Attractions & Museums

Explore the many exciting places to visit south of the river in central London ...

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• BFI IMAX
  Britain's biggest cinema screen
• Clink Prison Museum
  Explore the history of the infamous prison
• County Hall
  Leisure complex in the former home of London's government
• Cuming Museum
  Southwark's official museum
• Design Museum
  National museum of design
• The Fashion & Textile Museum
  In the heart of Bermondsey
Hidden attraction on South Bank
• Florence Nightingale Museum
  St Thomas' Hospital
• Gabriel's Wharf
  Shopping and dining on the South Bank
• Garden Museum
  In the former church of St Mary-at-Lambeth
• The Golden Hinde
  Full size replica of Sir Francis Drake's ship
• Hay's Galleria
• HMS Belfast
  Historic warship in the Pool of London
• Imperial War Museum
  Museum of conflict since 1900
• Jerwood Space
  Art gallery, rehearsal space and cafe
• London Eye
  World-famous Millennium Wheel
• London's Death Trap
  South Bank horror attraction
• Kirkaldy Testing Museum
  One of SE1's most unusual attractions
• The London Bridge Experience
  London Bridge
• London Dungeon
  Not for the faint hearted
• London Fire Brigade Museum
  History of firefighting
• London Glassblowing
  at the Leathermarket in Bermondsey
• London Film Museum
  South Bank movie museum
• Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  Hosts regular events
• Namco Station
  Computer games arena
• National Theatre
• Old Operating Theatre
  Guy's Hospital
• Oxo Tower Wharf
  Art, shopping and dining at this riverside landmark
• Rose Theatre Exhibition
  Audio-visual introduction to Bankside's first theatre See behind the scenes
• Sea Life London Aquarium
  County Hall
• Shakespeare's Globe
  Reconstruction of Shakespeare's theatre
• South Bank Centre
  Royal Festival Hall, Hayward Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall
• Southwark Cathedral
  SE1's spiritual centre
• Tate Modern
  Gallery of modern art in the former power station
• Tower Bridge Exhibition
  One of London's top landmarks
• Vinopolis
  Attraction in the Borough
• Winston Churchill's Britain at War
  Tooley Street