Southbank Centre, London, at night

More pictures of the Royal Festival Hall and the Southbank Centre:

Food market at the Royal Festival Hall

Royal Festival Hall and London Eye

Shops at the front of Festival Hall

Coffee Bar at the Royal Festival Hall

Front of Royal Festival Hall

The nearby National Theatre

Sunny Sunday afternoon in London Fields - 10.10.10

An unusually warm, sunny Sunday afternoon in October in London Fields, Hackney, London E8. It was the 10th of October 2010, ie. 10.10.10.

Sun-bathing in October.

Not as busy as in the summer but unusual for October.

The cricket pitch and Tower Block.

Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London, at night

The Royal Festival Hall on the Southbank, London, in the evening:

The London Eye and the Royal Festival Hall

Royal Festival Hall side view at night

Royal Festival Hall side entrance

Interior at night

Broadway Market on a Saturday afternoon 2

The Farmers' Market on Saturdays in Broadway Market, London Fields, is more and more popular.


See previous entry Broadway Market on a Saturday afternoon, 10 March 2010.

Palestra, Southwark, South London

Palestra, on Balckfriars Road opposite Southwark station, was designed by Will Alsop of Alsop Architects with engineers Buro Happold and holds the headquarters of the London Development Agency and the Surface transport division of Transport for London.

View of Palestra from The Cut in Southwark

Close-up on Union Street

A September Evening by the Thames

An evening walk by the River Thames

London Bridge

Looking towards Tower Bridge from London Bridge

Tower Bridge with Canary Wharf in the distance

Tower Bridge with a sailing ship moored in the background

Fryderyk Chopin sailing ship next to St Catherine's Dock.

The ship took part in the Mayor's Thames Festival in September 2010. In October 2010 the ship lost its 2 masts while trying to cross the Atlantic. It had to be towed to Falmouth but all the crew were safe.

Sunflowers - a reminder of summer

These photos are from last month of some sunflowers outside the lockkepper's cottage by Acton's Lock on the Regent's Canal near Broadway Market in Hackney.
(I meant to go back to do some more photos but did not get around to doing it.)