Southbank to Covent Garden: Arts & Institutions

A guided walk links the Southbank, Somerset House and Covent Garden to examine the architecture of changing cultural institutions.

The Friday walk begins outdoors at the Nelson Mandela statue on Royal Festival Hall’s south corner and ends at Covent Garden. Its route links three cultural destinations and considers how their buildings adapted to changing uses. The page notes stairs at the Southbank and that buildings are typically viewed from outside. The scheduled session lasts two hours; maximum group size is 12.