Southwark

Southwark Borough
Southwark Cathedral
Southwark Location within Greater Lunnon
OS grid reference	TQ325795
• Charing Cross	1.5 mi (2.4 km) W
Lunnon burgh	Southwark
Ceremonial coonty	Greater Lunnon
Region	Lunnon
Kintra	Ingland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	LONDON
Postcode destrict	SE1
Diallin code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	Lunnon
Ambulance	Lunnon
EU Pairlament	London
UK Pairlament	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Lunnon Assemmly	Lambeth an Southwark

Southwark (pronounced /ˈsʌðərk/ SUDH-ərk) is a destrict o Central Lunnon, Ingland, an the admeenistrative heidquarters o the London Borough of Southwark. Situatit 1.5 mile (2.4 km) east o Charing Cross, it forms ane o the auldest pairts o Lunnon an fronts the River Thames tae the north. It historically formit an auncient burgh in the coonty o Surrey, made up o a number o parishes, which increasingly came unner the influence an jurisdiction o the Ceety o Lunnon. As an inner destrict o Lunnon, Southwark experiencit rapid depopulation durin the late 19t an early 20t centuries. It is nou at an advancit stage o regeneration an is the location o the City Hall offices o the Greater London Authority.

Freemit airtins

• Southwark at Curlie