Ongoing Projects
Low Emissions Neighbourhood: #Better Air Letters
Creative and tactile living letters put spotlight on taking quieter and greener streets in Bankside.
Rolling out the Green Carpet
We have teamed up with three hotels in Bankside to give a green welcome to visitors to the neighbourhood.
Redcross Way
An exemplar green street in Bankside, turning grey to green linking people and nature.
Flat Iron Square
Reconnecting the traffic island with the shopping parade creates a new place of exchange in the heart of Bankside
Low Emissions Neighbourhood: Better Air Benches
These colourful, moveable benches filled with plants have popped up across Bankside to raise awareness of air quality.
Metal Box Garden
A garden in a skip on America Street references nearby Metal Box Factory and greens a grey street.
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.
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.
Keppel Row Garden
A hidden alley behind Southwark Street is transformed into lush rain garden with a mysterious artwork keeping watch.
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.
Union Street Long Bed
The Union Street bed is a beautiful focal point on Union street with beautiful bulbs in the summer and greenery through the seasons.
Webber Street
A green oasis on Webber street, offering calm and colour!
The Hope Exchange
This space was refurbished in 2021 to reflect the LGBTQ+ community in bankside. The tree planters and benches create a place for gathering and rest on the otherwise very busy Southwark Street.
Hatfields
These lovely beds compliment the small park across the street, and make a walk down Hatfields feel like a walk in nature.
Mermaid Court
As part of improvements to Mermaid Court – Better Bankside has partnered with the businesses on Mermaid Court to introduce window boxes to add green and vibrancy to the historic side street off of Borough High Street.
Ewer Street planters
Better Bankside has added some greenery on Ewer Street, outside of the Better Bankside Sustainability Hub. These planters were created with left over materials from out arch-fit out.
Great Suffolk Street: ‘Circus of Tulips’
A busy junction on Great Suffolk Street is tamed by reclaiming road space for large street tree planting
Great Suffolk Street: Prices Street
A hidden street is repurposed to provide a green breathing space in Bankside.
Great Suffolk Street: Union Parade
An emerging retail parade gets the Bankside Urban Forest treatment, greening the street and slowing down traffic.
Past Projects
Sumner Street
Transformation from street to convivial public space through both temporary, creative and permanent improvements.
Bankside Boardwalk
We trialled a new modular boardwalk on a street with narrow pavements to expand the area of public space.
Bankside Urban Pioneers
Better Bankside supported the the Architecture Foundation’s 2008/2009 education programme.
Bankside Urban Sages
Older residents explore Bankside Urban Forest as part of the Architecture Foundation's education programme
Union Street Urban Orchard
A pop up garden on Union Street, showcasing the potential of vacant development sites.
Colourful Crossings
Better Bankside has pioneered Colourful Crossings in the UK, bringing colourful and vibrant asphalt art to the UK.
