Bankside is an area in the borough of Southwark (London, England). Is it located on the southern bank of the Thames and runs from west of Blackfriars Bridge to just before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock. During the Elizabethan period, it was outside of the City of London's authority and occupied many playhouses and other sites of leisure, including Shakespeare's Rose and Globe Theatres. Today, Bankside is the site of the reconstruction of the Globe as well as the Tate Modern art gallery (formerly the Bankside Power Station) and is a popular tourist district.

In London Labour and the London Poor:

The Coalbackers. (Volume 3)

Bankside Pier from Southwark Bridge by Robin Sones, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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