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# The South Bank Lion · OpenVibe.Tours

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# The South Bank Lion

This statue was once the mascot of the Red Lion Brewery and stood on its roof until the brewery was demolished to make way for the Royal Festival Hall.

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![The South Bank Lion](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZMB6NGS624108G967C6136) Photo: Christian David · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASouth_Bank_Lion%2C_Westminster_Bridge%2C_London.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

- [**Directions** open the map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.5009&mlon=-0.1199#map=16/51.5009/-0.1199)
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## Why go

It was moved to Waterloo and then to its present position on the bridge. Keen students of biology may notice that the statue is missing certain male body parts. It used to be anatomically correct but was deemed too lewd and scandalous when placed closer to pedestrians' eye-level and was castrated so as not to cause offence.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/London/South_Bank)

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   Photo: Terry Ott from Washington, DC Metro Area, United States of America · CC BY 2.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHouses_of_Parliament_in_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg)
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