The first four Illuminated River bridges – London, Cannon Street, Southwark and Millennium – made their debut in 2019. Since their launch the four bridges have been creating an evocative display every evening from dusk until 2.00am.
Now the next five bridges are joining in
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Making the world’s longest public art commission. Although a public artwork, it has been paid for by private, philanthropic sources - an incredible gift to London.
This April Blackfriars Road, Waterloo, Golden Jubilee, Westminster and Lambeth Bridges were illuminated by New York-based artist Leo Villareal’s subtle display of slowly moving light sequences.
Villareal’s vision is to create a unified series of evocative lighting sequences across the bridges, reflecting their cultural and historical contexts. His approach draws on the spirit of Impressionist and English Romantic artists such as Monet and Whistler, who when painting London’s river and its bridges often worked, as Villareal does in the open air.
Along the walk your Guide will tell you about the artist and the engineering involved in the project along with the stories of the bridges, people and other places along the way. The Guides leading these new walks are accredited by the 'Two Cities' - London and Westminster, as the newly illuminated bridges cross the boundary! You will meet us to start the walk in the City of London and we'll end in the City of Westminster.
Thanks to support from the Illuminated River Foundation, the walks are free for a limited period.
We try to make our walks as inclusive and accessible as possible and use lifts to access the riverside path.
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You can also join us on a walk on Friday evenings to see the first four bridges
Images: Guy Fairbank
Note: the cut-off time for booking our daily walks is 21:00hrs the night before. If we don't have any bookings then the walk will not take place.
In addition, in the evening you can take a stroll along the river to admire London's bridges, now beautifully lit thanks to the Illuminated River Project. Find out more here
If you would like to organise your own walk, lecture or a virtual tour, then please use our Find a Guide section. If you're a member of an Arts Society or a U3A group we'd love to take you on a tour of the City. And if you're a company based in the City who would like to organise a social event for your work colleagues, why not book an evening walk with us? As guides we know where all the good pubs are!
Note: We try to make our walks as inclusive and accessible as possible.
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