Southbank Skatepark

A rare quiet time!

Nestled under the Southbank Centre, close to the London Eye, you will find a place where teenagers hang out on their bikes and skateboards, the Southbank Skatepark.  Apart from being quite fun to watch for a while, there is another attraction that I have found here and that is the colourful and quirky graffiti that adorns the walls.

Brightening the place up

I used to work within walking distance of this area, and I'd periodically pop down there at lunchtimes to go and look at the artwork, because it would change on a week by week basis. Because it's quite dark under there, it always had a bit of a grungy feeling to me.  I was always more of a fan of the faces that sprung up than the wordy tagging, but I found it frequently interesting and unusual and worth stopping and taking in for 10 minutes if you're in the area. Here's a selection of images from my camera.

Kev Munday http://www.kevmunday.co.uk/

If you go outside of school hours, you more than likely won't be able to get close up before you get mown down by someone on wheels, so be warned and be careful!!  The safest place to watch from is probably the barrier rail between the pedestrian path and the skate park.