Due to filming, there will be intermittent road closures and traffic/pedestrian/parking restrictions, from the junction of Tower Bridge Road with Fair Street across Tower Bridge on Friday/Saturday/Sunday 20/21/22 February. Details here. Image courtesy of Buildington...
A new exhibition will be presented from Thursday 26 February in the window gallery at 15 Bermondsey Square SE1 3UN, visible 24/7. It is by Amaal Said and entitled Between Here and Elsewhere. It presents the artist's recently commissioned film Open Country (2025) in dialogue...
The art produced during the Southwark at Work project led by artist Ed Gray will be exhibited at Southwark Council's offices from Monday 16 February. Ed Gray has been artist-in-residence at the Boutcher School, a local primary school, for five years now and has been...
Mondays at 1.20pm is the time for the weekly organ recital at Southwark Cathedral. On Monday 16 February the organist will be Ben Collyer of Manchester Cathedral. The recital is free to attend, donations welcome. Also at the Cathedral Cafe is an exhibition of photographs...
The London Mayor has launched a public consultation on his proposed Strategic Licensing Policy designed to deliver a more joined-up and consistent approach and help create a better balance between night-time activity and residential life. The new proposals would also help address the challenges local...
Conceived as part-stage, part-laboratory, Klara Hosnedlova presents immersive installations that incorporate her signature photorealist embroideries with large-scale sculpture, textile works and living mycelium fungus elements. Her new exhibition ‘Echo’ presents sprawling manmade structures overtaken by massive, apparently organic growths. They seem both archaeological and future,...
There will be a wonderful run of arts events at Morocco Bound in February, marking Valentine's Day and more. Take your pick, live jazz, folk, rap, poetry, life drawing, book clubs and book launches. Morocco Bound is at 1A Morocco Street SE1 3HB....
Southwark Council feeds back on its local streets consultation. What they say...
BermondseyStreet.London has received a gift this week! The amazing John Colley of Hitchin, Hertfordshire has sent us the 1824 Poors Accounts Book from the Southwark Chapel in Long Lane. He found it when clearing out his attic, left there no doubt by a previous resident....
Ross Loveday's latest exhibition at Eames Reviewed Expectations will open on Thursday 12 February. His work brings colour, energy and confidence into the gallery, with beautiful strong colour tones dancing across the canvas, thrown into relief by strong black brushstrokes. Eames Fine Art is at...
W.H. Brakspear & Sons Ltd, the family-owned operator and owner of The Horseshoe Inn, has plans to develop the site in Melior Street. The plans include extending The Horseshoe Inn to provide rooms above an improved pub as well as outdoor seating, better accessibility and...
Over the coming weeks, starting Monday 2 February, there will be a partial closure on St Thomas Street outside Edge London Bridge. This is to enable work to install fibre links and build the digital infrastructure. Diversions will be in place using Fenning and Melior...
The ZSL's second State of the Thames report, paints a picture of a river transformed from biological collapse to ecological resurgence, following decades of conservation effort, infrastructure upgrades and large-scale habitat restoration. In the latest news from the Thames Estuary Partnership, Alan Baxter Ltd and...
The latest community newsletter from the contractor tells us that Chapter London Bridge is very nearly complete, bar some planting and other small tasks. The Edge London Bridge project is in the final stages, with external cladding and roof plant installation nearly complete. External landscaping...
The Mayor has welcomed the publication of a landmark report by the London Nightlife Taskforce, setting out a plan to protect, support and grow the nightlife of the capital. The night-time economy contributes £139 billion to the capital each year, supports more than a million night-time workers, and plays a critical...
The Colchester Auctioneer, Reeman Dansie's 3 February auction will include a newly discovered 19th century watercolour entitled The Remains of Bermondsey Abbey. The catalogue description is Lot 1129 - Early 19th century English Naive School, watercolour of the remains of Bermondsey Abbey, a sign to...
Rinova will be delivering events on behalf of Southwark Council to support local hospitality businesses. Hospitality employers' networking breakfast - a free networking event that will give hospitality businesses the opportunity to come together, share ideas, learn from other industry professionals and find out how Rinova...
Go East will be bringing a weekend Vintage Flea Market to 47–49 Tanner Street on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 January 2026. Last year's one-day markets proved popular with visitors and traders, so this event has been extended over two days. As usual, there will be...
Our local Met Police PCSO, Paul Durrant, invites local residents and businesses along to Bermondsey Square on Thursday 29 January. If you or anyone you know would like to meet the local police team to speak about local concerns, or seek crime prevention advice or...
This new Coastlines exhibition at Eames Fine Art Gallery presents a selection of Norman Ackroyd's etchings along with works by other contemporary printmakers who have been inspired by him. He loved the British coastline and produced etchings from the 1980s onwards. The other printmakers represented...
Friends of Guy Street Park is a group of local residents who have got together to give the park a bit of TLC. It was originally created in 1899, and its last refurbishment project was a quarter of a century ago. Funding is expected to...
On Monday 19 January 2026 12.30-1.15pm, Felix James Collins from the Royal College of Music will give a concert of lute music at the historic Guy's Chapel in the courtyard of the Old Guy's Hospital Building SE1 1UL. Brought to us by Team London Bridge. FREE...
MACE, the construction contractor for sites on St Thomas Street, has notified us that there will be streetworks requiring a part-closure of Weston Street Monday 19 - Friday 23 January. Normal working hours will be applied. The exclusion zone will affect the northern end of...
Norwegian artist Sverre Malling is a maker of possible worlds, many of them expressed in this exhibition of charcoal drawings At the Mistress's Request, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery from Saturday 10 January. These are images of different pasts, presents and futures, malleable reality. The gallery writes...
Our local Books n Beer shop opens 2026 with another splendid varied arts programme, something different almost every day: Poetry Workshop on the 19th, or for poetry out loud, Poetry Open Mic on the 21st; Folk Sessions on the 8th and 22nd; Jazz Night on...
The Port of London Authority (PLA) is in the process of drafting joint Thames masterplans with each of the London boroughs on the banks of the Thames. Currently, Southwark is in focus and the draft masterplan is out for consultation until 9 February. You can look...
Online language classes are available at a discount of £30 for BermondseyStreet.London members. The classes are streamed by ability - up to six different levels, and cover most major European languages - French, German, Spanish, Portugese and Italian. The 10-week courses start in the week...
Photoworks has announced the 2025 Jerwood/Photoworks Award winners - London-based Roman Manfredi and Margate-based Sayuri Ichida. The works will be presented as two solo shows alongside each other at Drawing Room from Saturday 10 January 2026. The artists' works share reflections on broader society, attempting...
On Friday 19 December 5.30-9pm at Maltby Street Market - mulled drinks, carol singers and late trading at many of the regular stalls. For more details https://www.instagram.com/p/DSSgi7yClsT/. Look out next month for more details about Maltby Street’s new residents’ card....
Team London Bridge has sent out a security alert about an unauthorised cycling event, which is being promoted on social media. It is scheduled for Saturday 20 December from about 1pm, at Potters Fields Park. TLB does not support the event and the Park has...