The London Bridge Medi-Culture District

Medi-Culture Vision  

To be the world’s most significant medi-culture district and celebrate its 1,000 year-long heritage of life-changing work that continues now and into the future.

Why this vision?

For around ten centuries, the district has been one of the world’s most significant sites for the development of healthcare, science and wellbeing. Life-changing work that continues now and into the future.

Why now? 

The community and built environment south of London Bridge station is in a period of transformation. A Masterplan produced for the London Bridge Campus Biomedical Cluster proposes a major redevelopment of the campus over the next 25 years and there are several significant development projects along St. Thomas Street at various stages of delivery.  

What next?

Our main focus over the coming year is to build the vision working with the local community of residents and workers. We are spending our time getting local people involved in the planning and vision, enabling us to have conversations about the themes around health and wellbeing and how they resonate with us.

Following the success of our first Medi-Culture Festival in February this year we are planning future festivals and events to connect the public to medicine and science in ways that will excite, explore and educate in equal measure.

We are working with our partners the Florence Nightingale Museum, The Old Operating Theatre, King’s College London, Science Gallery London, Southwark Council, and Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust.

The Long-Term Vision

For ten centuries, the London Bridge area has been one of the world’s most significant sites for the development of healthcare, science and wellbeing. The long-term goals are ambitious and build on this narrative. We want the area to:

  • Have UNESCO World Heritage status (Criteria: Represent a masterpiece of human creative genius) 

  • Embody the merging of Culture and Science  

  • Embrace Social Prescribing and culture for wellbeing  

  • Celebrate and represent diverse communities  

  • Be at the forefront of Arts, Science and Museum/Gallery presentation and education

  • Form a shared creative infrastructure to inspire innovation

  • To contribute to the London Bridge area being a seven-day a week destination.

 Background and research

 Read the Medi-Culture scoping report by Barker Langham.