Valentine, Bazalgette Embankment
Best thing to do for Valentine’s Day 2027 – visit the new Bazalgette Embankment, Secret London
My love,
I could have given you
a super sewer,
but that is deep-hidden,
so instead I gather novelty,
greenery, artistry of hands and minds,
gather ‘gathering’ –
the space is made for this –
and now I arrive
with my gathered-together
urban heart
and a blue-washed February day,
trusting you know that my
love deep-hidden
like a sparkling river flows.
BAZALGETTE EMBANKMENT, Blackfriars
This is a newly created public space, featuring landscaped areas and specially commissioned sculptures. It sits atop the new Thames ‘super sewer’, part of the Thames Tideway Tunnel project.
Blackfriars
Blackfriars is an area in the south-west corner of the City of London on the north bank of the Thames.
It came about as the location for a friary during the 13th century, where all the friars wore black cloaks. Blackfriars has a long history. Many buildings were destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666 and was heavily bombed during the Second World War. Some of the original Victoria and Georgian buildings remain and are popular film locations including for David Copperfield and Sherlock Holmes.
