London Video Tour: Lambeth

Waterloo Station

The busiest travel terminal in London, Waterloo Station hosts over 90 million people every year. The building was inaugurated in 1922 but the site has been a rail station since 1848. It’s also connected to the London Underground by three separate lines running beneath it.

Southbank Center

Known worldwide as world-class center of the arts, at 21 acres Southbank Center is Europe’s largest center for the arts. Some of the more notable concert halls include the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and the Haywood Gallery. It’s a great place to take the kids.

London Aquarium

Have you ever wanted to swim with sharks? How about feed them? At the London Aquarium you can! It’s the kind of activity kids can get excited about, and despite the way it sounds it’s perfectly safe – the sharks are small varieties. However, for those who don’t want to risk it there’s also turtle feeding.

London Eye

Lambeth Palace

Who has the oldest house in town? The Archbishop of Canterbury would give you a run for your money, as Lambeth Palace has been the traditional Archbishop’s seat since the last crusades of the 13th century. Take the kids to the nearby Archbishop’s park for a round of cricket or tennis, then hope on over to Westminster just across the river.

Clapham Common

For a quiet retreat from the hustle and bustle of Londontown, consider visiting Clapham Common. This 220 acre park is known for its lovely scenery and soothing atmosphere. It’s a great place to go for a midafternoon stroll or just to admire the quieter side of London.

[JediMasterMason]

I've been doing some Genealogy research and I think my 2nd GG George Lowe was from Lambeth, born in 1834 and left England in 1854 for the U.S. and now I believe why he left, there was a Cholera outbreak there in 1854!

[stevencassidy]

The GLC building always reminds me of the Ken Livingstone days

[tubelover]

William Chester Minor once lived at 41, Temison Str., York Road, LAMBETH.
("The Surgeon of Crowthorne" --- "The Professor and the Madman", in U.S.A.)

[zzz]

Why don't you visit the horrible badly rmaneged areas.. Where dumpling and rubbish everywhere.. Where you don't see street cleaning for weeks... Yet you see the big brother every where trying to catch motorists for the slightest driving mistakes.. Making millions of £...the money no one knows where it all gos.

[eovuziotica]

from Standard article: "And, Ch Insp Smith says, Lambeth is one of the most violent boroughs in London – along with Tower Hamlets, Newham and Hackney - in terms of recorded crimes."