One Blackfriars
One Blackfriars is a mixed-use development at No. 1 Blackfriars Road in Bankside, London. It is informally known as The Vase or The Boomerang due to its shape.Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Apartment building
- Description: mixed-use development in Bankside, London, England
- Also known as: “1 Blackfriars”, “Beetham Tower”, “Boomerang Tower”, and “One Blackfriars Tower”
- Address: 1 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 9GJ
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 1,300 feet east of One Blackfriars.
Blackfriars Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blackfriars Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge, carrying the A201 road. Blackfriars Bridge is situated 720 feet north of One Blackfriars.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southwark and Gabriel’s Wharf.
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.
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
Quarter
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.
One Blackfriars
- Categories: skyscraper, building, and residential building
- Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50787° or 51° 30′ 28″ northLongitude
-0.10489° or 0° 6′ 18″ westLevels
52Height
535 feet (163 metres)Open location code
9C3XGV5W+42OpenStreetMap ID
way 389881291OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartmentsWikidata ID
Q2893700
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“One Blackfriars” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “1 Blackfriars”
- Catalan: “One Blackfriars”
- Czech: “One Blackfriars”
- Dutch: “1 Blackfriars”
- Dutch: “One Blackfriars”
- Egyptian Arabic: “واحد بلاكفريارس”
- Estonian: “One Blackfriars”
- French: “Boomerang Tower”
- French: “One Blackfriars”
- French: “Tour Boomerang”
- Galician: “1 Blackfriars”
- Galician: “One Blackfriars”
- German: “1 Blackfriars”
- German: “One Blackfriars”
- Italian: “One Blackfriars”
- Italian: “The Boomerang”
- Italian: “The Vase”
- Spanish: “1 Blackfriars”
- Spanish: “One Blackfriars”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bankside Hotel, Autograph Collection and Doggett’s Coat and Badge.
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