Bernie Spain Gardens

This riverside park was named Bernie Spain Gardens after Bernadette Spain, one of the original Coin Street Action Group campaigners.

The park stretches between the riverside and Stamford Street bordered by Oxo Tower Wharf and Gabriel's Wharf and straddles Upper Ground.

A regular venue for public events, notably the summer Coin Street Festival series of free cultural extravaganzas.

The park was built by - and is now owned and managed by - Coin Street Community Builders.

Upper Ground, London SE1 9PP

Nearest tube station: Blackfriars (468 yards)

The Mayor's Thames Festival 2010 (12 Sep 2010)
Big Lunch hit by unseasonal weather (20 Jul 2009)
South Bank sparrow watch ends with dire warning from RSPB (28 Nov 2008)
The Mayor's Thames Festival - pictures (15 Sep 2008)
National Theatre turns orange to promote Dutch Queen's Day (18 Apr 2008)
The Mayor's Thames Festival: pictures (16 Sep 2007)
Beetham Tower model at Royal Academy (21 Jun 2006)
From Borsetshire to Bernie Spain Gardens (27 Nov 2005)
Tales and reminiscences from Southwark's older residents (26 Aug 2005)
International Co-operative Day on the South Bank (4 Jul 2004)
Coin Street Festival kicks off with Refugee Week launch (13 Jun 2004)
Steve Hollingshead at Vinopolis (6 Apr 2004)
Firing on the foreshore at Thames Festival (12 Sep 2003)
Cleaner streets for South Bank and Waterloo (18 Aug 2003)
Anti-war march in SE1 (15 Feb 2003)
Fiesta Mexicana on the South Bank (2 Sep 2002)
Coin Street's Community Celebration (14 Jul 2002)
Thames Festival fireworks cancelled (13 Sep 2001)