Union Street
Formerly known as: Charlotte Street
Union Street is in the London Borough of Southwark.
Union Street, running west-east between Blackfriars Road and Borough High Street, is fast becoming an artistic corridor between Waterloo and the Borough.
The highlight is the Jerwood Space, a rehearsal centre located in the former Orange Street School housing the art gallery and Cafe One Seven One. The building - created by the Jerwood Foundation - opened in 1998.
Other art spaces in the area include RKB Gallery, a space provided by a local firm of paper merchants dedicated to showing works on paper. The Union Gallery is under the railway arches to the north of Union Street.
The Union Theatre is one of London's liveliest fringe theatres. Launched by Sasha Regan with the help of the Prince's Trust, this theatre under the railway arches offers a varied programme of productions, and its own cafe open during the day.
Specialist shops include the renowned Paxman horns.
At the west end of Union Street a new landmark building - Palestra - has been built on the site of Orbit House, the former home of the India Office Library.
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In the news
- Simon Hughes: we must stop foreign investors buying London homes
11 Jun 2013 - Simon Hughes says "support our local pubs"
10 Jun 2013 - Three escape fire above shop at Flat Iron Square, Union Street
5 Jun 2013 - Campaign launched to save Union Theatre and rail arch businesses
13 Apr 2013 - Councillors clash over empty SE1 homes owned by foreign investors
30 Mar 2013 - Broken windows in Borough and Bankside: police release CCTV image
1 Mar 2013 - Broken windows: five-week night-time crime spree continues
28 Feb 2013 - Map: neighbourhood plans in Bankside and Bermondsey
24 Feb 2013 - Southwark Fire Station closure plan: LFEPA defies Boris's order
11 Feb 2013 - Charles Dickens' great-great-grandson unveils Dog and Pot sculpture
6 Feb 2013 - Dog and Pot sculpture installed in Blackfriars Road
4 Feb 2013 - David Beckham backs Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Cafe
3 Feb 2013 - Boris orders fire authority to press on with Southwark Fire Station closure consultation
30 Jan 2013 - Firefighters hold anti-cuts demo in Union Street
21 Jan 2013 - Better Bankside invites local groups to apply to be community partners
8 Jan 2013 - Dog and pot sculpture to be installed as Dickens bicentenary year ends
6 Dec 2012 - Demolition of Colorama buildings approved by Southwark councillors
18 Nov 2012 - First nine sites for new council homes in Southwark revealed
24 Oct 2012 - Plan to spend £44.5 million from luxury SE1 developments on new council homes
20 Aug 2012 - Pop-up Mini Olympics extended till late October
7 Aug 2012 - Pop-up Mini Olympics opens at Marlborough Playground
8 Jul 2012 - The Fix at Union Theatre
30 Jun 2012 - Banners unfurled at Jerwood Space
26 Jun 2012 - Southwark Street book exchange launched by communications firm
21 May 2012 - Deptford Jack in the Green returns to SE1 for May Day revels
1 May 2012 - Lancaster Street's Colorama warehouses: 39 new homes proposed
21 Apr 2012 - Woodcarver measures Dickensian wooden dog for replica
25 Mar 2012 - Cardboard box model of the Shard created by local shop
23 Mar 2012 - Artists shortlisted for Union Street public art commission
19 Feb 2012 - Blackfriars Road 'dog and pot' sign to be recreated for Dickens bicentenary
7 Feb 2012 - 'Book bin' installed at Waterloo recycling point
28 Jan 2012 - Hopton's Almshouses: residents win fight for transfer to Southwark charity
19 Oct 2011 - Council approves conversion of King's Reach Tower to luxury flats
20 Jul 2011 - Swap your unwanted books in Union Street
27 Jun 2011 - New-look Flat Iron Square officially opened
24 Jun 2011 - Fagin's Den: proposal to dam St Saviour's Dock shortlisted in design competition
16 Jun 2011 - Union Street's Urban Physic Garden nears completion
5 Jun 2011 - Southwark charity honours donor 423 years after his death
25 May 2011 - Royal Box up for auction
11 May 2011 - Virgin London Marathon - meet some of the SE1 people taking part
10 Apr 2011 - Octavia Hill Estates sale is "end of affordable housing in Waterloo" says MP
24 Mar 2011 - Florian Place: revised plans for Albert Embankment development
12 Feb 2011 - Flat Iron Square gets the Bankside Urban Forest treatment
24 Jan 2011 - Remembrance Sunday at Borough High Street and Soviet War Memorial
14 Nov 2010 - Peter Randall-Page: Southwark's September of Sculpture
19 Sep 2010 - Hundreds of firefighters march through Waterloo streets
16 Sep 2010 - Union Street Urban Orchard wins Green Corners award
30 Aug 2010 - Jellyfish Theatre prepares to open at Union Street's Marlborough Playground
20 Aug 2010 - Work starts on Bankside's 5-star Hilton hotel
10 Aug 2010 - Mayor suggests blitz on Tooley Street traffic lights
1 Jul 2010 - Firefighters in Union Street vuvuzela protest outside brigade HQ
24 Jun 2010 - Blackfriars Road pedestrian countdown timers switched on
21 Jun 2010 - Urban orchard takes root on Union Street
17 Jun 2010 - London's first cycle hire docking station installed in Southwark Street
16 Jun 2010 - Blackfriars Road gets first UK pedestrian crossing with countdown timer
7 Jun 2010 - New Nelson Square residents' hall opened
27 May 2010 - Redcross Way improvements unveiled
24 May 2010 - Work starts on Southwark's Cycle Superhighway
27 Apr 2010 - Cyclist injured in Southwark Bridge Road
15 Apr 2010 - New look for Redcross Way
30 Mar 2010 - 31 new Streetcar car club spaces coming to SE1
23 Mar 2010 - Artists' studios to open at St George's Circus
16 Mar 2010 - Better Bankside wins second five-year term in business ballot
26 Feb 2010 - All-day 'fireworks' display coming to Clink Street railway arch
11 Feb 2010 - Fire station upgrades may be delayed by Albert Embankment sale hold-up
20 Jan 2010 - Pop-up Christmas gift shop in Union Street
17 Dec 2009 - Minister visits Remploy's new Union Street branch
5 Dec 2009 - Community wardens make 27 alcohol seizures in Flat Iron Square
22 Nov 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 - Open-air South Bank swimming pool unveiled by Boris Johnson and Rebecca Adlington
4 Aug 2009 - Florian Place development planned for old London Fire Brigade HQ
3 Jul 2009 - Borough High Street gambling centre forced to scale down ambitions
24 Jun 2009 - Stormy reception for latest All Hallows development plans
18 Jun 2009 - Jerwood Contemporary Makers inspired by Union Street area
10 Jun 2009 - Deputy Mayor of London opens Remploy's Waterloo branch
17 May 2009 - Deptford Jack in the Green tours Bankside streets and pubs
1 May 2009 - Saturation policy considered for pubs & bars in Bankside as late-night crime rises
18 Mar 2009 - Jumping, dancing figures bring Union Street brick wall to life
11 Mar 2009 - Jerwood Space celebrates its first ten years
17 Sep 2008 - Harper Road council flat filled with blue crystals
31 Aug 2008 - Woman found half-naked in Union Street; police appeal for information
10 Jul 2008 - Nick Clegg at Southwark Lido for poolside debate
8 Jul 2008 - Gambling centre approved for Borough High Street
13 Jun 2008 - Interview: Val Shawcross, Labour London Assembly candidate
28 Apr 2008 - Queen and Duke visit Union Street
21 Feb 2008 - Blackfriars boxing heritage lives on at CityBoxer
14 Nov 2007 - Local hotels showcased in architecture exhibition
16 Oct 2007 - Art Academy moves to Southwark Street
22 Aug 2007 - Jerwood Space expansion nears completion
15 Aug 2007 - Fire Brigade HQ on Albert Embankment sold to developers
8 Aug 2007 - New towers planned for Albert Embankment
15 Jul 2007 - Fears for affordable housing as Octavia Hill homes are sold
20 Dec 2006 - Southwark remembers its war dead
12 Nov 2006 - Hughes and Hoey register protest over Octavia Hill sell-off
9 Nov 2006 - Palestra wind turbines gain planning permission
3 Aug 2006 - Southwark manhole covers in Brighton show
30 May 2006 - Local art dealer's Tour de Force challenge
24 May 2006 - Solar panels and wind turbines for Palestra
24 May 2006 - Mayor to take space at Shard of Glass
9 May 2006
On the forum
- Man with a van
- Southwark Fire Station - another serious fire on its patch
- Loud Beeping on Union Street
- Short term storage
- Fresh Grimsby Fish
- Half hour parking bays in SE1.
- Union Street Businesses
- New(?) scam
- Sexually confrontational man on Long Lane, early mornings
- Crime and ASB
- The Charles Dickens - Union Street
- Power Cut, Nelson Square
- Dog mess on Union Street
- Broken windows around Union Street area
- Bells of SE1
- Toddlers need space Sunday AM
- Old Kings Head, Blackfriars Road S E 1
- Visitor Parking Permit Today
- Overnight parking near Union Street
- Flat Iron Square closed this eve
- High Towers in SE1
- Lost wallet
- Injured fox
- Shard Visitor Charge
- Union Street Activity
- Moving to Great Dover Street
- Bermondsey Street traffic
- 'Mack & Mabel' - Southwark Playhouse
- The Reunion Public House - Union Street
- Bermondsey Street or Borough High Street?
- #hashtagging
- Union Press / Printing Trade History
- Road-marking stencil for "Union Press" project
- Olympic torch relay in Southwark
- Sick of all the push bikers jumping lights on Borough High St
- New Tyre
- Corner of Union Street and Southwark Bridge Road.
- Demolition threat to 'Colorama' Victorian warehouse buildings, Lancaster Street
- SE1 Pilates
- Pie and mash
- Anyone lost a rabbit?
- Looking for a Man with a Van
- Linden Homes Blackfriars Road development (was: Garages on Pocock Street)
- Old Art Academy Union Street
- SE1 vs East North of the river
- Carlo's Kitchen
- Union St Filming
- Looking for small audition space in London
- Horrible clanking noise
- Urban Orchard / Lido Space
- Zombies
- Lost bag
- Annoying alarm on Union Street
- Just what Borough High Street needs....
- Opera singer needs place to practice
- Do you know Bankside area inside and out and loves it and cares about it?
- Boris Bikes
- Kitchen Bermondsey Street
- Pregnancy pilates
- best place for sunday lunch in SE1
- Why was London Bridge rammed with traffic this morning?
- SE1 has got talent! Any performers out there?
- Borough High Street resurfacing
- Union Street Cafe
- Reed.. Agora... Paddy power... Coral.. As bad as an high street can get
- Removal Men/Company
- Union Street/Flat Iron Square
- Taxis?
- Olympics vision for the borough...ideas?
- Attempted Bike Theft
- Fantastic Mr Fox!
- Yet another Tesco!
- SE1 run out of broadband slots ???
- Borough High Street
- Book Sunday Lunch
- Military helicopter activity around City Hall?
- Cable nightclub - Bermondsey St
- Tube strike
- La Palma Restuarant
- Air gun
- Photography subjects
- Changing of Blackfriars station name
- Removals - Help!
- General questions about Southwark
- Removing traffic lights
- Cross Fit Central London
- Begging
- Oh the Prices in Shop on Union Street
- Southwark Travelodge to South Bank
- Public toilets on Tooley Street
- Self defence/personal safety classes?
- Great Dover Street
- Never-ending 'streetworks'
- Union Street - building excavation
- Risborough Street Car Park
- Strange Signs and Portents
- St Georges Buildings Borough High St
- Guys Minor Injuries
- Lambeth Fire Station
- Closure Of Borough High Street
- Good Thai food
- Bangkok Kitchen
- Great evening, anybody else heard of the Wine theater??
- Blocked Pavements Borough Market
- How many on here shop down East Street Market
- B&B near Bankside
- Union Street filming
- Cyclists...Another health risk!
- Pretty railway arches in SE1
- 62-68 Union St
- Shooting at Ministry of Sound, Newington Causeway Closed
- London Bridge Tuesday morning
- 80 year old father (orphanage in Union Street)
- police with machine guns were just running up and down union st
- Cycle polo at Union Street
- Alpaca
- Cycling - Tower Bridge Road
- Union Street Offie
- Ideas for empty newsagent's shop in Flat Iron Square
- Incident on Union Street
- Cheap accomodation near Borough Tube
- Minder on Five
- Snow in SE1
- Hello:::Pub Quizzes::::
- Southwark Council to refuse licenses
- Former League Against Cruel Sports building
- Wine Theatre
- Dog day care/ creche
- Pigeon poo
- London Fire Brigade Museum under threat
- Rubbish on Union Street
- Any amateur photographers out there?
- Wine Bar on Union Street
- Union Street Travelodge
- Motorbike noise
- People injecting themselves with drugs in the park
- Nick Clegg at the Lido
- Police stopping and searching in Waterloo
- Grange Road
- Best pubs in SE1
- What goes on in the Ragged School?
- Man & Van / Van
- Up on the roof or at the top ........
- Info on The Cut needed
- Should I - Nelson Square?
- Parking space wanted this week only!
- New Kent Rd cycle path - PLS USE IT!!!
- Crampton St.
- Developments near Union Street
- St Stephen's Church, Manciple Street, Southwark
- Suggestions For Places To Take 70 People on a Saturday
- New development on Recall site
- Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower
- Good place in SE1 for Sunday lunch?
- Simon the Tanner is shut again
- Dockhead fire station
- Clothing Bank / Recycle
- Blackfriars Road incident
- Parking space in Bankside zone C1
- Good venue to hire?
- Bicycle Enforcement
- Crossbones Graveyard
- Demolition of 1 Westminster Bridge
- Celeb sightings in SE1
- Improving Borough High Street
- Urban Foxes in SE1
- The history of the Jerwood Space Union Street and Copperfield Street
- SE 1........Used To Be Brilliant....
- Building on Redcross Way
- Nelson Square photos
- Binmen & diggers
- London Fire Brigade Sports Pitch (Grotto Place/Sawyer Street)
- New London Bridge Tesco arriving soon?
- Snooker
- Those cameras with transceivers
- Pub Quizzes - reviews/details
- Middlesex Playground Footie
- Looking for a gym
- Conservation area
- Quiet lunch in Market on Saturday - shocker!!
- Artists studio
- Lockup/off street parking
- Violent activities at Mint Street Park
- Three Jolly Gardeners, Union Street
- Old Blackfriars Station in SE1
- History of Rose and Crown
- Good Thai Food
- Palestra: opposite Southwark station
- All Hallows Church, Copperfield Street
- Street Drinkers in Flat Iron Square
- Big crane!
- Looking for a decent Supermarket?
- Looking for a Pub Quiz
- Audition Space in SE1
- Cross Bones Graveyard
- Demise of public loos
- Architecture Foundation: pointy metal building...
- Fame Academy comes to SE1?!
- The Getaway 2 - Will include more SE1
- Lots of Traffic
- Tradesmen index - windowcleaner?
- 1 Blackfriars Road [Beetham Tower/Jumeirah Hotel]
- Harper Road
- Hand car wash
- Midsummer madness
- Commotion Last Night
- Muggings
- SE1 postal service campaign
- Nice cottages in SE1
- Waterloo house featured on Channel 4 'Grand Designs'
- parking fine
- 100-140 Union St
- 56 Southwark Bridge Road
- Parking Nazis
- DO-GOODING
- Wicked (part 4)
- Any ideas for office space?
- hunt for the best fryup
- Desperate for cheap, good lunchtime food!!
- Sainsburys local Borough
- Pavement Parking
- Union Street regeneration sheme
- Borough Community Centre (Corner of Union St/ Southwark Bridge Rd)
- Building work on Union Street on Sundays
- 100-140 Union Street
- What's your favourite Street in SE1?
- bermondsey street
- Swimming pool in SE1
- Nice Places for Saturday Lunch
- Save Crossbones Graveyard Campaign
- Archaeological site on Long Lane
- Who wants to start regular club night in SE1 ?
- Congestion Charging
- The Windmill
- County Hall Owners...
- What bugs you in Bankside?
- The Ring Pub
- Queen's Buildings, Scovell Road
- History of Peabody Buildings in SE1, especially my estate in Southwark Street.
- Bankside roadworks
- Orbit House - opposite The Ring Pub
- Dentists
- yoga classes
- Traffic
- Traffic on Union St
- Pubs and bars
- sainsbury's secret branch?