The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is a Grade I listed building, the first post-war building to become so protected. The London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the London Sinfonietta, Chineke! and Aurora are resident orchestras at Southbank Centre.
The Royal Festival Hall from the Victoria Embankment
View to the south from Westminster Pier, 1958
Royal Festival Hall and Shot Tower, 1959
Hall Interior
Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, England, on the South Bank of the River Thames.
Southbank Centre's 11 acre former estate extended from Waterloo Bridge to the London Eye
Visitors to the Festival of Britain in front of the Dome of Discovery, 1951
Royal Festival Hall and Shot Tower, 1959
Royal Festival Hall, 2007