Bermondsey’s regeneration began when Galliard purchased a complete street of run down houses just off of the Old Kent Road and replaced them with ‘new Victorian’ houses on the original footprints. The development was so favourably received by the buying public that the pace of the regeneration of the whole area can be traced back to this pioneering project. Further schemes such as Royal Oak Yard, Long Lane and the Glass House were fundamental in the revitalisation of Bermondsey High Street
