which is located on Blackfriars Road. Friars House is situated nearby to Friars Primary Foundation School, as well as near the church St Alphege.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tate Modern and The Old Vic.

Tate Modern

Museum

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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 2,400 feet northeast of Friars House.

The Old Vic

Theater building

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The Old Vic is a 1,000-seat, nonprofit producing theatre in Waterloo, London, England. It was established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, and renamed in 1833 the Royal Victoria Theatre. The Old Vic is situated 1,200 feet west of Friars House.

London Eye

Ferris wheel

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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 3,600 feet west of Friars House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St George’s Circus and Southwark.

St George’s Circus

Locality

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St George's Circus is a road junction in Southwark, London, England. At its centre, which is now a traffic roundabout, is an historic obelisk, designed by Robert Mylne, in his role as surveyor and architect of Blackfriars Bridge.

Southwark

Suburb

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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.