Leake Street

See also this image of an artist at work

Leake Street, also known as the "Banksy Tunnel" or "Graffiti Tunnel", is a road in Lambeth, London. It is about 300 metres long, runs off York Road and under the platforms and tracks of Waterloo station. The walls are decorated with graffiti - initially created during the "Cans Festival" organised by Banksy on 3-5 May 2008.^[1] A second edition of the Cans Festival on the August Bank Holiday week-end 2008.^[2]

While the Eurostar terminal was at Waterloo, the road was open for through vehicular traffic. On 14 November 2008 ownership of the road passed from Eurostar to Network Rail^[3] and through traffic was restricted to pedestrians.

References

External links

Cans Festival 08 - flickr group for the event
Tunnel becomes Banksy art exhibit, BBC News
Leake Street Gets a Gritting, Londonist.com

Banksy

List of works by Banksy • Works by Banksy that have been damaged or destroyed

Works	The Mild Mild West (1997) Pulp Fiction Gorilla in a Pink Mask Bombing Middle England Balloon Girl Bomb Hugger Ballerina with Action Man Parts Parachuting Rat (2003) Untitled (2004) Fragile Silence Space Girl and Bird The Drinker One Nation Under CCTV (2008) Forgive Us Our Trespassing Cardinal Sin (2011) Slave Labour (2012) Art Buff Self Portrait Spy Booth (2014) Dismaland (2015) The Son of a Migrant from Syria (2015)

Exhibitions	Turf War (2003) Barely Legal (2006) The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill

Related	Bankrobber London Leake Street Think Tank (2003) Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) "MoneyBart" (2010) The Antics Roadshow (2011) Better Out Than In (2013)

Coordinates: 51°30′07″N 0°06′57″W / 51.5020°N 0.1157°W / 51.5020; -0.1157

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