South Bank
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Bloodholds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
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.
London Eye
Ferris wheel
Photo: Swgreed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London.
Tate Modern
Museum
Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tate Modern is an art gallery located in London. It houses the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art, and forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
Localities in the Area
Covent Garden
Photo: Hamster28, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane.
Holborn-Clerkenwell
Photo: Matthew Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holborn-Clerkenwell is a district in central London that is in many ways a buffer zone between London's West End and the City of London financial district.
City of London
Photo: jikatu, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The City of London, also known as the City, or the Square Mile, is the area of London that originally lay within the ancient city walls.
South Bank
- Type: Quarter
- Description: district of London
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Lambeth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50804° or 51° 30' 29" northLongitude
-0.10968° or 0° 6' 35" westElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open Location Code
9C3XGV5R+64OpenStreetMap ID
node 450524790OpenStreetMap Feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
6545251Wikidata ID
Q154322South Bank Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Catalan: South Bank
- Chinese: 伦敦/南岸
- Chinese: 南岸 (倫敦)
- Chinese: 南岸
- Czech: Jižní nábřeží
- Dutch: South Bank
- French: South Bank
- German: South Bank
- Hebrew: סאות'בנק
- Hebrew: סאות' בנק
- Hebrew: סאות בנק
- Indonesian: South Bank
- Italian: South Bank
- Japanese: サウス・バンク
- Korean: 사우스뱅크
- Norwegian: South Bank
- Norwegian Bokmål: South Bank
- Persian: ساوت بانک
- Portuguese: Borough de South Bank
- Portuguese: Londres/South Bank
- Portuguese: South Bank
- Russian: Саут-Банк
- Russian: Саут-Бэнк
- Russian: Саут Бэнк
- Sicilian: South Bank
- Slovak: South Bank
- South Azerbaijani: ساوت بانک
- Spanish: South Bank
- Swedish: South Bank
- Turkish: South Bank
- Urdu: ساوتھبینک، لندن
- Urdu: ساوتھ بینک، لندن
Other Places Named South Bank
In the Area
South Bank is situated close to the locality King's Reach and the quarter Temple.
- BlackfriarsQuarter
- BanksideQuarter
- WaterlooSuburb
- Ludgate CircusLocality
- Tanswell EstateNeighbourhood
- St Clement DanesNeighbourhood
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page South Bank. Photo: Bloodholds, CC BY-SA 3.0.