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Offices to Let in Bankside, SE1 & Commercial Office Space to Rent in Bankside, London, SE1
Bankside lies in the London Borough of Southwark on the southern bank of the River Thames and bounded by Blackfriars Bridge to the west and London Bridge to the east and adjoins the South Bank. The name Bankside is derived from one of the medieval causeways built to hold back the River Thames. This area to the south of the Thames was out of the jurisdiction of the City of London and from the Middle Ages until the 18th century Southwark was a popular area for the pursuit of “illicit pleasures” including the Elizabethan theatre. As with the South Bank the river and riverside have always featured as an important facet of London’s work and leisure. The 18th and 19th centuries saw major developments in international trade and many docks, warehouses and factories were established along the river and were eventually followed by the railways.
The area has excellent transport connections and is served by several London Underground stations and mainline stations – Blackfriars, Cannon Street, London Bridge and Waterloo, Lambeth North and Southwark and on the north bank St Paul’s. These links provide access to the City, Canary Wharf, Central London, the West End as well links to the main London airports including City Airport, Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, Stansted Airport, Luton Airport and to the London suburbs and beyond. The area is also served by a comprehensive network of local and cross London buses as well as the Thames Clippers which operate at various piers on both the North and South side of the river, making transport interchanges easily accessible from most piers. Tube, bus or rail interchanges are short walks from the major piers at Canary Wharf, London Bridge, Blackfriars, Embankment and Waterloo.
Bankside has many attractions and has developed as a centre for tourism. It is home to the Tate Modern Art Gallery in the former Bankside Power Station, the full size working replica of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre just yards from its original site, the Bankside Gallery and near to London Bridge the famous Borough Market. The Millennium Bridge now makes Bankside very accessible from the north bank by foot. It is possible to walk along most of the bank next to the river to see sights such as the replica of the Golden Hinde, Sir Francis Drake’s warship, moored at St Mary Overie Dock; the round window of the Great Hall of 13th century Winchester Palace is an important landmark in Clink Street; the Palace was once the London home of the Bishop of Winchester, who had personal jurisdiction over the area, including the famous Clink Prison – clink becoming a slang word for prison.
Bankside has undergone considerable regeneration with both commercial and residential development on a considerable scale and a major participant in this has been the Residents' Forum which exists to bring together residents of Bankside to deal with the issues facing the area today and represent their interests to the Council and other decision-makers. There is also a business improvement district – Better Bankside – funded by a levy on the business rates. With its excellent transport connections and various hotels Bankside is ideally placed for financial and professional offices needing access to the City and Canary Wharf and offers competitively priced and varied office accommodation for corporate, head office and new and small businesses in a vibrant and historical area of London. The Bankside retail environment serves a large population of tourists, theatre and gallery goers, locals and office staff and offers many small independent specialist units as well as a wide ranging food offer with many pubs; restaurants and cafes both along the river and within the many venues. In addition, the easy access to the north bank via the Millennium Bridge provides extended retail facilities in the St Paul’s Cathedral area and The City.
Bankside, although perhaps better known for its cultural buildings and institutions, is nevertheless able to offer commercial property to rent of varying age and size both in new build developments and refurbished historical buildings such as warehouses and for all types of working environments. This range of office space to let is available on both traditional conventional terms as well as serviced office rental on highly flexible terms. The different types of offices for rent are offered alongside the benefit of access to meeting rooms as well as state of the art virtual offices in SE1. For help in securing the most competitively priced deal on office space to rent in SE1 or commercial offices to let in this prime London location, please contact London’s flexible office space broker via http://www.freeofficesearch.co.uk or call our London Headquarters on 020 7788 9298.
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