The Skills Centre
The Skills Centre is a building in London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England. The Skills Centre is situated nearby to the work of art The Bermondsey Lion, as well as near the marketplace The Blue.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Blue and The Tower of London.
The Blue
Marketplace
The Blue is a central market place in Bermondsey, southeast London. The market is open Monday to Saturday from 9 am until 5 pm and has about 10 stall holders, selling food and clothes.
The Tower of London
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. The Tower of London is situated 1¼ miles northwest of The Skills Centre.
The Bermondsey Lion
Work of art
Photo: PBS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bermondsey Lion is a sculpture in The Blue, Bermondsey, London, created by Kevin Boys for Southwark Council. It was unveiled on 16 July 2011. The plaque on the plinth of the statue states: The Bermondsey Lion has been an enduring symbol of the area for centuries and initially represented the once powerful Bermondsey Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bermondsey and Execution Dock.
Bermondsey
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bermondsey is a district in southeast London, part of the London Borough of Southwark, England, 2.5 miles southeast of Charing Cross. To the west of Bermondsey lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe and Deptford, to the south Walworth and Peckham, and to the north is Wapping across the River Thames.
Execution Dock
Locality
Execution Dock was a site on the River Thames near the shoreline at Wapping, London, that was used for more than 400 years to execute pirates, smugglers and mutineers who had been sentenced to death by Admiralty courts.
Surrey Quays
Quarter
Photo: Secretlondon, Public domain.
Surrey Quays is a largely residential area of Rotherhithe in south-east London, occupied until 1970 by the Surrey Commercial Docks. The precise boundaries of the area are somewhat amorphous, but it is generally considered to comprise the southern half of the Rotherhithe peninsula from Canada Water to South Dock; electorally, Surrey Docks is the eastern half of the peninsula.
The Skills Centre
Latitude
51.49235° or 51° 29′ 33″ northLongitude
-0.06396° or 0° 3′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C3XFWRP+WCOpenStreetMap ID
way 612289311OpenStreetMap feature
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