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.
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. The district, which is the oldest part of South London, developed due to its position at the southern end of the early versions of London Bridge, for centuries the only dry crossing on the river. Around 43 AD, engineers of the Roman Empire found the geographic features of the south bank here suitable for the placement and construction of the first bridge.
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Getting to Southwark
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 26 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 39 km · London Luton (LTN), 46 km
- Luton, Luton → Southwark47 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £5–7
- London, Essex → Southwark2 km · quickest by ferry, 41 min · £0–8
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Southwark164 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · £17–23
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Southwark
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Southwark. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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- Get inSouthern from the South East including Gatwick Airport (), Bognor Regis, Epsom and Portsmouth with ferries from and ().
- Get inAlso from Harwich (via A120, ferries from Hook of Holland, Netherlands).
- Get inFastest route from Fishguard (ferries from Rosslare, Ireland).
From Wikivoyage: London, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Southwark
Southwark is 3 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.