Lambeth Council news

Physiotherapy patients are being offered treatment in leisure centres thanks to a tie-up between London hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’s and local operators, with the ... More

Merlin Entertainments has confirmed it is taking steps to secure a permanent future for the iconic London Eye. Created as part of the millennium celebrations ... More

Mark Sesnan, CEO of GLL, has pushed back on Tower Hamlet Council’s decision to take the operation of its leisure services back in-house when GLL’s ... More

The London Fire Brigade's (LFB) former headquarters ‒ a Grade II listed building across the River Thames from the Houses of Parliament ‒ is being ... More

A £200,000 (US$252,605, €221,270) cash injection from the UK Government to Black Cultural Archives (BCA) in Brixton, London, is intended to buy time for the ... More

The architect David Marks, co-founder of Marks Barfield Architects, has died at the age of 64 following a long illness. Marks, best-known as the co-designer ... More

The extraordinary life and career of music icon David Bowie could be marked with a gravity-defying lightning bolt sculpture in the London district where he ... More

Plans to build Thomas Heatherwick’s plant-covered Garden Bridge on London’s River Thames have moved a step closer to reality after the trust developing the project ... More

Development of the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge in London is set to continue after a crucial breakthrough was reached over public funding allocated to the ... More

Three high-profile projects designed by London-based architecture studio Caruso St John have been opened in the space of just two weeks. Two private art galleries ... More

Active commuting in London could be in line for a major boost after a number of designs were revealed for a new £40m pedestrian and ... More

London mayor Boris Johnson has finally approved planning permission for Thomas Heatherwick’s controversial Garden Bridge. After planning was approved by both Lambeth Council and Westminster ... More

Thomas Heatherwick and Joanna Lumley’s controversial Garden Bridge over London’s River Thames has won planning permission from Westminster Council. Planning permission for the £175m (US$294m, ... More

British architect and designer Thomas Heatherwick from Heatherwick Studios, and landscape architecture firm Mathews Nielsen have been chosen to design ‘Pier 55’ – a US$170m ... More

London’s controversial Garden Bridge, designed by Thomas Heatherwick and Dan Pearson, has been given the green light by Lambeth Council. Lord Mervyn Davies, chair of ... More

Skateboarders in London’s South Bank Undercroft have won their 17-month battle to keep the space under Queen Elizabeth Hall designated for skateboarding, BMX riding, graffiti ... More

The personal art collection of British artist Damien Hirst is set to go on display in May 2015, when a new gallery opens in Vauxhall, ... More

Streatham’s new multi-million pound ice and leisure centre, which will replace the Streatham ice rink that closed in 2011, is set to open on 18 ... More

Lambeth council has announced a new £14.2m (US$21.8m, €16.6m) health and leisure centre, which will be the third complex to gain a new swimming pool ... More

Building work on a new multi-million pound leisure development in Streatham, South London, has reached the topping out phase. The Streatham Hub leisure complex will ... More

Image: The South Bank site has been transformed London's Jubilee Gardens are reopening today (31 May) ahead of The Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations this weekend, ... More

Merlin Entertainments has unveiled plans to relocate its London Dungeon attraction from its current location on Tooley Street, near London Bridge, to County Hall on ... More