About Us

Southbank Centre's wide-ranging programme: classical & world music, rock & pop, jazz, dance, literature and the visual arts - attracts the most diverse audience of any UK venue.

Southbank Centre consists of the Royal Festival Hall (reopened after its two-year transformation), the Hayward Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall (containing the Purcell Room), and the Saison Poetry Library. We also manage the Arts Council Collection and organises the National Touring Exhibition programme in venues throughout the UK.

Situated on the south bank of the River Thames next to the popular BA London Eye, Southbank Centre is at the heart of an arts quarter stretching from the Royal National Theatre and National Film Theatre to Tate Modern and Shakespeare's Globe.

The Story of Southbank Centre

Read more about the history of Southbank Centre in Charlotte Mullins' book A Festival on the River: The Story of Southbank Centre. This fascinating and informative book charts the extraordinary history of Southbank Centre, from the South Bank's agricultural past, through the 1951 Festival of Britain, to the present day.
Read an extract from the book

The book is available from both Southbank Centre Shop - Festival Terrace and Southbank Centre Shop - Hayward Gallery

Gift Vouchers

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Company Information

• Download Southbank Centre Annual Review 2008/09 (pdf)
• Download Southbank Centre Annual Accounts 2008/09 (pdf)

• Download Southbank Centre Annual Review 2007/08 (pdf)
• Download Southbank Centre Annual Accounts 2007/08 (pdf)

 

Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London SE1 8XX
U.K.

Switchboard: +44 (0)20 7960 4200
Ticket Office: 0844 875 0073

 

Southbank Centre is a Charity Registered in England and Wales number 298909. Its trustee is Southbank Centre Limited, a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales number 2238415.VAT Registration Number 905 0284 52. Registered office: Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.