Saturday 16 August 12-6pm will be a fun-filled afternoon for all the family, in Bermondsey Square. There will be craft workshops, face-painting and sing-alongs for children. Scan the QR code above to view all the event details and register for a free ticket. More here. ...
There is some good news to share from We♥️Snowsfields about Guy Street Park. Local people have been very concerned that the demolition of the NCP car park on Snowsfields and the building of a ten storey block on the perimeter of the park will seriously...
Hamish Macauley's latest exhibition at Eames Fine Art opens in their Collectors' Studio on Saturday 16 August. Hamish's 2024 exhibition at Eames was a sell-out and the paintings and monotypes in this Seasons exhibition have the same appeal. The artist lives and works in New...
Mace, the construction contractor at the Edge London Bridge site on St Thomas Street, has given notice of approved 'out of hours' working on Sunday 17 August to remove protective screens. Because of the risks of the work, an exclusion zone is required and so...
Once again, on Monday 18 August, St Mary Magdalen church in Bermondsey Street will resound with marvellous music from Bermondsey Chamber Orchestra. The group is made up of young professional musicians from London's leading orchestras. On this occasion they will be celebrating love 'swith two...
Ugly Duck Flea returns to its historic Bermondsey warehouse on Sunday 10 August 2025 10 - 5pm, offering a vibrant day of shopping and music. Shoppers will be able to explore a curated selection of over 40 stalls featuring a diverse range of vintage and...
The Council is offering a further opportunity to comment on the Snowsfields Quarter planning applications in view of the extent of the recent changes to the proposals. However, We❤️Snowsfields is disappointed to report that our community input has been almost completely ignored. The developer’s own transport...
From the familiar & iconic sounds of Duke Ellington & Thelonious Monk, to an array of new, artists including trumpeter Dan Coulthurst and singer songwriter Rosie Miles. There will be a book launch for Deficit by Emma Holten and the double-bill BOOK CLUB reading The Tiger’s...
TfL has opened its Walking and Cycling Grants London (WCGL) programme for applications, deadline 8 September 2025. More than £550,000 of grant funding is available for community and not-for-profit groups to encourage Londoners to walk and cycle. Each successful applicant will receive up to £5,000...
The latest exhibition at the London Glassblowing Centre opens on Friday 1 August under the title Creative Evolution: Sketching on the Blowing Iron. This is a unique showcase of experimental pieces by Peter Layton and Tim Rawlinson. There are also featured works from previous series of...
Following the results of the Big Butterfly Count 2024, Butterfly Conservation have declared a butterfly emergency. By taking part in Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count 2025, a UK-wide survey, you can help assess the health of our environment. Download the butterfly ID chart or the...
There is more family-friendly fare on the big screen this weekend at The Arzner cinema, 10 Bermondsey Square. Saturday 2 August midday Wolfwalkers. In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter...
Some of you may be interested in a meeting to be hosted by APF (Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis) on 4 September. APF is a charity for people with lung scarring. They are keen to hear from a wide variety of contributors, both people with PF...
Team London Bridge has put together a schedule of family-friendly events this summer including outdoor play, Unicorn Theatre, Tower Bridge, HMS Belfast, The Shard, Summer by the River events ...
Bermondsey Street Festival will be on Saturday 20 September 2025. This will be its 19th year! The organisers seek to attract local businesses and community-minded sponsors to support this beloved event. Sponsors will have the opportunity to engage with the local community and the festival’s...
Ade Adesina's first exhibition at Eames, titled Contemplation, opens on Thursday 31 July. He has been exhibiting in London for the last ten years at the RA Summer Exhibition and the major print shows, and also internationally. He has attracted admiration for the technical brilliance...
The contractor at the Edge London Bridge site on St Thomas Street has informed us that their external twin hoists will be raised this weekend to level 22. For safety reasons this work needs lots of clearance and so Southwark Council has agreed it can...
Southwark Council has launched a new approach to guiding investment in local communities and that is to develop a community plan. The Bermondsey Street area is part of the Borough and London Bridge Neighbourhood for the purposes of this exercise and our Neighbourhood Champion is...
The Arzner has a pretty packed programme of films for the next few weeks, starting with a double bill on Friday 18 July and including lots of school-holiday-friendly films over the coming days such as Scooby-Doo, Happy Feet, The Last Unicorn, Strange World, Xanadu. Friday 18...
Most of us would understand the drug-taking in public or violence on the street are anti-social, but actually the Met Police take a much wider view, including for example: Vehicle abandoned or inappropriate use Rowdy or inconsiderate behaviour by neighbours or others Littering, including fly-posting...
Go East Vintage will present their latest vintage flea market at 49 Tanner Street on Sunday 20 July 10-5pm, focusing on unique, sustainable and high-quality vintage finds from over 40 curated stalls. Visitors can expect to browse and shop for furniture, lighting & homeware, art & vinyl,...
This week, we are pleased to publish Richard Miller's second Building Bygones, Bobbies, Beadles and Watchmen - a short history of what was a purpose-designed police station at 59 Bermondsey Street. The police service was first established in 1829. Due to the arrival of the...
Some years ago the owner of the buildings at 47-49 Tanner Street, where Ugly Duck used to operate, secured planning permission for redevelopment of the site. The site has since been sold, and the new owner, Bywater Properties, is seeking amendments to the approved plans...
There are over 18000 businesses in Southwark, a real testament to the entrepreneurial energy in the borough. But many of them struggling to grow beyond their local roots. Southwark Council is launching a Supplier Readiness Programme to help small businesses become contract-ready suppliers to bigger...
Often we see things wrong in our community but don't know who to tell or how to get in touch. The poster shown above has been sent round recently as a useful reminder of what to do in terms of reporting to the police and...
Our new Neighbourhood Champion at Southwark Council invites local people along to celebrate our Neighbourhood at a meeting on Thursday 17 July 6-8pm at Haddon Hall, 22 Tower Bridge Road SE1 4TR. This meeting will launch the Council's new Neighbourhoods Programme. The aim is, through...
July's arts programme at Morocco Bound is out, and it's going to be a busy month: Dog at a Disco on 8 July (comedy, in case the title didn't give it away!); two book launches and the customary double-bill book club reading All Fours by...
Two new exhibitions open at White Cube, Bermondsey Street on Wednesday 9 July. The first is Alien Shores, which explores landscape as a place of memory, imagination, yearning and belonging. Through painting, video, photography and sculpture, it offers depictions of emotional terrain and voyages of...
Hayter’s seminal New Ways in Gravure was first published in 1949 when abstraction was emerging as the major preoccupation of avant-garde artists in the US, Europe and the UK. Hayter founded the hugely influential printmaking studio Atelier 17 and argued that printmaking was the ideal medium...
Mace, the construction contractor at the Edge London Bridge site on St Thomas Street have written to say they will be working there over the coming weekend to begin the dismantle and removal of first tower crane (TC3) on St Thomas Street elevation. Due to...