St Mary Magdalen church will be ringing with wonderful music on Sunday 22 March at 6.30pm. Bermondsey Chamber Orchestra will be celebrating its first anniversary with yet another glorious concert. The programme includes a Schumann cello concerto, soloist Waynne Kwon, and Mozart's Jupiter symphony. The...
Some of you may remember that last November, about 15 volunteers from BermondseyStreet.London gathered in Tanner Street Park on a sunny morning to plant bulbs provided by Southwark Council. Thank you, volunteers, we did good work - the bulbs are now flowering. If you haven't...
Independent London beer and experience business Hiver Beers, were honoured to welcome Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales during their visit to the Bermondsey Beer Mile this week and host them for a beer tasting in one of their venues, the Fabal...
It is great news that Bermondsey Street Festival will be happening once again, the 20th festival (hurrah!) on Saturday 19 September. You may recall from previous festivals that sadly the fun has been all over by 7pm. This year the organisers have sought a licence...
Courage Yard in Shad Thames hosts a regular series of events through the year. They are looking for traders for their 2026 events. If you or someone you know locally is a crafter, maker, creator, or producer, please do get in touch as they are...
All local residents are invited by Southwark Council to the next Neighbourhood Meeting on Tuesday 10 March 6-7.30pm. From 6pm – 7pm, there will be a Neighbourhood Meeting on Regeneration, an opportunity for you to go and have your say and speak to your local...
The next exhibition in the Eames Fine Art Gallery will be 47 Klimt drawings, presented as collotype or lithographic prints. The colllotype prints were made in 1919, the year after Klimt died. The lithographic prints were published in 1964, a selection across his full range...
There is another great month's programme of arts events to enjoy at Morocco Bound in March. Jazz and folk to feed the brains of music lovers, life drawing for those with a more visual bent and books, comedy and stories for those who love words!...
The Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery has brought together in an exhibition A Theatre for Dreamers, the work of two painters, Rita Maikova and Tamsin Morse, whose practices draw on the power of storytelling to imagine new ways of being in the world. Ukrainian artist Rita Maikova's...
To coincide with Tracey Emin’s landmark solo exhibition at Tate Modern, White Cube will exhibit her monumental bronze sculpture The Mother in the courtyard of their Gallery in Bermondsey Street. White Cube also presents a curated selection of interviews by those who know her work...
Property maintenance company Aspect is offering Bermondsey residents £25 off any maintenance job when booking online using the code LOVEBERMONDSEY before 31 March. Aspect looks after homes across London, the South and East of England and has local tradespeople operating in and around Bermondsey. With experts...
Bermondsey Street's Met Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Paul Durrant is keen to raise awareness of the local London Bridge and West Bermondsey Safer Neighbourhood Team. This is our local police team, working with our community to make the area as safe as possible from...
Local charity Trees for Bermondsey invites you to join in a traditional Wassail on Saturday 28 February from 3pm. Meet at the Blue Market Place SE16 3UQ. There will be lantern and crown-making with @illuminatebermondsey Music and singing with @jijomaro and @liviwollaston.singer . The Green Man will be...
British Transport Police (BTP) has begun a six‑month trial of live facial recognition technology at London bridge and other stations. The technology is controversial with many objecting on the basis of civil and democratic rights, and others on the basis that it is prone to...
On Tuesday 10 March 6-8pm, Hubbub and Buglife charity will run a workshop to help people make a bug hotel. The workshop will be led by Beth Barber from Buglife charity. This event is part of Hubbub's Southwark Nature Neighbourhoods Campaign supported by funding from Southwark Councils...
Community Southwark is offering places on its second Building Board Brilliance training programme. This is for current and future trustees, unpaid directors, governors and board members in the community and voluntary sector (VCS) in Southwark. Community Southwark recognises how difficult it can be for someone...
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...