Vauxhall Bridge

Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in central London. It crosses the River Thames in a south-​east north-​west direction between Vauxhall on the south bank and Pimlico on the north bank. Opened in 1906, it replaced an earlier bridge, originally known as Regent Bridge but later renamed Vauxhall Bridge, built between 1809 and 1816 as part of a scheme for redeveloping the south bank of the Thames. The original bridge was itself built on the site of a former ferry crossing.

M15 does dominate this bridge. You always wonder if you are being watched. It is slightly edgy. It always seemed to be a bridge that I end up lost and without a map, this bridge seems to go on forever. It is miles away from everything. It feels quite functional in that you feel you shouldn’t stop and look at the view. I always end up on this bridge on one of my charity cycle rides somehow. The traffic feels fast and nasty so it is not a very relaxing place for me. It probably is nice on a warm, sunny day, when the blue comes out and the area isn’t so gray, white and brown.
Bridge Addict ⁷⁄₁₀ one point extra for its functional concrete look

One of the more attractive of the London bridges ok, it isn’t Tower bridge, but its very nice all the same. Being not quite in the centre this bridge isn’t as packed with tourists as Westminster Bridge. You can often see cormorants fishing for eels from here.

Built in 1906, replacing the Georgian Regent Bridge. Decorated with sculptures by Alfred Drury and Frederick Pomeroy, little noticed except by river traffic. On the upstream piers are Pomeroy’s Agriculture, Architecture, Engineering and Pottery, whilst on the downstream piers are Drury’s Science, Fine Arts, Local Government and Education.

Vauxhall Bridge is a steel arched bridge, for traffic and pedestrians, crossing the Thames between Lambeth Bridge and Grosvenor Bridge. It has five steel arches, making up one of the shorter river crossings, and is bedecked with a nice red paint get-​up and is adorned by several bronze statues of females who contributed to science and the arts. On the north bank is Westminster, with Tate Britain and the Millbank Tower and Pimlico tube station.
On the south bank, you stand facing the headquarters of MI6, which I think is awesome, especially when its lit up green at night. I always like to picture the scene in The world is not enough when Bond shoots of of there in his teeny wee power boat to speed up The Thames. It always strikes me as odd that the headquarters for a bunch of spies is so public, not the best of covers surely?