When I heard about Leake Street, I knew it was a place we had to visit. Leake Street is the site of The Vault Festival, an annual arts and entertainment event. It is also a venue for street art, and one of the places where Banksy, perhaps the most famous street artist, began his career. There are also restaurants and bars nestled into this tunnel beneath Waterloo Station.
The description I read of Leake Street made it sound like it was difficult to find--it seemed almost like a speakeasy site where you had to know a secret password, or at least its hidden location. So I made careful notes on the directions from Waterloo Underground Station.
I need not have bothered. You can hardly miss Leake Street once you're in the vicinity.
It's become quite an attraction.
We met these fun-loving kids with their mums, whose friends have a Thai restaurant there.
I think this may be the restaurant.
The Vault Festival takes place behind this door, but we did not go in. I think they are aiming at a younger demographic than Kevin and I. About the time this joint starts really rockin', we're in bed. (Sad to be getting old!)
We thought the atmosphere was fun and liked some of the brightly colored murals, although the works weren't quite up to the same standard of the street art we witnessed in Paris a few years ago. Still, if you're near Waterloo Station, I'd definitely check it out.
If you want to see some exceptional street art, here's a link to the exhibition we viewed in Paris in 2015.
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