| | Lambeth Bridge | view slideshow | view thumbnails [ 30 images ] | |  | We haven't had a bridge for a while so this week we're heading to Lambeth Bridge. The 5-arched current bridge (which was incidentally grade II listed in 2008) was designed by one Sir Reginald Blomfield (of Regent Street fame) and was opened in 1932 by King George V. To be honest it's a pretty workmanlike bridge and really the beauty comes from the wonderful views from it – along with the way the Thames winds one way and then the other either side of it. The reason that it's predominantly red is that it's meant to match the colour of the benches in the House of Lords (Westminster Bridge is mostly green to match the House of Common's benches)
It's not be quite a famous in the movies as it's green companion, although it has been in a Harry Potter film and Blood Diamond (I have no way of confirming this!)
Have fun! | | | Directions: | Probably easiest from Embankment tube to walk down past the houses of Parliament, past the Victoria Tower Gardens and then take a left on to the bridge.
| | | Map: | Click here for the map. | |
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