Southwark
Southwark Bridge is an arch bridge in London, for traffic linking the district of Southwark and the City across the River Thames. Besides when others are closed for temporary repairs, it has the least traffic of the Thames bridges in London.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: grade II listed steel bridge in London Borough of Southwark, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Southwark Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shakespeares Globe and London Bridge.
Shakespeares Globe
Archaeological site
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men. Shakespeares Globe is situated 750 feet south of Southwark.
London Bridge
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. London Bridge is situated 1,500 feet east of Southwark.
Tate Modern
Museum
Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art. It forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Tate Modern is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Southwark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bankside and Southwark.
Bankside
Quarter
Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.
Southwark
Suburb
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Blackfriars
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.
Southwark
- Categories: steel bridge, road bridge, arch bridge, and transportation
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50885° or 51° 30′ 32″ northLongitude
-0.09409° or 0° 5′ 39″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Inception
June 6th, 1921Open location code
9C3XGW54+G9OpenStreetMap ID
way 378492763OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeGeoNames ID
6619890Wikidata ID
Q1324578
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Satellite Map
Discover Southwark from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Southwark” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Southwark zubia”
- Bulgarian: “Садърк Бридж”
- Bulgarian: “Саутуарк Бридж”
- Catalan: “pont de Southwark”
- Catalan: “Pont de Southwark”
- Catalan: “Pont Southwark”
- Central Kurdish: “پردی ساوتوەرک”
- Chinese: “南華克橋”
- Chinese: “萨瑟克桥”
- Czech: “Southwark Bridge”
- Danish: “Southwark Bridge”
- Dutch: “Southwark Bridge”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى ساوثوارك”
- French: “Southwark Bridge”
- German: “Southwark Bridge”
- Hebrew: “גשר סאות’ארק”
- Hebrew: “גשר סאת’ק”
- Hebrew: “גשר סאת’רק”
- Irish: “Droichead Southwark”
- Italian: “Southwark Bridge”
- Japanese: “サザーク橋”
- Japanese: “サザク橋”
- Korean: “서더크 교”
- Korean: “서더크교”
- Lithuanian: “Sadarko tiltas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Southwark Bridge”
- Norwegian: “Southwark Bridge”
- Persian: “پل ساتارک”
- Polish: “Southwark Bridge”
- Portuguese: “Ponte de Southwark”
- Russian: “Саутуарк (мост)”
- Russian: “Саутуарк”
- Serbian: “Мост Садарк”
- Slovak: “Southwark Bridge”
- Slovenian: “Most Southwark, London”
- Spanish: “Puente de Southwark”
- Swedish: “Southwark Bridge”
- Turkish: “Southwark Köprüsü”
- Ukrainian: “Саутваркський міст”
- Urdu: “سدرک بریج”
- Welsh: “Pont Southwark”
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