London Borough of Southwark

The London Borough of Southwark was a London borough. (TV: Father's Day) It contained the districts of Southwark and Bermondsey. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen, The Lie of the Land)

Geography
The London Borough of Southwark shared its northern border with the River Thames, across which were both the City of London - to the west - and Tower Hamlets to the east. The borough shared its eastern border with Lewisham, a short length of its southern border with Bromley and its western border with Lambeth. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen)

The northern part of the borough was the location of several London landmarks including the Globe Theatre, (TV: The Shakespeare Code) the Shard, HMS Belfast and the southernmost landfall of Tower Bridge.

History
On 7 November 1987, Peter Tyler died in a car accident outside St Christopher's Parish Church on the day of the wedding of Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clark. (TV: Father's Day)

The Slitheen craft flew over the London Borough of Southwark in 2006. (TV: Aliens of London)

In 2008 Coldfire Construction put up a new technology block in one of the schools in Southwark. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen)

Behind the scenes
The comic Silver Scream places the Powell Estate in Peckham. In the real world, Peckham is part of the London Borough of Southwark.

According to non-narrative information in the DWBIT Daleks vs Cybermen Special, in 2007, Southwark was at the forefront in the brief Battle of Canary Wharf between the Cybermen and Daleks. Many casualties and much damage occurred across the streets of Southwark. V. J. Ellison commented on the battle at a later date.