London Borough of Southwark - Definition and Overview

London Borough of Southwark
Shown within Greater London
Geography
Status:	London borough
Area: - Total	Ranked 340th 28.85 km²
ONS code:	00BE
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 35th 251,307 8,711 / km²
Ethnicity:	63.0% White 4.1% S.Asian 25.9% Afro-Carib. 1.8% Chinese
Politics
Southwark London Borough Council http://www.southwark.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Liberal Democrats
MPs:	Harriet Harman, Simon Hughes, Tessa Jowell
London Assembly: - Member	Lambeth and Southwark - Valerie Shawcross

The London Borough of Southwark is a London borough, located on the south side of the River Thames. Its neighbours to the north are the City of London and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Its neighbours to the south are the London Borough of Lambeth and the London Borough of Lewisham. It is twinned with Langenhagen in Germany.

The name Southwark originates as the name of the area immediately south of London Bridge which was first settled in the Roman period, and first got its name in the 9th Century AD.

Note: Southwark is pronounced "suthuk" or "suthark" and is enunciated quickly i.e the 'ark' or 'uk' following the suth swiftly.

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 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
• The George inn
• Globe Theatre
• Greenland Dock
• Hay's Galleria (formerly Hay's Wharf)
• HMS Belfast
• Imperial War Museum (see also Bethlem Royal Hospital)
• 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

Roads, streets and squares

• Borough High Street
• Shad Thames

Transportation

Bridges and tunnels

• Blackfriars Bridge
• London Bridge
• London Millennium Bridge
• Southwark Bridge
• Tower Bridge

• Rotherhithe Tunnel
• Thames Tunnel

Mainline stations

• Denmark Hill
• East Dulwich
• Elephant and Castle
• London Bridge
• North Dulwich
• Nunhead
• Peckham Rye
• Queens Road Peckham

Tube stations

• Bermondsey
• Borough
• Canada Water
• Elephant and Castle
• London Bridge
• Rotherhithe
• Southwark
• Surrey Quays

Individuals associated with Southwark

• Sarah Armstrong-Jones (painter)
• Charles Babbage (mathematician)
• John Bacon (sculptor)
• Jerome 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)
• Charles Peace (burglar and murderer)
• William Penn (founder of Pennsylvania)
• Pilgrim Fathers (religious separatists; see also Mayflower)
• Michael Latham Powell (actor)
• Robert Recorde (physician and mathematician)
• Giles Gilbert Scott (architect)
• William Shakespeare (playwright)
• Ernest Shackleton (explorer)
• Hartley William 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

• Docklands
• London Underground
• River Thames
• Surrey

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