London Borough of Southwark
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 Shown within Greater London | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Status | London borough |
| Area — Total | Ranked 340th 1 E7 m²}}} km² |
| ONS coding system>ONS code | 00BE |
| Demographics | |
| Population — Total () — Density | |
| Ethnicity | 63.0% White 25.9% Afro-Caribbean 4.1% South Asian 1.8% Chinese |
| Politics | |
| Local government in England#Councils and councillors>Leadership | Leader & Cabinet |
| Mayor | — |
| Executive | |
| MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005>MPs | Harriet Harman Simon Hughes Tessa Jowell |
| London Assembly — Member | Lambeth and Southwark Valerie Shawcross |
| Official website | http://www.southwark.gov.uk/ |
The London Borough of Southwark is a London borough, located on the south side of the River Thames and part of Inner London.
Its neighbours are the City of London and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to the north (over the Thames), the London Borough of Lambeth to the west and the London Borough of Lewisham to the east. It is twinned with Langenhagen in Germany.
The name
Southwark got its name in the 9th century but was first settled in the Roman period. Southwark is pronounced "suth-uk" or "suth erk". The emphasis is on the first syllable i.e. suth.
See the Southwark page for the history of the area before the formation of the London Borough of Southwark and for other details about Southwark.
Demographics
The 2001 census gives Southwark a population of 244,866. Southwark is 63% white, 16% black African and 8% black Caribbean. 31% of householders are owner–occupiers.History
The London Borough of Southwark was formed in 1965 from the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, and the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey.Southwark locations and landmarks
Areas
- Bankside
- Bermondsey
- Camberwell
- Dulwich
- East Dulwich
- Elephant and Castle
- Herne Hill east of Herne Hill railway station
- Newington
- Nunhead
- Peckham
- Rotherhithe
- The Borough (historic Southwark)
- Surrey Quays
- Walworth
- West Dulwich
Landmarks
- Borough Market
- Butler's Wharf
- Camberwell College of Arts
- The Clink
- City Hall (see also Greater London Authority)
- Dulwich Picture Gallery
- Dulwich College
- The George Inn
- Globe Theatre
- Greenland Dock
- Hay's Galleria (formerly Hay's Wharf)
- HMS Belfast
- Imperial War Museum (see also Bethlem Royal Hospital)
- Livesey Museum for Children
- Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
- Oxo Tower
- Peckham Library
- Rose Theatre (site of)
- St Thomas Church
- St Thomas' Hospital
- South Bank
- Southwark Cathedral
- Surrey Commercial Docks (now defunct)
- Tate Modern (formerly Bankside Power Station)
- The Tabard inn (see also Canterbury Tales)
- The White Hart inn
- Winchester Palace
- Shard London Bridge will be Londons tallest building.
- ; ''see also Southwark parks and open spaces
Roads, streets and squares
Transport
Bridges and tunnels
Mainline stations
- Denmark Hill
- East Dulwich
- Elephant and Castle
- London Bridge
- North Dulwich
- Nunhead
- Peckham Rye
- Queens Road Peckham
Tube stations
Individuals associated with Southwark
- Sarah Armstrong-Jones (painter)
- Charles Babbage (mathematician)
- John Bacon (sculptor)
- Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte (nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte)
- Edmund Bonner (bishop of London)
- Robert Browning (poet)
- Marc Isambard Brunel and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (engineers)
- Jack Cade (rebel)
- Michael Caine (actor)
- Raymond Chandler (author)
- Charlie Chaplin (actor)
- Geoffrey Chaucer (playwright; see also Canterbury Tales)
- Charles Dickens (author)
- Michael Faraday (scientist)
- Rio Ferdinand (footballer)
- Harriet Harman (politician)
- John Harvard (founder of university)
- Simon Hughes (politician)
- Roy Jenkins (politician)
- Samuel Johnson (lexicographer and author)
- David Jones (poet)
- Tessa Jowell (politician)
- Benjamin Jowett (scholar and theologian)
- Austen Henry Layard (archaeologist, author and politician)
- Alfred Marshall (economist)
- Philip Massinger (playwright)
- Keith Murdoch (journalist)
- Cathy de Monchaux (artist)
- Harold James Ruthven Murray (chess historian and educator)
- Florence Nightingale (nurse)
- Samuel Palmer (visionary English artist)
- Charles Peace (burglar and murderer)
- William Penn (founder of Pennsylvania)
- Pilgrim Fathers (religious separatists; see also Mayflower)
- Robert Recorde (physician and mathematician)
- Giles Gilbert Scott (architect)
- William Shakespeare (playwright)
- Ernest Shackleton (explorer)
- Hartley Shawcross (lawyer and politician)
- John Stainer (organist and composer)
- Donald Swann (humorist)
- Henry Thrale (brewer and politician)
- Hester Thrale (diarist)
- Mary Wollstonecraft (author)
See also
Greater London | London | City of London |
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