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Lambeth North
Greater London, London
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Days out & attractions in Lambeth North
Days out around Lambeth North – lakes, viewpoints, museums, parks and more. Each comes with a description, photo, address and map where available.
Days out
🏞️ Lakes & lochs
Tower Dock
Tower Hill · 0.6 miles
An inlet of the River Thames lies immediately west of the Tower of London, forming the surviving head of what was once a larger dock. The water body, recorded on OpenStreetMap as a lake near Tower Hill, is the only remaining fragment after most of the dock was filled in during the late 1950s to make way for the former Three Quays House. Today the dock’s edge can be reached on foot from the Tower’s entrance complex, with no separate admission fee or visitor facilities noted. Historically the dock contributed to the defensibility of the Tower’s western gateway and marked part of the boundary of the Tower Liberty, an area that the Tower of London managed to keep clear of development. That boundary now forms part of the line between the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the City of London. The dock’s origin is unclear; it may represent a stretch of natural shoreline left when adjacent wharves were constructed, the first phase of Tower Wharf being extended into the river between 1276 and 1324. A 1623 report described the dock as the remaining portion of a moat surrounding the now-lost Bulwark, built around 1480. Further infill occurred in 1706 and, finally, in the late 1950s. An episode from 1617 records Walter Raleigh attempting to escape via a boat waiting at Tower Dock, only to be captured and taken to the Tower.
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🌄 Viewpoints
Switch House
Bankside · 0.6 miles
Viewing gallery on outside, lifts and stairs inside building. Bar & toilets on this level.
Bankside
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🏛️ Museums
Gordon Museum
Borough Market · 0.6 miles
A collection of human pathological specimens, the Gordon Museum of Pathology forms part of King’s College London’s medical teaching facilities. Situated on the Guy’s Campus near Borough Market, the museum holds roughly 8,000 items, ranging from early specimens dating to about 1608 to historic artefacts such as Joseph Lister’s antiseptic spray and Thomas Hodgkin’s first stethoscope used in England. Highlights include the original kidneys, adrenal glands and lymph nodes that enabled Thomas Hodgkin, Thomas Addison and Richard Bright to describe the eponymous diseases, as well as Joseph Towne’s anatomical wax models and Lam Qua’s pre-operative tumour paintings. The collection also contains the mummified remains of Alan Billis, a former taxi driver who participated in research on ancient Egyptian mummification. The museum opened in 1905 on King’s Guy’s Campus after a donation from the lawyer Robert Gordon and was intended solely as a teaching resource. Specimens began to be gathered in 1802 under the first medical curator Thomas Hodgkin, forming the basis of the museum when the first medical school opened in 1826. By 1829 the collection numbered about 3,000 exhibits, and contemporary reports in 1861 placed it among the nation’s foremost medical collections. Admission is free, although the museum is not generally open to the public and access is limited to educational use within the college.
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The Cinema Museum
Kennington · 0.6 miles
Building name is The Lambeth Workhouse. Constructed in 1873. The building was eventually turned into a hospital. The workhouse's former master's house and chapel are now occupied by the Cinema Museum which is a grade II listed building.
Dugard Way 2, London SE11 4TH
Imperial War Museum London
Westminster · 0.6 miles
IWM London tells the story of those whose lives have been shaped by war from the First World War to the present day.
Fashion and Textile Museum
Bermondsey Village · 0.6 miles
Clink Prison Museum
Borough Market · 0.6 miles
Tate Modern
Bankside · 0.6 miles
Days out
🌳 Parks & gardens
Days out
🗿 Monuments & memorials
Elephant & Castle
Pullens Estate · 0.6 miles
Colourful painted concrete Elephant with a castle on its back taken from the now demolished 1960s shopping centre and relocated to the roof of Castle Square.
Michael Faraday Memorial substation
Pullens Estate · 0.6 miles
A stainless-steel box sits on Elephant Square at the northern side of the Elephant and Castle gyratory, commemorating the Victorian scientist Michael Faraday. Designed by modern-movement architect Rodney Gordon in 1959 and erected in 1961, the structure occupies the centre of what was formerly a roundabout. Inside the metal casing lies a London Underground electrical substation that powers the Northern and Bakerloo lines, a fitting tribute to a pioneer of electricity. The original concept called for glass panels so that the transformer work could be seen, but concerns about vandalism led to the current metal cladding. The monument carries an inscription set into the surrounding concrete paving, identifying it as the Faraday Memorial. Since being granted Grade II listed status in 1996, it has been fitted with a series of lighting schemes: a school-girl-designed installation from a 1996 Blue Peter competition, and a “disco” theme introduced by Southwark Council in May 2012 that illuminates the box each evening after dark. Although early-2000s regeneration plans considered relocating the monument 400 metres to Walworth Road, the scheme was abandoned and the memorial remains in its original position, now more readily reachable after the roundabout was “peninsulised”. Visitors can view the monument at any time without charge; it is openly visible from the surrounding streets and pedestrian routes. Access is straightforward via the Northern and Bakerloo Underground lines, whose tunnels the substation serves, and the site is operated by London Underground as part of the public transport infrastructure.
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Days out
🏺 Archaeological sites
Guy's Hospital Roman Boat
Borough Market · 0.1 miles
Great Maze Pond, London SE1 3SS
Bermondsey abbey infirmary buildings
Purbrook Estate · 0.6 miles
Radcliffe Road, London SE1 3UN
Billingsgate Roman House & Baths
Monument · 0.6 miles
Lower Thames Street 101, London EC3R 6DL
Days out
🖼️ Galleries
White Cube
Bermondsey Village · 0.6 miles
Cøpperfield
The Borough · 0.6 miles
Days out
📸 Landmarks & sights
City Hall
St Olave's Estate · 0.6 miles
Former City Hall, previous home of the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London.
The Queen's Walk
View from the Shard
Borough Market · 0.6 miles
London Bridge Street 32, London SE1 9SG
London Bridge Experience
Borough Market · 0.6 miles
Bankside Gallery
Bankside · 0.6 miles
Days out
🛝 Playgrounds
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