Southwark (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Southwark, or the Borough, is an area of south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark, situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Charing Cross. Southwark (pronounced / s o k/, locally also) is the area of London immediately south of London Bridge. It will have the United Kingdom's tallest building in 2012, Shard London Bridge. It has been called The Borough (pronounced / b r /) since the 1550s, to contrast it with the neighbouring City, in later years to distinguish it from the larger Metropolitan Borough of Southwark and now to distinguish it from the much larger London Borough of Southwark. The core area of the Borough is virtually coterminous with the Guildable Manor. The Cathedral precinct and the Borough Market are often misleadingly described as being in Bankside and the Tooley Street area up to the St Saviour's Dockhead is also mistakenly described as part of Bermondsey, whereas they have always been part of Borough.