Blackfriars Road is a road in
Southwark,
SE1
The SE (South Eastern) postcode area covers a broad radial swathe of the south-east of the London post town from the Albert Embankment to West Heath, London, West Heath and the nearest edges of Sidcup and Selhurst. It loosely corresponds to the ...
. It runs between
St George's Circus at the southern end and
Blackfriars Bridge
Blackfriars Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge, carrying the A201 road. The north end is in the City of London near the Inns of Court and Temple Ch ...
over the
River Thames
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at the northern end, leading to the
City of London
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. Halfway up on the west side is
Southwark Underground station, on the corner with
The Cut. Opposite is Palestra, a large new office building which houses the Surface transport division of
Transport for London, which was formerly the headquarters of the
London Development Agency
The London Development Agency (LDA) was from July 2000 until 2012 the regional development agency for the London region in England. A functional body of the Greater London Authority, its purpose was to drive sustainable economic growth within ...
.
The road forms part of the
A201. The road adjoins
Stamford Street and
Southwark Street
Southwark Street is a major street in Bankside in the London Borough of Southwark, in London England, just south of the River Thames. It runs between Blackfriars Road to the west and Borough High Street to the east. It also connects the access r ...
at the northern end. Originally known as Surrey Street, the road was built in the 1760s as the south approach to Blackfriars Bridge, and was laid out by the bridge surveyor,
Robert Mylne.
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. . p.76
From 2010 a number of major development schemes have transformed Blackfriars Road from the bridge to the south at
St George's Circus and new buildings have replaced the post World War II offices with residential and hotel accommodation along its length especially at the junction with
Stamford Street where major high rises have been erected.
See also
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Blackfriars Road railway station
Blackfriars was a short-lived railway station on the South Eastern Railway (SER) line, in the parish of Southwark Christchurch, between Charing Cross and London Bridge. It was opened in 1864 with the name Blackfriars but closed less than fi ...
(1864–1868)
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Blackfriars station
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A201 road
The A201 is an A road in London running from Kings Cross to Bricklayer's Arms.
The route runs through Central London, including King's Cross, Clerkenwell, Farringdon, Blackfriars, and Elephant and Castle. A small stretch of the road bet ...
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Surrey Chapel
References
External links
London Development Agency website
Streets in the London Borough of Southwark
Odonyms referring to religion
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