South London

South London is generally defined as any part of 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.
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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.

Stadium
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is a football stadium in , in the , England. It serves as the home ground of Premier League club Crystal Palace.

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 in the .

Railway station
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is in the in south London, 9 miles 31 chains along the line from . 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 Croydon and Thornton Heath.

Town
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is a large town in South London, England, 9.5 miles south of . Part of the , a local government district of ; it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive shopping area.

Suburb
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is a district of South London, England, within the . It is around 1.5 miles north of the town of , and 7.2 miles south of .

Suburb
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is a suburb in the , England, 7.8 miles south-east of . Historically in , the suburb is bounded to the west and south by and and to the east and south by and .

South London

Latitude
51.38948° or 51° 23′ 22″ north
Longitude
-0.07656° or 0° 4′ 36″ west
Population
1,800,000
Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)
Open location code
9C3X9WQF+Q9
Geo­Names ID
12042176
Wiki­data ID
Q1394500
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Satellite Map

Discover South London from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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: “Sur de Londres”
  • 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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