2 Cygnet SQ
THAMESMEAD
SE2 9FA

Drink and Food Available

We have openeded our new contemporary art space in Cygnet Square, adjacent to Southmere Lake at the heart of Thamesmead . The new space is 5 mins from Abbeywood Station (on the Elizabeth Line) and will enable TACO! to grow and further engage with our local context of Thamesmead and SE London. 

Opening times will be phased in over the coming weeks as follows.  


From Thursday 16th March * 
Thursday 10:00-16:00 
Friday 10:00-16:00
Saturday 10:00-16:00
Sunday 11:00-16:00

From April 6th *
Thursday 10:00-16:00 / 18:30 -23:00
Friday 10:00-16:00 / 18:30 -23:00
Saturday 10:00-16:00
Sunday 11:00-16:00

From May 4th 
Thursday 10:00-16:00 / 18:30 -23:00
Friday 10:00-16:00 / 18:30 -23:00
Saturday 10:00-16:00 / 18:30 -23:00
Sunday 10:00-16:00

(*_{Opening times exclude special evening adverstised events)}


Designed by architects Manalo & White the new space comprises a full height gallery and event space, a café and bar with outdoor seating, and a bookshop supporting artist and independent publishing.

The venue also incorporates a new broadcast studio for RTM.FM supporting the station and expanding TACO!’s offer to include a night-time programme of live performance and music events.

M&W's design for the space makes specific reference to some of the architectural interventions made by residents in Thamesmead's brutalist and modernist vernacular, using bricks as a core material for the space.