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An Apollonaut travel guide
A riverside of landmarks.
An introduction to the South Bank around County Hall, where the aquarium sits beside the London Eye and Westminster Bridge.
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Read the riverside
County Hall stands on the South Bank in Lambeth, beside Westminster Bridge and facing the Houses of Parliament across the Thames. The London Eye turns beside it.
A guide can give context without turning a city into a backdrop. Notice the curved river front of County Hall, its Portland stone and the way the riverside walk ties it to Jubilee Gardens.
A civic building, reused
Built for London’s government, County Hall now holds hotels, a theatre and attractions, with the aquarium on its lower floors.
Begin with a detail and ask what the building was made for, and how it has changed. A photograph alone cannot tell you that.
A SEA LIFE chapter
SEA LIFE London shows one side of the South Bank: an ocean world below a building made for civic life.
Look at the meeting of the two: Edwardian stone above, and reefs, sharks and jellyfish below.
Make room for context
Pair this reading with the aquarium’s history and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team manages these places or represents the people who run them.
Read at the source
Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
