Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel Looking North

Leake Street (also known as the Banksy Tunnel) is a road tunnel in

Lambeth Lambeth () is a district in South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth, historically in the County of Surrey. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The population of the London Borough of Lambeth was 303,086 in 2011. The area expe ...

, London where graffiti is tolerated regardless of the fact that it is against the law. The street is about 300 metres long, runs off York Road and under the platforms and tracks of Waterloo station. Sten lex banksy, cans festival, londra 2008

Sten lex banksy, cans festival, londra 2008

The walls are decorated with graffiti, initially created during the

Cans Festival Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigra ...

organised by Banksy on 3–5 May 2008. The festival ran again on the August Bank Holiday weekend 2008. 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 and through traffic was restricted to pedestrians. Prior to the 1920s the street was known as York Street.

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