The Banksy Tunnel

Located under the platforms of Waterloo station, in Leake Street, is the Banksy Tunnel. An authorised graffiti area that turns the street every day in a different exposition with new projects and artwork. A great opportunity for the street artists to practise, while you can get the chance to see them in action.  

But this project could not be possible without Banksy, the Bristol artist who stirred up a new way to do art.

The Cans Festival took place in this same scenario from the 3rd to the 5th of May, 2008. Dozens of artists coming from all over the world, invited by Banksy, covered all the tunnel with innovative murals. Images of Madonna, Boris Johnson, the Queen, Britney Spears, etc, were removed after the event. But still now, this area it's a free place to create.

The Skateboard Graveyard

Hungerford Bridge connects Charing Cross Station with the south of the River Thames  It’s situated between Waterloo Bridge and Westminster Bridge, in the heart of London. 

In a first place, it seems like a normal bridge, except for the great views. But this platform hides a valuable secret in the London subculture: a skateboard cemetery call "Skateboard Graveyard”. 

When young skaters break their boards, they throw them into the platform. In that point, the skate will rest after a long and busy life. Even, they have created a website “to commemorate the «lives» and «deaths» of the skateboards”. The applicant can upload a description and the key dates of their skate. As well, they can have an obituary and know, in just a second, what is the physical situation of their board. 

This cemetery is located at this point not by accident. In the River’s edge, between Hungerford Bridge and Waterloo Bridge, the Queen Elizabeth Hall is placed. Under these pillars, for more than 40 years, appears the Southbank Skatepark. It’s a circuit with ramps, benches, columns and stairs that allows young skaters to perfect their technique with the roller skate, the bike or the skateboard