Five proposals to create a ground-level walking route through a series of Victorian railway viaducts in south London have been shortlisted for the final stage of a RIBA-run competition.

The Low Line project in Southwark sought proposals to connect the historic Bankside, London Bridge and Bermondsey districts – and unlock the potential of derelict and forgotten sites in the process.

According to the project backers, 82 entries were received in response to July’s call for ideas from multidisciplinary teams. The five anonymised projects selected to go ahead to the competition’s final stages are being put on show before the winning entry is announced next month.

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