Blackfriars Road
Formerly known as: Great Surrey Street
Blackfriars Road is in the London Borough of Southwark.
What's here
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In the news
- Southwark celebrates 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth
8 Feb 2012 - Blackfriars Road 'dog and pot' sign to be recreated for Dickens bicentenary
7 Feb 2012 - Lambeth Bridge, St George's Circus & Waterloo in cycle safety review
7 Feb 2012 - Public viewing gallery axed from One Blackfriars skyscraper
12 Jan 2012 - TfL plans £25 million London Underground control centre at Palestra
30 Dec 2011 - Interhealth and Metro Safety win Waterloo Quarter team challenge
18 Dec 2011 - Eileen Gamblin retires after four decades of service
8 Dec 2011 - London's Olympic year to start with fireworks at the London Eye
20 Nov 2011 - Waterloo risks becoming "orphan ward", Simon Hughes tells Boundary Commission
2 Nov 2011 - Cable fault causes Blackfriars Road power cut
14 Oct 2011 - Cyclist injured in Blackfriars Road scooter collision
7 Oct 2011 - Blackfriars Road pelican crossing to be removed due to 'lack of demand'
6 Oct 2011 - Borough High Street reopened to southbound traffic 4 months early
23 Sep 2011 - Climate Rush campaigners call on TfL to put people before cars
22 Sep 2011 - Woman injured by falling branch on Blackfriars Road
24 Aug 2011 - RIOTS: No major incidents
10 Aug 2011 - RIOTS: Precautions in Southwark
9 Aug 2011 - Cyclists block Blackfriars Bridge as roadworks start
29 Jul 2011 - Council approves conversion of King's Reach Tower to luxury flats
20 Jul 2011 - Bankside affordable housing cash could be spent on Aylesbury Estate
13 Jul 2011 - "Cynical and utterly dishonest" ticket fraudsters jailed
12 Jul 2011 - Three guilty of Blackfriars Road ticket fraud
7 Jul 2011 - Cyclists stage go-slow 'flashride' on Blackfriars Bridge
20 May 2011 - Royal Wedding celebrated on riverside
29 Apr 2011 - Three years on: Colombo House wind turbines could finally be fixed
13 Apr 2011 - Bankside and Bermondsey to pioneer neighbourhood planning with Government localism drive
2 Apr 2011 - Feeder marches from SE1 join TUC demonstration
26 Mar 2011 - 20-storey office block could be the key to Blackfriars Road skyscraper cluster
24 Mar 2011 - Alcohol-related violence on the up in Borough and Bankside
10 Mar 2011 - Councillors seek extra cash from Blackfriars Road tower developer
2 Mar 2011 - Waterloo Quarter BID wins second term
2 Mar 2011 - Blackfriars Road has too many pedestrian crossings, says TfL
12 Feb 2011 - Big Society can't replace professionals, Camila Batmanghelidjh tells South Bank audience
8 Feb 2011 - Shakespeare's London iPhone app
6 Jan 2011 - Work starts on Novotel and Ibis hotels in Blackfriars Road
11 Nov 2010 - London Development Agency boss sets out "tough messages" as staff face axe
9 Nov 2010 - Waterloo Quarter BID asks firms to back second five year term
9 Nov 2010 - Jail for man who shot at police outside Southwark restaurant
29 Oct 2010 - 10-room boutique hotel coming to Blackfriars Road
20 Oct 2010 - Stamford Street closed eastbound until April 2011
17 Oct 2010 - 7 new Barclays Cycle Hire docking stations planned for SE1
17 Oct 2010 - Jubilee Gardens revamp: concrete replaces granite as 2012 deadline looms
22 Sep 2010 - Polish art festival returns to the Borough
10 Sep 2010 - Moma: how a Waterloo East breakfast barrow conquered the world
23 Aug 2010 - Man who shot at police in Isabella Street convicted
18 Aug 2010 - Stamford Street to be closed eastbound for 6 months
15 Aug 2010 - Work starts on Bankside's 5-star Hilton hotel
10 Aug 2010 - Wine bar plan for Tower Bridge Road toilets
6 Aug 2010 - New art gallery opens in Blackfriars Road
4 Aug 2010 - Giant billboards for South Bank, Blackfriars Road and Elephant
24 Jul 2010 - Lunchtime fire drama at Ev restaurant in Southwark's Isabella Street
12 Jul 2010 - Parents protest against plans to cut Tooley Street pedestrian crossings
8 Jul 2010 - Mayor suggests blitz on Tooley Street traffic lights
1 Jul 2010 - Blackfriars Road pedestrian countdown timers switched on
21 Jun 2010 - Blackfriars Road gets first UK pedestrian crossing with countdown timer
7 Jun 2010 - Southwark Bridge Road could have 20 mph speed limit
27 May 2010 - Historic maps and SE1 panorama at Museum of London
28 May 2010 - New Nelson Square residents' hall opened
27 May 2010 - Henry VIII at Shakespeare's Globe
25 May 2010 - Interview: Nick Stanton, Southwark Liberal Democrat leader
3 May 2010 - Voters quiz Bishop's ward and Cathedrals ward candidates at Waterloo hustings
28 Apr 2010 - Georgian Bankside revealed by Paul Sandby at Royal Academy
11 Apr 2010 - T47 indoor sports venue opens at London Bridge Station
17 Mar 2010 - Artists' studios to open at St George's Circus
16 Mar 2010 - Plans to extend Bankside alcohol saturation zone west of Blackfriars Road
11 Mar 2010 - Have your say on the future of Bankside, Borough and London Bridge
4 Mar 2010 - Councillors send "ugly" Tesco Old Kent Road wind turbine back to drawing board
23 Feb 2010 - UK's biggest hydrogen fuel cell installed in Blackfriars Road
19 Feb 2010 - Borough High Street's Online Ticket Exchange is wound up in the High Court
11 Feb 2010 - Air ambulance lands in Blackfriars Road after motorcycle accident
9 Feb 2010 - Row over £1 charge for Waterloo East passengers at Southwark Station
22 Jan 2010 - Plan for 20 mph speed limit on residential streets in Borough & Bankside
17 Jan 2010 - Oyster pay as you go: what does it mean for Southwark and Waterloo East passengers?
2 Jan 2010 - Pictures: New Year fireworks at London Eye
1 Jan 2010 - Blackfriars Road drug and alcohol team to be reorganised
9 Dec 2009 - LSBU honours David Lan and Camila Batmanghelidjh
18 Nov 2009 - Duke of York opens TfL control centre at Palestra in Blackfriars Road
12 Nov 2009 - Calls for Bankside licensing saturation zone to be extended west of Blackfriars Road
11 Nov 2009 - Councillors back 'saturation zone' for bar and shop licences in Bankside
9 Oct 2009 - Boris's Hyde Park policy change could scupper SE1 skyscraper plans
8 Oct 2009 - Green light for two new hotels on Blackfriars Road
7 Oct 2009 - Met admits "unlawful arrest" of innocent man at Southwark tube station
25 Sep 2009 - Muck In4Life with Bankside Open Spaces Trust says Government
31 Aug 2009 - Thameslink: two-year Thames Path diversion at Blackfriars draws near
23 Aug 2009 - Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after Isabella Street shooting
18 Aug 2009 - Police seek youths on bicycles after Blackfriars Road stabbing
13 Aug 2009 - Teenager seriously injured in Blackfriars Road stabbing
13 Aug 2009 - Police renew appeals as hunt for Southwark gunman continues
6 Aug 2009 - Police seek armed man after shots fired near Southwark Station
5 Aug 2009 - Gun fired at police officers near Blackfriars Road
5 Aug 2009 - EV and neighbours win Southwark In Bloom awards
28 Jul 2009 - Waterloo East new entrance: residents force Network Rail to rethink
15 Jul 2009 - Blackfriars Bridge eastern pavement closed till late 2011
23 Jun 2009 - Deian Hopkin knighted in Queen's birthday honours
13 Jun 2009 - New wildlife garden unveiled at Christ Church Garden
31 May 2009 - Borough school's new garden and eco canopy
20 May 2009 - Andy Burnham and Hazel Blears on South Bank to launch 'World class places' policy
15 May 2009 - Waterloo skyscrapers: "exemplary and inclusive" or "unjustified harm to heritage"?
29 Apr 2009 - Hatfields ballet school plan faces public inquiry in height row
21 Apr 2009 - Borough High Street as seen by William Blake
21 Apr 2009
On the forum
- Blackfriars Road ‘dog and pot’ sign to be recreated for Dickens bicentenary
- Demolition of 21 Webber Street
- Pelican Crossing Loud Audible Signal
- Bell Pub - demolition
- Does anyone know why Waterloo bridge was shut last night?
- Where To Watch The Rugby In SE1
- Sainsbury's coming to The Cut
- Riots - updates and is everyone OK?
- best place for sunday lunch in SE1
- Doctors Surgeries Are you happy with yours?
- Fox behind The Young Vic
- Pub with outside space
- The Borough
- Royal wedding day ideas
- Cheap bite out
- Police, Blackfriars Road
- GP Surgery - Recommendation?
- Confidence trickster operating in Shad Thames
- Need an evening babysitter
- Hate to Post it-but THE POST
- SE1 run out of broadband slots ???
- New Superclub in Bankside
- Vaughan House,Nelson Square Blackfriars Road
- Book Sunday Lunch
- Places to eat near Travelodge Waterloo
- New Banksy - The Grange
- Freeview reception
- Imbibe bar
- 30th Birthday Party Venue ideas...
- Shirt cleaning that doesn't individually wrap each shirt in plastic?!
- Laughing Gravy
- The Crown Pub - Blackfriars - World Cup
- Car scratch repair
- Secret Gardens
- Helicopter activity by blackfriars rd (22nd June) anyone know why?
- Begging
- Southwark Street/Blackfriars Road - Incident?
- Dogs
- Well done Millwall
- SE1/Blackfriars rd Plumber recomendations
- Heineken cup rugby
- Hill House Blackfriars Road
- St Georges Day & World Cup 2010
- Destroying the character of Bermondsey Street
- What's happening to the building at 1 Valentine Place?
- Helium Balloon/Card Shop
- Supermarket
- Great Dover Street
- Never-ending 'streetworks'
- Parking enforcement
- Arrows, arrows, everywhere!
- Snow patrol
- C10 bus
- Blackfriars Rd, The Ring and the death of Al Bowlly
- Platform tickets Waterloo East/Southwark Station
- Large room needed for new W.I. meeting
- Halls for hire
- 35mm photo processing and printing - any recommendations please
- Royal Mail woes
- The Britannia
- 78 bus
- Pics of Tooley Street/TBR/Old Jamaica Road
- Police on Borough High Street Last Night
- Pub reviews
- What was going on this afternoon?
- Ideas for a restaurant with a private room
- General Plumber needed
- Christmas party planning in SE1!
- Cafe Pronto -Blackfriars- excellent place
- police with machine guns were just running up and down union st
- Good bars in SE1 open later than midnight
- Cafe/restaurant premises
- Lower Marsh
- Broken traffic lights
- Laundrettes in SE1
- Dogwalkers
- Who is demolishing the building on Webber Street?
- Cyclists on the Thames Path and Albert Embankment
- Waterloo East - new entrance
- Cycling - Tower Bridge Road
- Blackfriars Road skyscrapers
- Empty space corner of St George's Circus
- Noise problem from mental neighbour?
- Birthday lunch
- Amateur Orchestra
- Cheap alterations, trouser hemming
- Southwark Council to refuse licenses
- Blackfriars Road local social history in the Daily Mail
- Pub for New Years Eve
- Free or cheap parking in SE1 - needed for one day 30 Dec
- At home masseur(se)
- Planning applications for new housing around Elephant
- Peabody Buildings Roupell/Duchy Street
- Looking for Christmas party venue for 100-150
- 43-46 Blackfriars Road - 75-metre hotel and office building
- Best Place for a guinness?
- The best restaurant in SE1
- Please tell me SE1 is a good place to live!
- Birthday Venue
- Best pubs in SE1
- Looking for an outdoor "function room"...
- Yummy Yummy
- Wind turbines on Colombo House - Blackfriars Road telephone exchange
- School Buddies
- Iyengar yoga
- Music classes for babies and toddlers in SE1
- Good and bad customer service in SE1
- Shad Thames - Is it really that nice?
- Info on The Cut needed
- Mayoral Election.
- Christmas Meal
- Does anyone else live near Hill House, Blackfriars Rd.?
- Guerilla Gardening in SE1
- Where to buy kitchen appliances around SE1?
- Oakmayne Plaza
- Local venue to hire for a party
- Fitness Classes
- Air Ambulance on Webber St.
- Bermondsey Street Thames Water works
- Suggestions For Places To Take 70 People on a Saturday
- Sirens
- Beer gardens
- SE1 Celebs
- SE1's nicest squares
- Free WiFi access?
- London Skyline - Evening Standard
- Palestra, Blackfriars Road
- Civil partnership party venues
- Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower
- Tall buildings
- Southwark / Elephant & Castle supermarkets?
- Alcohol Help SE1
- Hairline By Charlie
- Salsa lessons
- Poor TV reception
- I can't find Spiderman
- The most-read local news stories of 2006
- Living near Blackfriars Road
- Cycling - South Bank
- New Urban Park for Bankside/E&C
- Watering Holes
- Blackfriars road incident
- Good venue to hire?
- Hit and run at St. George's Circus
- Gambia St query
- 240 Blackfriars Road (opposite Christ Church)
- Shard of Glass Breaking Ground Soon
- Street Drinkers
- Best restaurants in SE1
- Stopping the cyclists at More London
- 37 degrees gym
- Allotments
- 20 Blackfriars Road
- Crossbones Graveyard
- Celeb sightings in SE1
- Improving Borough High Street
- How pompous are you?
- St George's Circus - did you notice this?
- Cycle lane removed on Blackfriars Road
- SE 1........Used To Be Brilliant....
- Good Coffee in SE1
- Nelson Square photos
- Potters Fields
- New Thames Vista
- Hairdresser?
- Pub Quizzes - reviews/details
- London Bridge Tower
- Changing Pub Names
- WiFi
- Old Blackfriars Station in SE1
- Chris Martin
- Congestion Charge increase
- Does anyone know of a tennis coach?
- Bars and Restaurants in SE1
- Laughing Gravy
- The Priory in SE1?
- Good Thai Food
- Palestra: opposite Southwark station
- London Road/Borough Road terraces & LSBU development
- Big crane!
- Photographic Printer
- Quiet venue for food and cards Sun evening
- Bar location for a short film?
- Looking for a Pub Quiz
- London Road derelict buildings
- Congratulations to TfL
- Darkrooms
- Birds
- Waterloo Community Regeneration Trust
- Speed and Blackfriars Rd
- Decent place in SE1 for work Christmas lunch
- Skyscraper next to Christ Church
- Inside information nedeed
- Good pubs?
- The "Boomerang" Tower
- The New Kent Road has moved...
- St Mary Magdalene Park Police Line
- How useless are Southwark?
- where are the loudest foxes in se1 ?
- Sampson House
- Wanted: long memories and local historians
- SE1 postal service campaign
- Borough Road tower block
- Virtual Communities - Real Photographs
- Blackfriars Community Action Group
- Derek Jarman & leylandii
- Recycling
- Waterloo house featured on Channel 4 'Grand Designs'
- Any good cafés?
- Parking Nazis
- New to SE1
- Southwark station art
- New Development: Wootton Street SE1
- useless postal service
- Can anyone recommend...
- The psychological importance of curb-stones
- peabody square
- Anyone for tennis?
- NEW ACTION GROUP
- Pavement Parking
- Bar recommendation
- 5-a-side footie
- Barclays Bank
- Urban foxes
- refuse collection
- AVOID THE ANCHOR !!!
- Southpoint now called Palestra (aka Orbit House)
- Topnotch health club
- Property around Waterloo
- Learn to live without a car
- County Hall Owners...
- What bugs you in Bankside?
- Where to hold a party?
- GP wanted alive and sympathetic
- Regulars - and lurkers - what do you think?
- Tabard Street Development
- Queen's Buildings, Scovell Road
- History of Peabody Buildings in SE1, especially my estate in Southwark Street.
- Where is the best place to eat?
- Xmas Day Lunch
- Dentists
- Pubs in Gabriels Wharf
- Laughing Gravy
- New Blackfriars Rd restaurant
- Where do I live?