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Significant[edit]

The South Bank (in the region of Southwark council) is in London’s prised and most significant cultural quarter of London hosting impressive leisure and tourism facilities and services. This area is home to a wide range of art, cultural, and heritage attractions. Within the South Bank/ Bankside region there are several internationally recognised cultural institutions e.g. the Tate Modern art gallery and the National Film Theatre. by James Busby

Waterloo[edit]

Is Waterloo an area? Simply south 22:56, 1 November 2006 (UTC) 'Waterloo' was adopted as the name of the area with the completion of the new bridge crossing in the 1820s and the Church of St John Waterloo commemorating the victory is therefore so named.Tony S 85.210.7.14 (talk) 22:21, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

85.210.7.14 (talk) 22:21, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Surely the formal name of the area is actually "Lambeth" after the village of Lambeth which occupied the site in mediæval times, as shown by the name of Lambeth North tube station; it's just that it has more usually come to be known as "Waterloo". In a similar fashion, the formal name of the nearby area usually known as "Elephant and Castle" is actually "Newington". — Korax1214 (talk) 12:06, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

From Lambeth it seems the area was actually a marsh in the parish of L until the 19th century - hence Lower Marsh. It would be useful to locate the original harbour and village centre more precisely though. Johnbod (talk) 12:48, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Confusion of 'South Bank' and the south bank of the river[edit]

This article starts with discussion of the area now called 'South Bank' and then confuses this with the whole of the south-side of the Thames to the east beyond Blackfriars Bridge well into Bermondsey, the more ancient ares of Bankside, Southwark, and Pool of London. I have added the distinction and links to Bankside which the article confused and have edited it to be more cosistently about the 'South Bank'. Tony S 85.210.7.14 (talk) 22:21, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

South Bank → South Bank, London — There are many South Banks, not just the one in London. Also proposing South Bank (disambiguation) --> South Bank Simply south 12:28, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Survey[edit]

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Support. Matches Right Bank and Left Bank. Vegaswikian 21:20, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Against, but that might be a purely local PoV. I feel the proliferation of ***, London's is a nuisance, and in many case they are the primary usage. Kbthompson 00:31, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, are any as significant? MRSC • Talk 07:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - do any of the others have a world famous arts centre named after them? Or a university, a television centre, a long-running TV series, etc? Crazysuit 02:13, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Nom and Vegaswikian. It is consistent with right and left bank and the other South banks are notable. It is a bit UK-centric to think that the london south bank is the only one. 205.157.110.11 23:09, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This seems to be significantly the best-known South Bank of those listed on South Bank (disambiguation). HeartofaDog 23:39, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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It was requested that this article be renamed but there was no consensus for it be moved. --Stemonitis 12:28, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is it true that London South Bank University (originally Borough Polytechnic) was named after this complex? I for one am not sure about this, as it would take a very fit and fast-walking person to walk from one to the other in the claimed five minutes. -- 217.171.129.77 (talk) 13:31, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Too many universities?[edit]

I'm wondering why the categories for this page include both Category:King's College London (one of the campuses (campi?) of the University of London) and Category:London South Bank University (formerly South Bank Polytechnic, and before that Borough Polytechnic).

As these two institutions have no connection that I know of, other than the coincidental fact that they're both universities and both based in London (there also is, or was, a London University with no connection to the University of London), I wonder why they're both listed as being connected with the South Bank complex. -- 217.171.129.77 (talk) 13:15, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

South Bank?[edit]

Although the so-called "South Bank" is part of that bank of the river which on most stretches is indeed south of the river (due to its overall west→east flow), the South Bank is actually east of the river, due to the fact that from Vauxhall to Waterloo (which includes the stretch in question) the Thames flows south→north. Strange that there is no mention of this in the article. — Korax1214 (talk) 11:56, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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