‘Why the name of Southwark London Underground station makes no sense’ – Sian Elvin

Do you ever typically take a look at the names of London Underground stations and realise they make no sense?

Well, that is what I did lately with the name of Southwark station.

Before I moved to London and was only a clueless commuter (I communicate for myself right here) I used to make use of that Tube station a good quantity as a result of I used to get the practice intoWaterloo East.

I by no means questioned the name of the station as a result of I simply thought it was the name of the space I used to be in.

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The Borough of Southwark

Until I moved to London correctly and moved to a flat in the Southwark borough – greater than 2.5 miles away from the station.

A map displaying the Borough of Southwark
(Image: Google Maps)

Southwark is definitely big! It’s about 11 sq. miles and reaches from the Southbank on the very edge of the River Thames proper down previous Dulwich to the edge of Crystal Palace Park.

That’s an enormous half of London. And it means the name ‘Southwark Tube station’ makes little sense. Crystal Palace Park is seven miles away from Southwark Tube station.

According to my analysis, the Borough of Southwark was initially three smaller council areas – the boroughs of Southwark, Camberwell and Bermondsey – which have been mixed in 1965 below the London Government Act which shaped Greater London.

The space of Southwark

A map displaying the precise space of Southwark
(Image: Google Maps)

The precise space of Southwark, not the borough, now has Borough Market at the coronary heart of it with Southwark Cathedral subsequent to it.

It was initially essential in Roman Britain as a result of it was the lowest bridging level of the Thames, and for hundreds of years it was the solely place in the space to have a Thames bridge.

But once more, even that space is technically not near Southwark Tube station – its closest station is London Bridge or Borough.

Nonsense. Imagine how complicated that’s going to be for vacationers.

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So Transport for London, as soon as you have completed doing all the different necessary issues, please contemplate altering the name of Southwark Tube station.

Maybe Southbank can be higher. It would not less than make extra sense…