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 2am
Now the next five bridges have joined in
To book your place visit our Eventbrite page. Note the different start times
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.
Blackfriars Road, Waterloo, Golden Jubilee, Westminster and Lambeth Bridges have also been 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
Our daily walks run from the City Information Centre, just south of St Paul's. You need to book via Eventbrite to secure you place
Some of our walks offer concession rates: valid for over 65s and students
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
If you'd 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'd like to organise a social event for your work colleagues, why not book an evening walk with us?
Note: We try to make our walks as inclusive and accessible as possible
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