Southwark
Southwark is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: district of Central London, England
- Also known as: “Borough”, “distrito de Southwark”, “distrito Southwark”, “Sudoverca”, “Sudwercha”, “Suthweorca”, “The Borough”, “საუთვარკი”, “サザック”, and “南华克”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Tate Modern and Shakespeares Globe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bankside and Gabriel’s Wharf.
Blackfriars
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Southwark
- Categories: ancient borough, area of London, market town, and locality
- Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50565° or 51° 30′ 20″ north
Longitude
-0.09957° or 0° 5′ 58″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB SWR
Open location code
9C3XGW42+75
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Southwark” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Southwark”
- Arabic: “ساوثوارك”
- Arabic: “ساوثوورك”
- Armenian: “Սաութարկ”
- Azerbaijani: “Sautuark”
- Balinese: “Southwark (borough London)”
- Balinese: “Southwark”
- Basque: “Southwark”
- Belarusian: “Саўтуарк”
- Belarusian: “Саўтўарк”
- Bengali: “সাউথওয়ার্ক”
- Bulgarian: “Съдък”
- Catalan: “Southwark”
- Chinese: “南華克”
- Chinese: “萨瑟克”
- Chinese: “薩瑟克”
- Czech: “Southwark”
- Dutch: “Southwark”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ساذارك”
- Esperanto: “Southwark”
- Estonian: “Southwark”
- Finnish: “Southwark”
- French: “Southwark”
- Galician: “Southwark”
- Georgian: “საუთუარკი”
- German: “Southwark”
- Greek: “Σάουθουαρκ”
- Gujarati: “સાઉથવાર્ક”
- Hebrew: “לונדון/סאות’ווארק-לואישהאם”
- Hindi: “सदक”
- Hindi: “साउथवार्क”
- Indonesian: “Southwark”
- Irish: “Southwark”
- Italian: “Southwark”
- Japanese: “サザーク”
- Kannada: “ಸೌತ್ವಾರ್ಕ್”
- Korean: “서더크”
- Latin: “Opus Australe”
- Latin: “Southwark”
- Lithuanian: “Sadarkas”
- Lithuanian: “Soutvorkas”
- Luxembourgish: “Southwark”
- Macedonian: “Садарк”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Southwark”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Southwark”
- Norwegian: “Southwark”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Suðweorc”
- Persian: “ساتارک”
- Polish: “Southwark”
- Portuguese: “Southwark”
- Romanian: “Southwark”
- Russian: “Саутуарк”
- Scots: “Southwark”
- Slovenian: “Southwark”
- South Azerbaijani: “ساتارک”
- Spanish: “Southwark”
- Swedish: “Southwark”
- Tamil: “சௌதவார்க்”
- Telugu: “సౌత్ వార్క్”
- Turkish: “Southwark”
- Ukrainian: “Саутварк”
- Ukrainian: “Саутерк”
- Urdu: “ساؤتھ ہوارک”
- Urdu: “سدرک”
- Welsh: “Southwark”
- “Southwark”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Southwark Street Estate and Triptych Bankside.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mercure London Bridge and CitizenM London Bankside.
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