Albert Embankment
Albert Embankment is in the London Borough of Lambeth.
On the western edge of SE1, Albert Embankment is an austere riverside street.
Notable features include the headquarters of MI6 and the former London Fire Brigade HQ.
What's here
Food & Drink
In the news
- Planning inspector vetoes redevelopment of fire brigade HQ on Albert Embankment
14 May 2013 - Bermondsey offices could be converted to homes without planning permission
10 May 2013 - Foster & Partners Albert Embankment towers get green light
19 Mar 2013 - Albert Embankment fire HQ development: public inquiry begins
28 Feb 2013 - Two dead in Vauxhall helicopter crash
16 Jan 2013 - Nokia takes over Flat Iron Square for deadmau5 gig to launch Lumia phones
29 Nov 2012 - Remembrance Sunday 2012 in SE1
12 Nov 2012 - Southwark Fire Station closure threat: petition launched
6 Nov 2012 - Southwark Fire Station 'under threat of closure'
17 Oct 2012 - Fireboat rescues man from burning boat outside Parliament
3 Sep 2012 - 28-storey Albert Embankment development approved
15 Aug 2012 - Man dies in 'contaminated drugs' scare at Albert Embankment clubs
6 Aug 2012 - Parliamentary projections provide new South Bank spectacle
31 Jul 2012 - Former fire HQ on Albert Embankment: appeal lodged against planning refusal
31 Jul 2012 - Call for Olympic troops to be housed in temporary barracks on Albert Embankment
19 Jul 2012 - 14 remarkable local women depicted in mosaic at Morley College
3 Jul 2012 - Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
6 Jun 2012 - BFI, MI6 & IWM: William and Kate visit SE1 three times in a week
27 Apr 2012 - Bust of Hindu saint Basaveshwara to be installed on Albert Embankment
14 Mar 2012 - Let's abolish the Vauxhall Cross gyratory, says Lambeth Council
9 Mar 2012 - 28-storey tower planned for Albert Embankment
1 Mar 2012 - Vauxhall firms vote in favour of business improvement district
24 Feb 2012 - Lambeth Bridge, St George's Circus & Waterloo in cycle safety review
7 Feb 2012 - Brian Coleman: Lambeth "irresponsible" to block Albert Embankment development
27 Jan 2012 - Redevelopment of old fire brigade HQ vetoed by Lambeth councillors
15 Dec 2011 - Thames Water to exhibit latest 'super sewer' proposals this week
20 Nov 2011 - Fenix 2 capsule used to rescue Chilean miners now on display in SE1
20 Nov 2011 - Proposed Bermondsey & Waterloo constituency will span Southwark-Lambeth border
13 Sep 2011 - David Walliams ends £1 million Thames swim at County Hall on South Bank
12 Sep 2011 - Fire at Salamanca Tower near Albert Embankment
15 Jul 2011 - SE1 estate agents named South London Business of the Year
28 Jun 2011 - Indian state gives £400k for Basaveshwara statue on Albert Embankment
7 May 2011 - Alfred Salter Playground could be spared from 'super sewer' work
3 Apr 2011 - Eddie Izzard at Yes to AV campaign launch
2 Apr 2011 - Vauxhall Cross: developer proposes SW8 to SE1 high-level walkway
12 Feb 2011 - Florian Place: revised plans for Albert Embankment development
12 Feb 2011 - Police appeal for return of Taser lost in Albert Embankment area
7 Dec 2010 - Bermondsey Square, White Hart Dock and Sackler Studios shortlisted for London Planning Awards
3 Nov 2010 - 7 new Barclays Cycle Hire docking stations planned for SE1
17 Oct 2010 - Historic RT buses carry passengers through North Lambeth streets
19 Sep 2010 - Pope Benedict XVI visits Lambeth Palace
17 Sep 2010 - Thames Water wants to take over Alfred Salter Playground for 'super sewer' works
14 Sep 2010 - Draft Lambeth cycling strategy calls for enforcement of South Bank bike ban
3 Aug 2010 - Fire station upgrades may be delayed by Albert Embankment sale hold-up
20 Jan 2010 - Lambeth Fire Station burglar jailed
9 Jan 2010 - Poppy wreath laid on the Thames during Armistice Day service
11 Nov 2009 - Bermondsey's David Haye: Simon Hughes tables Commons motion
10 Nov 2009 - New sculptures highlight Lambeth's hidden White Hart Dock
18 Oct 2009 - Duke of Wellington unveils Violette Szabo bust at South Bank pageant
4 Oct 2009 - Florian Place: 363 homes planned for old Fire Brigade HQ on Albert Embankment
4 Oct 2009 - 800 new jobs at South Bank hotel
1 Oct 2009 - "Unviable" HSBC bank on Albert Embankment to close
8 Jul 2009 - Florian Place development planned for old London Fire Brigade HQ
3 Jul 2009 - Volunteers strip off for airline's South Bank publicity stunt
15 Mar 2009 - 23-storey Black Prince Road tower rejected by Lambeth
13 Feb 2009 - London New Year fireworks could be ticket-only in future
30 Dec 2008 - Christopher Biggins at Park Plaza Riverbank for Evelina auction
24 Nov 2008 - Tommy Penton's Tate to Tate at Menier Gallery
10 Sep 2008 - Truckers' fuel price protest comes to Lambeth
2 Jul 2008 - Fire at Baylis Road block of flats
1 Jul 2008 - Royal visit to Albert Embankment for reopening of maritime HQ
18 Jun 2008 - Interview: Val Shawcross, Labour London Assembly candidate
28 Apr 2008 - Lambeth Road sealed off due to leaking gas cylinder
26 Feb 2008 - Queen and Duke visit Union Street
21 Feb 2008 - Lambeth endorses Foster towers for Albert Embankment
20 Feb 2008 - Sinking Thames pleasure boat rescued near Westminster Bridge
26 Jan 2008 - Local hotels showcased in architecture exhibition
16 Oct 2007 - Tory mayoral hopefuls at Albert Embankment hustings
11 Sep 2007 - Fire Brigade HQ on Albert Embankment sold to developers
8 Aug 2007 - New towers planned for Albert Embankment
15 Jul 2007 - Work begins on new hotel at Westminster Bridge roundabout
20 Jun 2007 - Murder inquiry as Parliament View girl dies in hospital
6 Jun 2007 - Man sectioned after girl injured at Albert Embankment flat
4 Jun 2007 - Tories: London skyscrapers "should be stopped"
23 May 2007 - Missing man's belongings found on Albert Embankment
24 Apr 2007 - Locals recognised in New Year Honours
30 Dec 2006 - Honour for Neal's Yard Dairy founder
17 Jun 2006 - Solar panels and wind turbines for Palestra
24 May 2006 - Mayor to take space at Shard of Glass
9 May 2006 - "Cleaner, greener" buses for route 360
7 Feb 2006 - Whale spotted in the Thames
20 Jan 2006 - Recognising the heroes of 7 July 2005
23 Dec 2005 - Fire Brigade relocation confirmed
29 Nov 2005 - Man injured at Vauxhall Cross
1 Nov 2005 - Park Plaza reveals plans for County Hall annexe site
5 Oct 2005 - Fire Brigade to relocate to Union Street
20 Sep 2005 - Missing girl's body found in Thames near HMS Belfast
6 Sep 2005 - Girl who fell in the Thames now missing
5 Sep 2005 - Sampling The English Maid's new coffee shop
22 Apr 2005 - Riverbank Park Plaza opens its doors
18 Apr 2005 - Pubs and Southwark hop trade exhibition at Royal Oak
16 Feb 2005 - Man shot near Albert Embankment
27 Dec 2004 - Porpoises spotted from Albert Embankment
17 Dec 2004 - London goes to the polls
10 Jun 2004 - Company fined over Albert Embankment deaths
23 Apr 2004 - Park Plaza unveils plans for 4 star Albert Embankment hotel
13 Dec 2003 - Lambeth Bridge duck tour rescue drama
26 Nov 2003 - Lord Archer returns to Albert Embankment home
21 Jul 2003 - Albert Embankment to be conservation area
3 Dec 2001 - Lambeth Bridge improvements finished
29 Sep 2001
On the forum
- Does anyone on SE1 own a boat?
- Olympic Lanes
- Road closures for Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
- Failure of the Thames Path cycling experiment
- Southwark Tube Cycle Dock
- Hate to Post it-but THE POST
- Katzenjammers
- Cyclists on the Thames Path and Albert Embankment
- "Dreadful" bus service on routes 1 and 78: Val Shawcross investigates
- London Fire Brigade Museum under threat
- If Charles Dickens stood in Potters Fields today....
- Mayoral Election.
- Enis's Cafe, Waterloo Road
- Fire Brigade HQ Albert Embankment - worth listing?
- Suggestions For Places To Take 70 People on a Saturday
- Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower
- Madeira Cafe coming to Waterloo
- Lunch time grub
- Founder's Place consultation
- Lambeth Council moving to Vauxhall?
- Jubilee Gardens Consultation
- Everything you ever wanted to know about Waterloo but were afraid to ask...
- A few things I don't understand
- Waterloo Development Framework
- Planning Help?
- The H.E.A.T is OFF!
- Defining 'Critical Care'
- Property around Waterloo
- Evans Bicycle shop - does anyone like them?
- Car space for rent
- Help save green space
- Building over anything green at the Bricklayers