Hay's Galleria & St Olave's House, Hay's Wharf
Tooley Street, London SE1

Hay's Wharf, built in 1857 by Thomas Cubitt, was used for the unloading of tea and other provisions for the London trade.  The wharf was one of the first places to use cold storage, importing butter and cheese from New Zealand from 1867. 

Today Hay's Galleria, an upmarket commercial and residential development, occupies the site.

The former warehouses, covered by a high glass roof supported on iron columns, now contain offices, private apartments, cafés, restaurants and shops. 

Its glass-covered atrium has stalls and street entertainers.  At the centre is David Kempe's sculpture 'The Navigators', designed with a nautical theme, this moving sculpture incorporates water jets and fountains.

Hay's Galleria is now the focal point of London Bridge City, the name given to the office developments in this area south of the Thames.

St Olave's House, completed in 1932, was once the headquarters of Hay's Wharf.  Designed by H S Goodhart-Rendel, this innovative building was very controversial at the time, but now recognised as an Art Deco gem.  The name 'Hay's Wharf' is picked out in gold letters along the top of the river front and below are three bronze reliefs by the sculptor Frank Dobson, representing capital, labour and commerce.  This Art Deco building, one of the best in London, is being restored.                    

Admission free to Hay's Galleria