Hotels, Guest houses and bed & breakfast in around near South London |
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South London is the entire area of Greater London south of the River Thames. Largely residential, it has fewer historic sites and important government and business sites than Central London, simply because London grew out of the cities of Westminster and London, both on the northern bank of the river. The southern bank, at the time of the Roman settlement, was a swampy, poorly drained area of land which deterred building.
The London boroughs that make up this informal area are Greenwich, Lewisham, Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Southwark, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Richmond (though this is the only borough which straddles both sides of the Thames), Kingston, Sutton and Merton. Many large scale developments are taking place, and planned for South London. Many of the largest developments are urban regeneration projects, in which deprived areas are given multi-million/billion pound masterplans. These projects are taking place in Elephant & Castle, Lewisham, and Kidbrooke. Other developments include Greenwich Peninsula, the site of several thousand new homes, and Battersea Power Station, which will be renovated as a leisure, retail and entertainment complex The London Underground network is largely concentrated in North London – there are only 33 stations south of the river compared to 241 north of it. Historically this was due to the early development of an effective electrically powered surface railway system in South London, and not unsuitable geology as is sometimes suggested. It meant that for decades there was a separation of public rail transport networks on either side of the Thames. Seven of the 12 tube lines have sections south of the river. These are the East London Line, Bakerloo Line, Jubilee Line, Northern Line, Victoria Line, Waterloo and City Line and District Line. South London's overground train network, however, is the most extensive in London. The major train operators in South London are Southeastern, Southern, South West Trains and First Capital Connect. The main termini for South London commuters are London Bridge, London Charing Cross, London Victoria, Blackfriars, London Waterloo and Cannon Street, although only London Bridge and Waterloo are actually south of the river. London's only tram system is located in South London. It is the Croydon Tramlink, which was inaugurated in 2001. There are many notable places in South London. The south bank of the Thames has the London Eye, Lambeth Palace, the Tate Modern art gallery, the Saatchi Collection of contemporary art, The Globe Theatre, Battersea Power Station, Battersea Park. Clustered around Waterloo Bridge the National Theatre, the Royal Festival Hall, the National Film Theatre and the Hayward Gallery are often collectively referred to as the South Bank arts complex, although all of these are considered to be in Central London. |
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London Hotels | South London
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