Student Life in London

Lambeth is one of 14 local authorities which make up Inner London. It is one of the most densely populated inner London boroughs, with a population of around 270,000, and approximately 150languages are spoken in the borough. Some of the adjoining boroughs include Wandsworth and Southwark.

Overview of Tourist Attractions in the Borough:

Students can be awed by the following attractions in the local borough during their free time to enjoy the surrounding areas. The South Bank complex is the most visible element of a thriving and expanding arts and leisure industry in the borough. Examples include internationally known theatres such as the Old Vic, the Young Vic, the National Theatre, Royal Festival Hall and the National Film Theatre.

The north of the borough is bounded by the River Thames and is home to the London Eye and Waterloo station. The Vauxhall area, immediately to the south of Waterloo, is predominantly residential with important commercial and industrial activity taking place.

The central part of the borough extends from the Oval in the north (with the Oval Cricket Ground) to Clapham Common and Brockwell Park in the south. The area contains many of the Council's housing developments. It contains the borough's largest shopping centre in Brixton and leisure attractions such as the Academy music venue and the Ritzy cinema.

Travelling down from the north of the borough to the inner suburbs of Streatham and Norwood, the south of the borough is predominantly residential. It has excellent entertainment and recreation facilities and potential for retail and business development on a number of key sites.

Places to Visit:

•Lambeth Bridge

•Photo of the museum of garden history The Imperial War Museum

•The London Aquarium

•The London Eye

•Museum of Garden History Photo of a stall at Lower Marsh Market on the South Bank

•South Bank London

•Vauxhall Bridge

•Florence Nightingale Museum

Music

• Southbank Centre (formerly Royal Festival Hall)

The 02 Brixton Academy

Film and Theatre

Photo of the Royal National Theatre BFI Southbank (formerly National Film Theatre)

•National Theatre

•The Young Vic

•The Old Vic

•BFI London IMAX Cinema

•Oval House Theatre

•Ritzy Cinema (Brixton)

•Streatham Odeon