Southwark | Tardis

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Southwark was a district in the London borough of the same name. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen, The Lie of the Land) It was located on the bank of the River Thames. (TV: The Shakespeare Code)

Geography[]

Southwark was located opposite the City of London on the southern bank of the River Thames. Nearby districts included Bermondsey to the east. (TV: The Lie of the Land)

Southwark was the location of several London landmarks including the Globe Theatre, (TV: The Shakespeare Code) Southwark Cathedral, (TV: The Lazarus Experiment) the Shard and HMS Belfast.^[1]

A number of bridges extended across the Thames between Southwark and the City of London, including Southwark Bridge and London Bridge. (TV: The Lie of the Land)

Elephant and Castle was a "starfish of roads" which lay alongside a railway. The railway crossed Borough Road, Webber Street and Union Street. (PROSE: The Time Travellers)

History[]

The Doctor had once gone carousing with Geoffrey Chaucer in the Tabard in 14th century Southwark over mugs of ale. (PROSE: Synthespians™)

The Globe Theatre was built in Southwark. In 1599, the only performance of Love's Labour's Won temporarily brought the Carrionites to Earth with the power of words, but William Shakespeare, aided by the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones, devised his own words to send them back. (TV: The Shakespeare Code)

Henry Gordon Jago and George Litefoot visited Southwark in the 1890s. (AUDIO: The Mahogany Murderers)

Richard Lazarus was from Southwark. During the London Blitz, he hid in the crypts of the Southwark Cathedral. (TV: The Lazarus Experiment)

In 2008, Richard Lazarus presented his rejuvenation device in Southwark. It mutated him into a monster which killed several people. he again hid in the cathedral's crypts as he had done during the Blitz. Martha Jones and the Tenth Doctor found him and he chased Martha up the bell tower. The Doctor used the cathedral's organ to distract him and he fell to his death. (TV: The Lazarus Experiment)

Alternate timeline[]

In an alternate 2006, Abigail Ali flew over London, observing the rubble that was formerly Southwark from her aircraft. (PROSE: The Time Travellers)

Footnotes[]

↑ By combining the London street map seen in The Lie of the Land, and the various birds-eye view shots of the same area shown throughout the episode, with the map of London boroughs seen in TV: Revenge of the Slitheen, these locations are definitively shown to be located in Southwark.

London Borough of Southwark

London Borough of Southwark • London • Greater London

Districts

Bermondsey • Kennington (see Powell Estate) • Peckham (see Powell Estate) • Rotherhithe • Southwark

Landmarks

Globe Theatre • HMS Belfast • London Bridge • London City Hall • Tower Bridge • The Shard • Southwark Cathedral

Buildings & structures

Government	London City Hall

Medical	Peckham Hospital

Cultural	Globe Theatre • HMS Belfast • Powell Estate Library

Religious	Southwark Cathedral • St Christopher's Parish Church

Hospitality	Cheeky Chicken • Chicken Shack & Rack • The Elephant • The Shard

Recreational	Brandon Youth Centre

Offices	A Charitable Earth HQ • The Shard

Industrial	North Jetty • Lazarus Laboratories • St Mary Overy's Dock

Transport	Peckham Rye • Waterloo East

Residential	Enoch Tower (including flats 136 & 143) • Powell Tower (including flats 90 & 92) • The Shard

Other	Nonsuch House

Roads & streets

All Hallows Street • Bloxham Road • Jordan Road • Market Way • Salinger Way • Tooley Street • Walterley Street • Waterton Street

Bridges & tunnels

Blackfriars Bridge • London Bridge • Millennium Bridge • Southwark Bridge • Tower Bridge

Waterways

River Thames

Notable events

1814 frost fair • The Blitz • Operation Mannequin • Sycorax invasion of Earth

Greater London boroughs and districts

City of London • London • Greater London

Regions

Central London • Docklands • East End • East London • North London • South Bank • South London • West End • West London

Boroughs

Barking • Barnet • Bexley • Brent • Bromley • Camden • City of London • City of Westminster • Croydon • Ealing • Faling • Greenwich • Hackney • Hammersmith • Haringey • Harrow • Havering • Hillingdon • Hounslow • Islington • Kensington • Kingston • Lambeth • Lewisham • Merton • Newham • Redbridge • Richmond • Southwark • Sutton • Tower Hamlets • Walford • Waltham Forest • Wandsworth

Districts by borough


Camden	Camden Town

City of London	Blackfriars

City of Westminster	Maida Vale • Westminster

Ealing	Ealing • Greenford • Perivale

Hackney	Hackney • Haggerston • Shoreditch (including Coal Hill)

Southwark	Bermondsey • Kennington • Peckham • Rotherhithe • Southwark

Tower Hamlets	Bethnal Green • Bromley By Bow • Canary Wharf • Poplar • Stepney • Wapping • Whitechapel

Other districts


Acton • Angel • Baron's Court • Battersea • Bloomsbury • Bow • Brockley • Brompton • Canning Town • Catford • Chelsea • Chiswick • Clapham • Clerkenwell • Covent Garden • Croydon (including South Croydon) • Deffry Vale • Deptford • East Ham • Edgware • Finchley • Fitzrovia • Golders Green • Hainault • Hampton • Heathrow • High Barnet • Highgate • Holborn • Holland Park • Hollow Ponds • Hoxton • Isle of Dogs • Jacob's Island • Kensal Rise • Kilburn • King's Cross • Kingston upon Thames • Knightsbridge • Limehouse • Mayfair • Mile End • Millwall • Mitcham • Morden • Muswell Hill • New Cross • Notting Hill • Olympic Village • Paddington • Penge • Pimlico • Plaistow • Plumstead • Richmond • Ruislip • Shadwell • Shepherd's Bush • Soho • South Bank • South Kensington • Southall • Spitalfields • St Giles • Stanmore • Stoke Newington • Stratford • Streatham • Sydenham • Thamesmead • Tooting • Tyburn • Upminster • Uxbridge • Vauxhall • Walthamstow • Willesden • Wimbledon • Hainault • Woolwich

Real world locations unconfirmed in the DWU	Biggin Hill • Brentford • Chingford • Dulwich • Harrow on the Hill • Kentish Town • Mortlake • Twickenham

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Please note that this template is solely for the Greater London region, and so should not include locations from later equivalents of London such as Central City.