{"id":32462,"date":"2024-10-10T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T06:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=32462"},"modified":"2024-10-09T14:24:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T13:24:19","slug":"a-rainy-night-in-london-south-bank-brutalism-covent-garden-lights-and-central-london-in-28-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-rainy-night-in-london-south-bank-brutalism-covent-garden-lights-and-central-london-in-28-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"A rainy night in London: South Bank brutalism, Covent Garden lights and central London in 30 photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-01.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>October has been producing plenty of rainy days and nights in London, and here&#8217;s a sequence of photos taken during a walk from the South Bank up through Covent Garden.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-02.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-03.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-04.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-06.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-05.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-07.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Festival Pier. Back in the day, illegal raves would regularly take place here at low tide under the banner of &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/reclaim-the-beach-party-on-the-river-thames-april-23rd-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reclaim The Beach<\/a>.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>As the tide slowly came in, the sound system (and revellers) would get pushed back closer to the steps until eventually seeking refuge on the walkway above.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-08.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-09.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-10.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Under Waterloo Bridge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-11.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The stark brutalist lines of the Royal National Theatre on the South Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The future Charles III was not impressed with the building, describing it in 1988 as &#8220;a clever way of building a nuclear power station in the middle of London without anyone objecting&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-12.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The red lighting adds some real drama to the building.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-13.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-14.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-15.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-16.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking towards the City, with the OXO Tower on the right.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-17.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rain falls hard on Waterloo Bridge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32467\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-rainy-night-in-london-south-bank-brutalism-covent-garden-lights-and-central-london-in-28-photos\/covent-gdn-01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,553\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.68&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 9 Pro XL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1728412815&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;330&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.010001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"covent-gdn-01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-01.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-01.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-01-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking west along a rain soaked Strand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32468\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-rainy-night-in-london-south-bank-brutalism-covent-garden-lights-and-central-london-in-28-photos\/covent-gdn-02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-02.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,553\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.68&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 9 Pro XL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1728412977&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;538&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.010001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"covent-gdn-02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-02.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-02.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-02-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Covent Garden.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32469\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-rainy-night-in-london-south-bank-brutalism-covent-garden-lights-and-central-london-in-28-photos\/covent-gdn-03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-03.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,553\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.68&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 9 Pro XL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1728413037&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;240&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.010001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"covent-gdn-03\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-03.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-03.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covent-gdn-03-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-18.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Passing the Lyceum Theatre.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-19.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Double decker umbrella.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-20.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-21.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crown &amp; Anchor, Neal Street.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-22.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Neal&#8217;s Yard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-24.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0garden square in the Bloomsbury\u00a0 district, Bedford Square was built between 1775 and 1783.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-23.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-25.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-26.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Rising Sun at 46 Tottenham Court Road, Fitzrovia, is a Grade II listed building with English Heritage.<\/p>\n<p>The art nouveau Gothic building was designed by Victorian architects Treadwell and Martin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-27.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tottenham Court Road was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-decline-of-tottenham-court-road-former-electronics-capital-of-london\/\">once the place to go<\/a> if you were shopping for hi-fis, cameras and electronics, but there&#8217;s now only a handful of small shops still trading.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rainy-london-oct-2024-28.jpg\" alt=\"A rainy night in London: South Bank, Covent Garden and central London in 28 photos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The brightly lit unit\u00a0 by Warren Street tube station is stuffed full of vapes.<\/p>\n<h4>Join the forum chat<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/the-river-thames-photos-and-stories.323878\/page-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The River\u00a0Thames \u2013 photos and stories<\/a>\u00a0(over 700 posts)<\/li>\n<li><a 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