Visit Bankside Places

Welcome to Visit Bankside Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Bankside

  

Bankside Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bankside

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Bankside history

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Toponymy

The name is recorded in 1554 as the Banke syde and means ‘street along the bank of the Thames’ It is formed from Middle English ‘banke’ and ‘side’ In 1860 Southwark Street was created to connect the Blackfriars and London bridge crossings .

Urban development

Bankside is the riverside of the former liberties of the Clink and Paris Garden . The area became occupied by bear baiting pits and playhouses in Elizabethan period . It has experienced regeneration in recent decades, becoming a significant tourist destination .

You can visit Bankside places with Walkfo Bankside to hear history at Bankside’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bankside has 3214 places to visit in our interactive Bankside map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Bankside, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Bankside places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bankside & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Bankside Places Map
3214 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Bankside historic spots	Bankside tourist destinations	Bankside plaques	Bankside geographic features
Walkfo Bankside tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Bankside

  

Best Bankside places to visit

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Bankside has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Bankside’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Bankside’s information audio spots:

Dudley House, London Dudley House is a Grade II* listed house with 44,000 square feet (4,100 m) located at 100 Park Lane in Mayfair, London . It is one of the few surviving aristocratic townhouses in London .

Esmeralda’s Barn Esmeralda’s Barn was a nightclub owned by the Kray twins from 1960 to 1963 . The Krays used the club as a way of expanding their criminal activities into London’s West End .

Dunraven Street Dunraven Street is a street in London’s Mayfair district . It was laid out in the 1750s as Norfolk Street and was sometimes known as New Norfolk Street . In 1939, it was renamed after being laid out by London County Council .

Park Street, Mayfair Park Street is a street in Mayfair, London, England . It is the longest street on the Grosvenor Estate . The longest street is Park Street, the longest on the estate .

South Audley Street South Audley Street is a major shopping street in Mayfair, London . It runs north to south from the southwest corner of Grosvenor Square to Curzon Street .

Motcomb Street Motcomb Street is a street in the City of Westminster’s Belgravia district in London . It is known for its luxury fashion shops such as Christian Louboutin shoes and Stewart Parvin gowns .

Chesterfield House, Westminster Chesterfield House was built between 1747 and 1752 by Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield . The exterior was in the Palladian style, the interior Baroque . It stood in Mayfair on the north side of Curzon Street, between South Audley Street and what is now Chesterfield Street .

Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko Alexander Litvinenko was a former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and the KGB . After speaking critically about corruption within the Russian government, he fled retribution to the UK . Six years later he was assassinated by two Russians by poisoning .

Eagle Squadrons Memorial The Eagle Squadrons Memorial is a Second World War memorial in Grosvenor Square, London . It commemorates the service of the three Royal Air Force . The bronze sculpture of an eagle which tops the memorial is by Elisabeth Frink .

St Mark’s, Mayfair St Mark’s Church, Mayfair, is a Grade I listed building in the heart of London’s Mayfair district . The church is located on North Audley Street, on the north side of the road .

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