1-bedroom Apartments - Waterloo

A string of new developments, which have stop-started since the 1980’s and finally culminated in the opening of the Tate Modern gallery, have finally galvanised the area around Waterloo train station, known more commonly as the South Bank. Until such high-profile cultural projects as the Tate and the Globe theatre gave locals and visitors a reason to head south in significant numbers, efforts to rehabilitate the riverine environments, such as the South Bank Centre, Butler’s Wharf and the Design Museum, had been isolated and never really gained critical mass. However, what were once noble if disparate ventures are celebrated today as a “string of pearls”. The London Eye, a terrific testimony to British design and engineering, and the ovoid Greater London Authority building by Norman Foster are fitting symbols of the South Bank’s arrival. The Thames River Walk provides spectacular views to the regal north shore as well as allowing a glimpse into a genuinely different side of London to the south.