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Community news for Bankside, Bermondsey, Borough, Elephant & Castle, South Bank and Waterloo since 1998.
£9 million penthouse on the market next to Shakespeare's Globe on Bankside https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/158665406
Check out this 5 bedroom flat for sale on Rightmove

5 bedroom flat for sale in 24 New Globe Walk, London, SE1 for £9,000,000. Marketed by Private Office by Hamptons, London

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Fundraising gig this Friday at Mercato Metropolitano this Friday evening to help family of young London musician of Latin American origin who drowned in Amsterdam raise money for investigation / legal challenge. https://www.se1.news/whatson/#friday-28-february-2025
What's on in SE1: events guide

Find out about local festivals, community events consultations, public meetings and more.

London SE1
A few items of SE1 interest at new London Archives exhibition on WWII, including bomb damage maps, photo of Londoners sheltering from Blitz at Elephant & Castle tube and a painting of Southwark Bridge in 1945 https://www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/exhibitions/london-in-the-second-world-war
London in the Second World War

In this exhibition at The London Archives explore the experiences of Londoners during the Second World War and the effect it had on the city they knew.

London Archives
Lambeth Council's auditors have formally recommended that the authority "identify additional savings and efficiencies to mitigate forecast overspends" according to a public notice released this evening https://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/documents/b36246/Public%20Notice%20Wednesday%2005-Mar-2025%2019.00%20Council.pdf?T=9
Watch live as Southwark councillors consider plans for the refurbishment and extension of the listed Driscoll House hostel in New Kent Road https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYbhgY380J0
Planning Committee (Smaller Applications) 25/02/25

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Sunset from Blackfriars Bridge
£12.5k a month to rent a flat overlooking Borough Market (with a 'no riff raff' sign above the bedroom door) https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/158610950#
Check out this 1 bedroom apartment for rent on Rightmove

1 bedroom apartment for rent in Park Street, Borough Market, London, SE1 for £12,502 pcm. Marketed by LDG, London

Rightmove.co.uk
Icons painted on ammunition boxes from Ukraine are on display at Southwark Cathedral until Thursday this week https://cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/whats-on/icons-on-ammunition-boxes-exhibition/
Icons on Ammunition Boxes | Exhibition - Southwark Cathedral

Waterloo Bridge closed to traffic on Sunday morning due to London Winter Run
https://www.londonwinterrun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/2025-CRUK-LWR-Road-Closure-Map-with-mobile.pdf

From a Bankside brothel to a temporary ecological park next to Tower Bridge, several of the 'lost' gardens of Southwark and Lambeth are featured in the current Garden Museum exhibition, which closes in just over a week

Read more ➡️ https://www.se1.news/lost-gardens-london-garden-museum/

SE1's lost gardens featured in new exhibition

From a Bankside brothel to a temporary ecological park next to Tower Bridge, several of the 'lost' gardens of Southwark and Lambeth are featured in a new Garden Museum exhibition.

London SE1