Self-guided audio walk along the South Bank, with narration on the landmarks of the post-war South Bank Festival.
South Bank: Festival to Theatre starts at County Hall on Monday 26 October, a self-guided audio walk that traces the South Bank's transformation from a bomb-scarred post-war city into the arts hub it is today. The route follows the river, starting from the site where London once threw a festival to cheer itself up after the war, and takes you past the concert hall that survived as the festival's sole survivor.
Along the way, you'll pass the spot where a floating sculpture once hung in the sky, the concrete galleries and theatre of the arts centre, the bridge built by women during wartime, and the tower that spells out a brand name. In total, the walk covers around a dozen landmarks over 2.3 km (1.4 miles), with up to 30 minutes of narration. There's no in-person guide, so you move entirely at your own pace, stopping when you want and skipping ahead if you're in a rush.
The experience is delivered by AudaTours, a self-guided audio app that turns a walk through the city into a story, with history and detail drawn from verified historical sources. It's less of a tour and more of a narrated stroll, so you can take it as slowly or as quickly as you like.
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It's £4.99, and since it's an app-based walk, you just need your phone and a pair of headphones to get through it.
