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  • Union Yard Arches
  • Union Yard Arches before
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  • Low Line waymarkers
  • Low Line waymarkers

The Low Line

Various architects

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Meet at cycle hire docking station behind Southwark Tube station off Blackfriars Road
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Cycle docking station behind Southwark Tube station, Blackfriars Road, SE1 8JZ

Travel Information

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Nearest tube: Southwark
train
Nearest train: Blackfriars, Waterloo, waterloo (east)
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Bus routes: 40, 63, 381
Guided walking tour of the Low Line in Bankside and London Bridge. The Low Line is an emerging world-class walking destination along the base of the Victorian rail viaducts in south London, linking Bankside, London Bridge and Bermondsey.

Design

Original design
Various architects, 2013
Type
Transport, Public realm/landscape, Mixed use, Industrial, Community/cultural, Art in the public realm, Walk/tour
Period
Historical/contemporary

  • A new direction for South London

    The Low Line will transform and open up the walking routes that run along the base of the Victorian viaducts across south London creating a new destination for London.

    These mighty viaducts link Waterloo and Bankside with London Bridge, Bermondsey and beyond across South London.

    The Low Line will deliver world-class public spaces, helping to build social connections with communities along its route and unlock the economic potential of the railway arches to support a diverse and creative local economy.

    Architects:
    Gort Scott
    SPPARC ARCHITECTURE
    rkg partnership
    Studio Weave
    Architecture 00

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