Morocco Bound's January 2025 Programme includes music, poetry, life drawing, zine-making, storytelling, and more! Their Thursday jazz and folk nights have a new look… smooth jazz or fiddlesome folk music in the comfort of our candlelit bookshop. Storytime Collective are resident in January, bringing a bustling...
The Magicians Table presents performances by some of the UK’s most skilled magicians in an atmospheric warehouse space on Tanner Street. Throughout the two hour show, magicians will visit your table to perform mind boggling feats of close-up magic. Even better, BermondseyStreet.London members have been...
Susan Isaacs of Languages2000 starts her next programme of online language classes later in January, week beginning Monday 27th. The classes are delivered using zoom. There are five different levels of class from beginner to advanced, all in friendly groups with lots of individual attention.taught...
Team London Bridge has scheduled another night of stand up comedy, stories and silliness, this time on a green/sustainability-theme. MC Dr Steve Cross has pulled together a lineup of comedians, academics, green champions and more. Steve is the founder of nerdy comedy nights Bright Club and...
There will be a meeting at the Council Offices on Tuesday 14 January 2025 at 6pm for residents of wards in the north west of the borough, including our ward London Bridge & West Bermondsey. The agenda for the meeting includes presentations on the Councils'...
The latest update from our community policing team tells us that shoplifting and burglaries in the Bermondsey Street area were down in the month leading up to the christmas holiday, as compared with the previous month. But bag theft from customers in our hospitality venues...
St Thomas Street will be closed Friday 13 - Sunday 15 December. These closures were originally planned for last weekend but had to be delayed due to Storm Darragh. To comply with TFL, Network Rail and Local Authority requirements, work with the mobile crane must...
The latest newsletter from We❤️Snowsfields provides an update on the changes being considered to the proposed development on the south side of Snowsfields from Weston Street to Crosby Row. We❤️Snowsfields is a group of concerned local residents and businesses seeking the best development for the...
Live music, music, poetry films, book club, life drawing...
Bermondsey Garden Cafe is now open in the evenings, with a festive wine bar setup for the holiday season! There is a special offer of 25% off your bill during December, whether it’s for a casual evening out or a festive gathering. Enjoy great wines,...
Southwark Council wants to improve The Bricklayers Arms and surrounding area. The Bricklayers Arms is the large roundabout at the junction of Old Kent Road and Tower Bridge Road. The aim is to build on the Old Kent Road Area Action Plan and develop an ambition...
It's the Malted Shake Christmas Special 2024 at the weekend, expected to be another sell-out! This year's Christmas Special is a foxy, feline, female fronted, festive funstravaganza! It features Malted Shake's own hostess Aisha Khan with her superlative band the Rajahs who are joined on...
Flea London will be putting on its Christmas market for the next three weekends running up to the Christmas holiday. Stalls and shipping containers will be stocked with vintage party clothes and Christmas gifts, from artisan and vintage traders: jewelry, candles, ceramics, toys, homewares and...
From Team London Bridge's programme of Christmas events...
Highlights from Southwark's latest business support newsletter...
This week we have published our updated version of the BermondseyStreet.London Heritage Trail Guide on the website. It joins the updated Contemporary Architecture Trail Guide which we published earlier in the autumn. Each Trail Guide provides a map and commentary for a self-guided walk in...
Councillors recently held a Ward meeting at which they explained the purpose of CIL funding and invited local groups and residents to suggest improvement projects. The deadline for suggestion is 10 January 2025. The pot of funding available is well over £2m and projects requiring funding...
Trees for Bermondsey, a local charity, will be planting a hedge for wildlife in Southwark Park to mark National Tree Week and they need your help! The project will take place on Saturday 30 November 11am-2pm. Everyone is welcome, but children must be accompanied. Please...
Kip Gresham, master printmaker, sadly died earlier this year, but now Eames brings us a selection of the prints he produced, working with artists, over 40 years. They include works by Paula Rego, Stephen Chambers, Peter Blake, Elisabeth Frink, Gillian Ayres, Michael Rothenstein, Bryan Pearce,...
The Tower Cranes on the Edge London Bridge construction site on St Thomas Street are to be extended upwards and a third tower erected. Due to the high-risk element of these works and extensive exclusion zones required on the ground below during these crane activities,...
This major survey opens on Friday 22 November and celebrates the cultural significance of Wall’s work across the disciplines of film, photography and contemporary art. The exhibition includes pictures from his pioneering career, from the earlier lightbox transparencies to his more recent black-and-white photographs and...
The Manna Centre, based in Melior Street, provides a range of services for the homeless, including, hot meals, toilets & showers, internet access, phone recharging, and medical, clothing & welfare help. The Aviva Community Fund has agreed to match all donations made to the Manna...
The London Glassblowing Centre hosts two exceptional lampworking demonstrations with two of their well-respected artists, Olga Alianova and Philip Vallentin, who creates animated tree decorations. These are drop-in demonstrations 11- 5pm on Sunday, 24 November (Olga) and Sunday, 8 December (Philip). There will also be the customary...
How do you feel about the pyracantha hedge in St Mary Magdalen Churchyard? The pyracanthas are the prickly evergreen shrub with orange, yellow or red berries in the corner of the churchyard by the white door. We hear from the Parks team that they continue...
Potters Fields Park's redesign in 2008 by GROSS MAX was influenced by renowned Dutch plantsman Piet Oudolf. Oudolf’s designs are celebrated for their use of herbaceous perennials, grasses and other plants chosen for shape. Potters Fields Park was the first London park to introduce ‘prairie...
Courtesy of the recent Annual Meeting of STRA (Shad Thames Residents Association) we can share news from Shad Thames, our neighbours: What's happening at the old Design Museum building? You may remember it was taken by the charitable foundation set up by radical Iraqi-born architect Zaha...
The long-expected work on Bermondsey Street to widen the pavements permanently has at last begun. Temporary widening was put in place during the COVID pandemic in 2019. Early in 2023, the Council consulted about its plans for making some pavements on the street wider permanently...
Councillors Emily, Sam and Sunil have emailed to say they will be holding a London Bridge and West Bermondsey ward forum at the South London Mission "to get community input on how we spend the current round of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) money. This is...
The much-anticipated EFG London Jazz Festival begins next week and Morocco Bound has quite a line-up of jazz musicians for you including The Chris Hyde-Harrison Trio, Olivia Cuthill, Howl Quartet and Ruta Di. Tickets are still available, including an all-you-can-watch festival pass. More here http://www.efglondonjazzfestival.org November is...
A new exhibition Vital Signs: Another world is possible opens at the Science Gallery on Wednesday 13 November. The theme is the need to build stronger alliances with other people and species in order to preserve the health of the planet. Science Gallery London’s new...