Explore Nine Elms with our Winter Trails festival
As the entire city gets transformed into a sparkly, festive mood this winter, grab your coat and join us in Nine Elms for this cornucopia of events and activities.
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As the entire city gets transformed into a sparkly, festive mood this winter, grab your coat and join us in Nine Elms for this cornucopia of events and activities.
Type: Feature Article
With digital tech and Google Maps at our fingertips, physical maps and atlases have been relegated to museums, antique shops, and libraries. However, physical maps give us a layout of our heritage and a history of the places we roam. With Nine Elms changing by the day, we’re collating old maps of the area. A map […]
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Built in 1861, the Pump House tower was constructed by Simpson & Son to hold a coal-fired steam engine and pump to circulate water in the park lake and the nearby cascades. In 1909, the tower had an adjoining building added over the well (you can still see the circular perimeter of the well in the flooring today).
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Around and between the clusters of buildings and cultural spaces in Battersea, Nine Elms and Vauxhall, is a trail of public art that weaves its way through the area. Often site-sensitive – drawing on the history of the area or the immediate surroundings – and including both historic modernist artworks and newly commissioned contemporary pieces, […]
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It’s never short of a hoot and a half! Yes, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern is the oldest surviving LGBTQ venue in London (Grade II listed) but it hosts an array of the latest queer acts, performance art, and cabaret shows. Perhaps most well known is Duckie: a club night hosted by Amy Lamé, every Saturday […]
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Bringing the exotic vibes of the Caribbean to London in true tiki style, Cottons fans can now get their fix south of the river with the arrival of Cottons Caribbean Restaurant & Rum Shack at St Georges Wharf, Vauxhall. Taking over an enviable riverside location on the south bank, Cottons Vauxhall features a large indoor […]
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