Waterloo Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges. Its name commemorates the victory of the British, Dutch and Prussians at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Thanks to its location at a strategic bend in the river, the bridge offers good views of Westminster, the South Bank and the London Eye to the west, and of the City of London and Canary Wharf to the east.
River Thames and Waterloo Bridge (as seen from the London Eye)
View towards Finsbury while walking the Waterloo Bridge
Share of the Company of Proprietors of the Strand Bridge, issued 30 December 1809
Crowds attend the opening of the first Waterloo Bridge on 18 June 1817
Blackfriars Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge, carrying the A201 road. The north end is in the City of London near the Inns of Court and Temple Church, along with Blackfriars station. The south end is in the London Borough of Southwark, near the Tate Modern art gallery and the Oxo Tower. Opened in the 1860s, it replaced an earlier bridge from the 1760s.
Blackfriars Bridge seen from Waterloo Bridge
Blackfriars Bridge with St Paul's Cathedral behind
Temperance, a statue atop a drinking water fountain at the north end of Blackfriars Bridge.
Blackfriars Bridge viewed from upstream, looking south