Bankside Urban Forest Projects

Ongoing Projects

Low Emissions Neighbourhood: #Better Air Letters
Creative and tactical living letters put spotlight on taking quieter and greener streets in Bankside.
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Rolling out the Green Carpet
We have teamed up with three hotels in Bankside to give a green welcome to visitors to the neighbourhood.
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Redcross Way
An exemplar green street in Bankside, turning grey to green linking people and nature.
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Flat Iron Square
Reconnecting the traffic island with the shopping parade creates a new place of exchange in the heart of Bankside
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Low Emissions Neighbourhood: Better Air Benches
These colourful, moveable benches filled with plants have popped up across Bankside to raise awareness of air quality.
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Metal Box Garden
A garden in a skip on America Street references nearby Metal Box Factory and greens a grey street.
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Verdant Viaduct
Funded through the Thameslink programme in 2013, an ugly steel staircase has been clad in a modular green wall to bring greening into the heart of Borough Market.   
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Warden’s Grove
The gateway to Warden's Grove, on Bankside's Low Line was transformed into a micro-forest with space for people and nature.
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Colourful Crossings
Better Bankside has pioneered Colourful Crossings in the UK, bringing colourful and vibrant asphalt art to the UK. 
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Keppel Row Garden
A hidden alley behind Southwark Street is transformed into lush rain garden with a mysterious artwork keeping watch.
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Ewer Street Burial Ground
Ewer Street's histories including a hidden mediaeval burial ground are revealed in this sensitive upgrade to one of Bankside's oldest streets.
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Great Suffolk Street: ‘Circus of Tulips’
A busy junction on Great Suffolk Street is tamed by reclaiming road space for large street tree planting
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Great Suffolk Street: Prices Street
A hidden street is repurposed to provide a green breathing space in Bankside.
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Great Suffolk Street: Union Parade
An emerging retail parade gets the Bankside Urban Forest treatment, greening the street and slowing down traffic.
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