Columbia Flower Market

On Sunday the street is transformed into an oasis of foliage and flowers. Everything from bedding plants to 10 foot banana trees are up for grabs. Where art galleries sit next to cup cake shops, vintage clothes stores, European delis, garden and antique shops.

Shoreditch

Shoreditch is an arty area adjacent to the equally hip neighbourhood of Hoxton, both surrounding the historic City of London. Creatives and trendsetters fill the clubs and bars that surround Shoreditch High Street, Great Eastern Street and Old Street. Fancy something different?  Dining in the area features everything from trendy restaurants and smart gastropubs to artisan coffee shops and popup experience takeaways.

Barbican Centre

Close to the hotel you will find a world-class arts and learning centre like no other.

Carolee Schneemann: Body Politics is the first major survey of Carolee Schneemann’s work in the UK, tracing her diverse, transgressive and interdisciplinary expression over six decades. The exhibition will feature the artist’s early paintings; her experimental sculptural assemblages and kinetic works; her pioneering performance work in which she used her own body as a medium; her ground-breaking group performances; as well as her lyrical films and immersive multi-media installations.

Thu 8th Sept 2022 – Sun 8th Jan 2023

Angel

Boasting brilliant restaurants, trendy bars, and cultural atmosphere like no where else in the area. This hip borough is home to the N1 centre, Chapel market, local bars and pop up restaurants. What ever you are looking for Angel is the perfect place to start

Boxpark Shoreditch

Just a 15 minute walk from South Place Hotel you can fit in with the locals of Shoreditch and head down to Boxpark. Effortlessly fusing the concepts of the modern street food market and the pop-up retail mall, Boxpark stands proudly in the heart of London’s Shoreditch to deliver a community of brands specialising in fashion, arts, food and drinks. Boxpark is the world’s first pop-up mall.

Spitalfields

The historic Old Spitalfields Market offers restaurants and fashion stores, along with some quirkier boutiques and less traditional market stalls. There are some wonderful old-fashioned pubs close-by and overall, Spitalfields remains today the fascinating, fun, leisurely place to visit it always has been and now with some incredible Food Trucks, serving-up the most amazing street food in London.

The Old Truman Brewery

The Old Truman Brewery, East London’s revolutionary arts and media quarter, is home to a hive of creative businesses as well as exclusively independent shops, galleries, markets, bars and restaurants. For over twenty years the Old Truman Brewery has been regenerating its ten acres of vacant and derelict buildings into spectacular office, retail, leisure and event spaces. The finely tuned mix of business and leisure has created an environment unique in London, making the Old Truman Brewery a destination in its own right.

Whitechapel Art Gallery

For over a century the Whitechapel Gallery has premiered world-class artists from modern masters such as Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Frida Kahlo to contemporaries such as Sophie Calle, Paul Noble, Thomas Struth, Sarah Lucas and Mark Wallinger. With beautiful galleries, exhibitions, artist commissions, collection displays, historic archives, education resources, inspiring art courses, Cafe/Bar and Bookshop, the Gallery is open all year round, so there is always something free to see.