Walworth

Walworth is a district of South London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. It adjoins Camberwell to the south and Elephant and Castle to the north, and is 1.9 miles south-east of Charing Cross.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include East Street Market and London Bridge.

East Street Market

Marketplace

East Street Market also known locally as 'East Street', 'The Lane', or 'East Lane', is a street market in Walworth in South East London.

London Bridge

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The name "London Bridge" refers to several historical crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times.

The Shard

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The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 95-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heygate Estate and Aylesbury Estate.

Heygate Estate

Locality

Photo: London SE1 Community Website, CC BY 2.0.

The Heygate Estate was a large housing estate in Walworth, Southwark, South London, comprising 1,214 homes, designed by architects Tim Tinker and Roger Westman.

Aylesbury Estate

Neighborhood

Aylesbury Estate

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The Aylesbury Estate is a large housing estate located in Walworth, South East London. The Aylesbury Estate contains 2,704 dwellings, spread over a number of different blocks and buildings, and was built between 1963 and 1977.

Elephant and Castle

Suburb

Elephant and Castle

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Elephant and Castle is an area of south London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark. The name also informally refers to much of Walworth and Newington, due to the proximity of the London Underground station of the same name.

Walworth

Type: Suburb
Description: central district in the London Borough of Southwark
Categories: area of London and locality
Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.49011° or 51° 29′ 24″ north

Longitude

-0.09066° or 0° 5′ 26″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

United Nations Location Code

GB WWH

Open location code

9C3XFWR5+2P

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Walworth” goes by many names.

Arabic: “والورث”
Basque: “Walworth”
Catalan: “Walworth, Londres”
Catalan: “Walworth”
Chinese: “沃尔沃思”
Chinese: “沃爾沃思”
Dutch: “Walworth”
Esperanto: “Walworth”
Finnish: “Walworth”
French: “Walworth”
Galician: “Walworth”
German: “Walworth”
Greek: “Γουόλγουθ”
Hebrew: “ואלוורת‘”
Indonesian: “Walworth”
Irish: “Walworth”
Italian: “Walworth”
Japanese: “ウォルワース”
Latin: “Walworth”
Macedonian: “Волворт”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Walworth”
Norwegian: “Walworth”
Persian: “والوورث”
Polish: “Walworth”
Portuguese: “Walworth”
Russian: “Уолворт”
Slovenian: “Walworth”
South Azerbaijani: “والوورث”
Spanish: “Walworth”
Swedish: “Walworth, London”
Swedish: “Walworth”
Turkish: “Walworth”
Urdu: “والورتھ”
Welsh: “Walworth”
“Walworth”

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