London Borough of Southwark

The London Borough of Southwark ⁱ/ˈsʌðərk/ is a Lunnon burgh in sooth east Lunnon, Ingland. It is directly sooth o the River Thames an the Ceety o Lunnon, an forms pairt o Inner Lunnon.

London Borough of Southwark
Lunon burgh
Motto(s):  United to Serve
Southwark shown athin Greater Lunnon
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Constituent kintra	Ingland
Region	Lunnon
Ceremonial coonty	Greater Lunnon
Status	Lunon burgh
Admin HQ	Tooley Street, Southwark
Incorporatit	1 Aprile 1965
Govrenment
• Teep	Lunnon borough cooncil
• Bodi	Southwark London Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Labour)
• Mayor	— (nan-poleetical)
• MPs	Harriet Harman Simon Hughes Tessa Jowell
• Lunnon Assembly	Valerie Shawcross AM for Lambeth an Soothwark
• EU Parliament	Lunnon
Area
• Total	28.85 km2 (11.14 sq mi)
Area rank	312t (o 326)
Population  (mid-2016 est.)
• Rank	35t (o 326)
• Ethnicity	39.7% White Breetish 2.2% White Erse 12.3% Ither White 2% White & Black Caribbean 1.3% White & Black African 1% White & Asie 1.9% Ither Mixed 2% Indie 0.6% Pakistani 1.4% Bangladeshi 2.7% Ither Asie 6.2% Black Caribbean 16.4% Black African 4.2% Ither Black 2.8% Cheenese 2.4% Ither
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcodes	{{{postcode_areas}}}
Polis force	Metropolitan Polis
Website	www.southwark.gov.uk

History

Further information: Southwark

Southwark got its name in the 9t century but wis first settled in the Roman period. The London Borough of Southwark wis formit in 1965 frae the umwhile aurie o the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, an the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey.

Geografie

The burgh borders the Ceety o Lunnon an the London Borough of Tower Hamlets tae the north (the River Thames formin the bundary), the London Borough of Lambeth tae the wast an the London Borough of Lewisham tae the east. Tae the sooth are the London Borough of Bromley an the London Borough of Croydon.