Lambeth is a lively inner-city district in south-central London, England, straddling the south bank of the River Thames opposite Westminster. Its riverside includes Lambeth Palace, the historic London home of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and it sits close to the cultural hubs around Waterloo and the South Bank.
Away from the river the area is a patchwork of contrasting neighbourhoods: multicultural Brixton with its markets, live music and Afro-Caribbean heritage; gentrifying riverside and transport hubs at Vauxhall; and long-established pockets of social housing and community activism. That mix of historic sites, cultural venues and ongoing regeneration gives Lambeth a complex economic and social character that feels both traditional and rapidly changing.