Join us for a celebration of health and wellbeing in the heart of London Bridge - 23rd - 29th March.

London Bridge has a long history connected with health and wellbeing, which was institutionalised after the first hospital was established in the area around the 12th century in what is now Southwark Cathedral.

Followed by Old St Thomas’s Hospital in the 13th century and Thomas Guy Hospital in the 18th century, this area has seen the Black Death, the Cholera outbreak, the Spanish Flu and more recently the Covid-19 Pandemic. 

The people living through every single one of these medical disasters tried to do what they could to stay healthy, to stay safe, while the medical practitioners searched for answers to their needs and cures for the diseases. Washing hands, wearing masks, keeping social distance are not new things.

Caring for people’s physical as well as mental health has been paramount throughout every single time period. This festival aims to celebrate the people and practices that have made a difference in the past and in the present. They will paint a picture of a community that has fought and continued to be resilient. 

This 3rd edition of the festival is a celebration of health and wellbeing in the heart of London Bridge, running 23rd-29th March 2022.

Find out more about the festival

Partners: 

Florence Nightingale Museum, Gordons Pathology Museum, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust, King’s College London, The Old Operating Theatre Museum, London Borough of Southwark, Team London Bridge.