South London
South London is generally defined as any part of London that is south of the river Thames. However, this guide only covers the outer South London boroughs, namely Bromley, Bexley, Croydon, Kingston-upon-Thames, Sutton, and parts of Merton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Region with 1,800,000 residents
- Description: southern part of London, England
- Also known as: “London/South”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Selhurst Park and Norwood Junction railway station.
Selhurst Park
Stadium
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Selhurst Park is a football stadium in Selhurst, in the London Borough of Croydon, England. It serves as the home ground of Premier League club Crystal Palace.
Norwood Junction railway station
Railway station
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Norwood Junction is an interchange station between the Windrush line of the London Overground and National Rail services operated by Southern and Thameslink, located in South Norwood in the London Borough of Croydon.
Selhurst railway station
Railway station
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Selhurst railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, 9 miles 31 chains along the line from London Victoria. It is operated by Southern, which also provides all the train services. The station is in London fare zone 4.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornton Heath and South Norwood.
Thornton Heath
Suburb
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Thornton Heath is a district of South London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It is around 1.5 miles north of the town of Croydon, and 7.2 miles south of Charing Cross.
South Norwood
Suburb
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South Norwood is a district of South London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, Greater London and formerly in the historic county of Surrey.
Selhurst
Suburb
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Selhurst is a suburb in the London Borough of Croydon, England, 7.8 miles south-east of Charing Cross. Historically in Surrey, the suburb is bounded to the west and south by Thornton Heath and Croydon and to the east and south by South Norwood and Woodside.
South London
- Category: subregion
- Location: Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover South London from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“South London” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جنوب لندن”
- Arabic: “لندن الجنوبية”
- Basque: “South London”
- Catalan: “Londres del Sud”
- Catalan: “South London”
- Chinese: “伦敦/南伦敦”
- Chinese: “南伦敦”
- Chinese: “南倫敦”
- Dutch: “Zuid-Londen”
- Esperanto: “Suda Londono”
- French: “Londres-Sud”
- French: “South London”
- German: “South London”
- German: “Süd-London”
- German: “Südlondon”
- Greek: “Νότιο Λονδίνο”
- Hebrew: “דרום לונדון”
- Hebrew: “לונדון/אזור הפרברים הדרומי”
- Indonesian: “London Selatan”
- Irish: “Londain Theas”
- Italian: “Londra sud”
- Italian: “South London”
- Italian: “Sud di Londra”
- Japanese: “サウス・ロンドン”
- Japanese: “南ロンドン”
- Korean: “사우스런던”
- Luxembourgish: “South London”
- Marathi: “दक्षिण लंडन”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “South London”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Londres del Sud”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Londres deu Sud”
- Ossetian: “Хуссар Лондон”
- Persian: “لندن جنوبی”
- Portuguese: “South London”
- Portuguese: “Sul de Londres”
- Portuguese: “Zona Sul de Londres”
- Romanian: “South London”
- Russian: “Южный Лондон”
- Scots: “Sooth Lunnon”
- Spanish: “Londres del Sur”
- Swedish: “South London”
- Ukrainian: “Південний Лондон”
- Urdu: “جنوبی لندن”
- Vietnamese: “Nam London”
- Vietnamese: “Nam Luân Đôn”
- Welsh: “South London”
- Western Panjabi: “جنوبی لندن”
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