Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden
A rooftop garden on top of the Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre, planted with over 200 native wildflower species and home to a small bar built inside a reused shipping container.
- Hidden gem
- Price: Free
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Did you know
The garden opened in 2011 in partnership with the Eden Project and is still maintained partly by volunteers alongside a head gardener, and in 2026 Time Out named its bar London's best rooftop bar.
Local tip
It keeps limited, changing opening hours through the week, generally closed Monday and Tuesday, so check the Southbank Centre website before making the trip, and reach it via the yellow staircase up from the main Southbank walkway.
Finding it
- Address
- Queen Elizabeth Hall, Belvedere Road, South Bank, Waterloo, London Borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England, SE1 8XX
- Nearest station
- Waterloo (Tube), 312 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Southbank CentreEurope's largest centre for the arts, a Brutalist riverside complex housing the Royal Festival Hall, the Hayward Gallery, and a run of second-hand book stalls under Waterloo Bridge.
- London EyeA 135-metre observation wheel on the South Bank, with 32 glass capsules offering panoramic views across the city.
- Gordon's Wine BarLondon's oldest wine bar, candlelit and cellar-dark, tucked below street level near Embankment since 1890.
- The Courtauld GalleryAn art gallery inside Somerset House holding one of the UK's finest Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collections, from Manet and Van Gogh to the most significant group of Cézannes in Britain.