More capacity and improved connections with new Southeastern timetable Rail operator Southeastern has announced a sweeping package of timetable improvements set to roll out in May and December, promising more frequent services, increased capacity and better connections for passengers across South-East London, Kent and parts of East Sussex.

“We continually listen to our customers and monitor travel patterns to adjust and improve our timetable every May and December. #blackfriars #CanterburyWest #charing #EastSussex

The great river flows,
with golden light reflected,
as black friars watch.

#haiku #poetry #PoetryInMotion #writing #photography #photo #sunset #sunsetphotography #blackfriars

The sun shines out from intersecting storm clouds looking west along the River Thames from Blackfriars

#London #Storm #Weather #Blackfriars

Black and white photograph looking upward at the underside of a Victorian railway bridge, showing riveted iron girders, curved support beams, and cross-bracing converging at a central junction plate, with rows of rivets studding every surface.

Iron Bones

I nearly walked straight past it. You’re on the South Bank, dodging cyclists, and there’s this railway bridge overhead that most people treat as a ceiling to hurry under. But look up and the underside of Blackfriars Railway Bridge is a riot of riveted […]

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Haste is slow. Wisdom is rare.

#zohnerarts #london #blackfriars #blackfriarspub #leicaphotography #leicam #streetphotography #londonpubs #londonbynight #publife #england

This is on a designated #cycleroute from #Blackfriars to #OldSt and beyond. Given #Smithfield is going to be a building site for prob yrs why is there no designated diversion for #cycling. As a non commuter it was seriously dangerous/counterintuitive to navigate.

Photograph hung at the entrance of Blackfriars Bridge. It features a stylish black woman and a stylish black man riding a bicycle. Walking next to them is a white man wearing a flat cap, jacket, shirt, tie, yellow striped tank top and Rupert the Bear style trousers.

Photograph hung at the entrance of Blackfriars Bridge. It features a stylish black woman and a stylish black man riding a bicycle. Walking next to them is a white man wearing a flat cap, jacket, shirt, tie, yellow striped tank top and Rupert the Bear style trousers.

I’ve always appreciated life’s ability to provide #JoyInTheLittleThings

Lately this has been enriched beyond words by @mirandakeeling.com and her keen eye for being present

I’ve noticed for the first time this #photograph hung at the entrance to #Blackfriars bridge

How long has it been there?

Closed for a decade – part of the Thames riverside path has reopened at last A section of the Thames path that has been sealed off via a noisome detour since 2017 has finally reopened, with a new large riverside plaza. Read more ›

4G and 5G mobile coverage extended to more of London underground 4G and 5G mobile coverage has been rolled out to more stations and tunnelled sections on the Circle and District lines of London’s tube network.

4G and 5G mobile coverage extended to more of London underground www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/01/4g-and-5g-mobile... #battersea #BatterseaPowerStation #blackfriars #DocklandsLightRailway #ElizabethLine #london #NewCross

Blackfriars Station, London. Thank You All sculpture. 2021 by Oguzhan Secir. Photo: 15.06.2024. #Blackfriars #London #OguzhanSecir #sculpture

A view of London early in the morning

LDN

#photography #london #blackfriars

Holding Things Up. The lovely red columns aren’t bearing any structures but like to pretend they do. #wintersun #thames #london #blackfriars #londonarchitecture #stpaulscathedral

🌟 We want to extend a big thank you to Eat Well MCR for facilitating several sessions like this one in recent months, as well as the team at Blackfriars for making it such an enjoyable day!

#Blackfriars #PieMaking #EatWellMCR #YoungPeopleCan

Another fantastic sunny day in London today 🌞

#Blackfriars 🚂

Man 'sprays chemicals in railway worker's eyes with Lucozade bottle' The victim was left with chemical burns

Somehow in our urban panopticon nobody has been able to find the fucker who did this, probably not helped by asking witnesses 6 months after the fact.

www.mylondon.news/news/transport/man-spray...

#Blackfriars #London #UKCrime

#City #of #London #Blackfriars #Bridge #River #Thames #London #England

25 million cycle journeys counted and displayed February 2018 – 17 October 2025* * Based on crowd-sourced reports of the counters’ displays: @CS3Count #CS3Count 16,620,921 Cycleway C3 / CS3 Victoria Embankment 2018: 1,654,441 journeys over 33 online weeks 2019: 1,362,003 / 27w 2020: 2,403,651 / 50w 2021: 2,165,693 / 48w 2022: 2,773,951 / 48w 2023: 2,775,657 / 51w 2024: 2,525,485 over 44 online weeks (offline mid-July & August) 2025: 1,960,833 to 17 Oct over 30 online weeks (offline July-Sept) @CS6Count #CS6Count 7,389,620 Cycleway C6 / CS6 Blackfriars Road 2018: 574,304 journeys over 23 online weeks 2019: 593,122 / 23w 2020: 1,135,657 / 50w 2021: 1,295,846 / 51w 2022: 741,996 / 32w 2023: 1,222,817 / 37w 2024: 1,769,746 / 52w 2025: 56,140 over 1 online week, then offline

When working, London's cycleways' #C3 #Embankment and #C6 #Blackfriars Road counters have recorded over #25million cycle journeys since they were installed in February 2018*
*crowdsourced reports. Thanks to everyone who has shared pictures and scores 🙏

#CS3Count #CS6Count
#LondonLovesCycling

1 Nov 1610: Date on which Ben Jonson's The Alchemist is set. It was probably first played by the King's men at #Blackfriars #London (eebo)

Baynard House, London (UK)

#BrutalistArchitecture #Brutalism #Brutalist #Architecture #Brutal #Modernism #Modernist #London #UK #BaynardHouse #Blackfriars

#Blackfriars

Preliminary report published into near miss at London station A preliminary examination into a train narrowly missing staff at London Bridge Station has been published by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch.

Preliminary report published into near miss at London station www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/09/preliminary-repo... #blackfriars #LondonBridge #RailAccidentInvestigationBranchRaib

Blackfriars Priory,
Gloucester, dating to 1239.
Was a Dominican House. Dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539. Scriptorium a particularly rare survival. Restored 1960 & now an events space. Today, I was there for Gloucester History Festival #blackfriars #blackfriarsgloucester #dissolutionofthemonasteries

#Construction Notice for #Blackfriars in #LdnOnt

An infrastructure renewal project will begin soon in the area of Cherry Street

Work will begin mid-September 2025 & be completed by November 2025, with some planned finishing work in Spring of 2026

Learn more: getinvolved.london.ca/cherry

Sunbathing, Blackfriars, London.
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#photographer #sunbathing #blackfriars #london #sundayafternoon #sunshine #sunburnt #leicalove #leicaedc #leica #pointandshoot #leicaq3 #people #leicaq3photography #leicacamera #leicaq #leicaq343 #leicaworld #leicaphoto #colour #color

Sunbathing, Blackfriars, London.
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#photographer #sunbathing #blackfriars #london #sundayafternoon #sunshine #sunburnt #leicalove #leicaedc #leica #pointandshoot #leicaq3 #leicaphoto #colour #color
#reddotpixels #myleicaphoto #myleicajourney #photo #picture #myleicacompanion

Decent view from this rwy station platform #Blackfriars

Black and white cityscape shot of London along the River Thames looking towards Blackfriars Bridge, One Blackfriars, and South Bank Tower Captured by Komeil Karimi

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Black and white #cityscape shot of #London along the #RiverThames looking towards #Blackfriars #Bridge, One Blackfriars, and #SouthBank Tower
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#monochrome #bnw #urbanphotography #streetphotography #Photography

Blackfriars, Summer 2025
#photography
#london
#blackfriars