City Hall
City or town hall City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA, United Kingdom:
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Address: The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA, United Kingdom
Website: london.gov.uk
Phone number: +44 20 7983 4000
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Latitude: 51.5048270Longitude: -0.0786264
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Alisher Zavkiev
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9 months ago
kristina as
Came to the Mayor of London Young entrepreneurs competition. The place is very nice and looks extremely professional.
It is very well placed close to the City overlooking Tower Bridge and the River Thames.
Would recommend a visit. Also the staff are very nice!
8 months ago
Sheryl Holmes
I was never visited your town hall but I have visited your city and I found her is very clean because, I'm from France and with us Paris is really starting to get dirty, so congratulations on the upkeep of your Capital and your monuments
2 months ago
Samuel Hinkle
Unique design of a building, but nice. Decent cafe and quiet work areas inside. The amphitheater is a lovely spot for a rest or lunch and is accompanied with some great views (HMS Belfast, Tower Bridge). Well worth a visit.
6 months ago
Blessing Johnson
Where it all happens init
20 hours ago
Rob Ratcliff
A great building of public interest which has a cafe on the Lower Ground Floor serving a selection of hot and cold food and drink. There is a great public wifi connection in the building and it has excellent views of Tower Bridge, Tower Hill and other points of interest of London's iconic skyline. There a fab aerial photograph of London which is pretty cool to stand on and find where you are/live.
9 months ago
Porter
come for Sadiq, stay for the striking, monumental cityscape all around
8 months ago
Gary Lu
Lucky to attend a function on top floor courtesy of Boris. Great views all round. Nice buffet & free bar laid on, no doubt at council tax expense. Big, open walkway around outdoor. Really nice to visit.
10 months ago
Robert Oeding
Great location, amazing building and events.
2 months ago
Kira
Very busy and loud but great architecture to look at.
3 months ago
Diana Bello
I didn't really know what I had expected. Good place if you got a reason to come. If you're just bored and looking for visiting English sights, there's nothing for you.
3 weeks ago
Brad Wilkins
Well I like this modern design of the glasss and steel sliced egg shaped for the major office.
3 weeks ago
Abhishek Gharat
Great place.
5 months ago
Jessefa Murphy
Love the design of this building
2 months ago
Larry Cameola
Ulez and congestion charge killing ordinary hard working drivers.
3 months ago
Royce Rubio
The City Hall is normally closed to public but you can visit this during London Open House which happens every year at the 3rd weekend of September. This is a must visit if you get the opportunity. There is a spiral staircase that is an absolutely marvel of architecture. The view from the top of the hall is also great.
3 weeks ago
Kathryn Souviney
It's a nice building, but gets deducted points for being on private land, rather than public, meaning the company that manages it can evict protesters or basically anyone for any reason.
2 months ago
Joann Carlin
Great place to view London bridge
2 months ago
Isaac Darragh
City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA), which comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. It was designed by Norman Foster and opened in July 2002, two years after the Greater London Authority was created.
The building is located on the River Thames in the London Borough of Southwark, as part of the extended pedestrianised South Bank. It forms part of a larger development called More London, including offices and shops. Next to City Hall is a sunken amphitheatre called The Scoop, which is used in the summer months for open-air performances; it is not, however, part of the GLA's jurisdiction. The Scoop and surrounding landscape were designed by Townshend Landscape Architects. The nearest London Underground and National Rail station is London Bridge.
The building has an unusual, bulbous shape, purportedly intended to reduce its surface area and thus improve energy efficiency, although the excess energy consumption caused by the exclusive use of glass (in a double facade) overwhelms the benefit of shape. Despite claiming the building "demonstrates the potential for a sustainable, virtually non-polluting public building",[7] energy use measurements have shown this building to be fairly inefficient in terms of energy use (375 kWh/m2/yr), with a 2012 Display Energy Performance Certificate rating of "E".[8] It has been compared variously to a helmet (either Darth Vader's or simply a motorcyclist's), a misshapen egg, and a woodlouse. Former mayor Ken Livingstone referred to it as a "glass testicle",[9][10] while his successor, Boris Johnson, made the same comparison using a different word, "The Glass Gonad"[11] and more politely as "The Onion". Its designers reportedly saw it as a giant sphere hanging over the Thames, but opted for a more conventionally rooted building instead. It has no front or back in conventional terms but derives its shape from a modified sphere.
A 500-metre (1,640 ft) helical walkway ascends the full ten stories. At the top is an exhibition and meeting space called "London's Living Room", with an open viewing deck which is occasionally open to the public. The walkway provides views of the interior of the building, and is intended to symbolise transparency; a similar device was used by Foster in his design for the rebuilt Reichstag (parliament), when Germany's capital was moved back to Berlin. In 2006 it was announced that photovoltaic cells would be fitted to the building by the London Climate Change Agency.
The council chamber is located at the bottom of the helical stairway. The seats and desks for Assembly Members are arranged in a circular form (like the Round Table) with no clearly defined "head", podium, or chair where a speaker, council chairperson, or mayor might be seated. Raised tiers of seats for visitors or observers are located to one side.
11 months ago
Rasulbek Rakhimov
Good view of tower bridge
3 months ago
ankur bhardwaj
Voting for a new London Mayor soon.
Not sure about this building, have been inside and how thermally efficient it actually is.
Looks quite dull during the Winter but starts to come alive during the summer season, but all of London and the developments seem to rely upon acres of glass to achieve architectural impact.
I quite like the old 1960's style of Brutalism with a bit of concrete and sharp edges.
7 months ago
Sam Warring
Discusting architecture
1 month ago
Janet Chesley
Mayor of London trying to ruin small business. The Mayors Office is hellbent on destroying small business by introducing things like ULEZ and allowing bulldozing of warehouse areas to build expensive flats for the super rich who are laundering their money through London's property market.
4 months ago
Berkshire Girl
Fun building with a great cafe.
2 months ago
ajith kumar
Free to enter and explore the history of London from the walls of the building. Architecture is modern with stairs/ramp using the perimeter of the building.
5 months ago
Bensin Ardor
Nice looking glass building with original shape. Nice place around for a walk.
4 months ago
Lasonia Waller
Beautiful modern hall
10 months ago
Samantha Tabone
Exuding authority and the nexus of the "More London" development on the Southbank this controversial and distinct building could do with a squirt of glass cleaner.
The animated and vibrant environs are spacious and attractive.
6 months ago
Brent Rushing
At a reception in a safe.and friendly environment.
4 months ago
Charles Snowden
Great place from which to view the Shard, Tower Bridge etc
3 months ago
Rita Sachez
beautiful architecture
8 months ago
Christopher Reme
The building is stunning. I walked past it everyday along the bank.
3 months ago
atef khurshan
Interesting building - visited during Open House London. The cafe offers good food at reasonable prices too.
6 months ago
Maddie Lansing
City Hall, although mostly closed to the public normally is usually open once a year for Open House London. Definitely take the chance, if you can, to go and see the Foster and Partners building (especially the spiral staircase).
9 months ago
Ali Abbas
Parts of City Hall are open to the public on Mondays to Thursdays, 8.30am to 6pm, and on Fridays, 8.30am to 5.30pm.
You can enjoy free W-Fi access throughout the building by logging in to City Hall Wi-Fi and using 'GLA Guest'.
When you arrive at City Hall you will come through the entrance doors and be faced with our reception desk. Our staff are available to point you in the right direction if needed.
Please note: in the interest of everyone’s safety and security, everyone visiting City Hall must pass through security at the entrance to the building. This includes going through a metal detector and having all bags scanned.
6 months ago
McCaslin Giles
Sweeping spiral staircase looks great!
6 months ago
Dana McCombs
Been for a visit looks big but offices are very small in size nice to look at some people call it the juge dred building as if you look at it from the side it looks like his hat
3 weeks ago
Anant Tiwari
Nice modern design, but look kind weird to other buildings.
9 months ago
George Daviau
Not sure if anybody likes the politicians inside, but the building has an interesting architecture.
3 weeks ago
Tyler Trussell
If you like modern architecture, this is a nice bulding in the side of the river, so you can visit it just by walking.
6 months ago
Monique Payden
A beautiful building and you can go in and watch the map of London and see the great views from within.
9 months ago
Nichole Etienne
Haven't been on the inside yet but outside it looks pretty great!
3 weeks ago
kem edgman
had a great, cheap lunch but no sign of Boris. Interesting building.
6 months ago
Jason Stinebaugh
Absolutely love this part of London.
4 months ago
Snehdeepsinh Borasiya
Just walk in and have a look around. A beautiful building, no fuss, great cafe.
8 months ago
Asia Monique
Nice place for a stroll.
5 months ago
Rick Hernandez
Such an interesting building, with a very stark, yet welcome contest with the surrounding buildings.
9 months ago
Chad Watt
A great place to visit, always something going on and a great view of some of London's most iconic landmarks.
9 months ago
Paula Weaver
Beautiful architecture.
3 weeks ago
Jeffery Lewis
Unfortunately I didn't have time to visit this fantastic building but will do it next time. Norman Foster, the architect, continues to deliver fascinating constructions in London.
8 months ago
