WebSouth London is the southern part of London, England, south of the River Thames.The region consists of the boroughs, in whole or in part, of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Richmond, Southwark, Sutton and Wandsworth.. South London originally emerged from Southwark, first recorded as …

WebThe City and South London Railway (C&SLR) was the first successful deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction.The railway was originally intended for cable-hauled trains, but owing to the bankruptcy of the cable contractor during construction, a system of electric traction using …

WebSouth Kensington is a district just west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton. Its name was supplanted with the advent of the railways in the late 19th century and the opening (and shutting) and naming of local tube stations. The area has many …

WebLondon South Bank University (LSBU) is a public university in Elephant and Castle, London.It is based in the London Borough of Southwark, near the South Bank of the River Thames, from which it takes its name.Founded in 1892 as the Borough Polytechnic Institute, it achieved university status in 1992 under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.. In …

WebThe London and South Western Railway (LSWR or L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Starting as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended from London to Plymouth via Salisbury and Exeter, with branches to Ilfracombe and Padstow and via Southampton to Bournemouth and Weymouth.It also had many …

WebRegional 1 South East (up until 2022-23 known as London & South East Premier and up until 2016-17 known as National League 3 London & South East) is a level five league in the English rugby union system. It is one of six leagues at this level. When this division began in 1987 it was known as London Division 1. The format of the league was …

WebThe City and Guilds of London Institute is an educational organisation in the United Kingdom. Founded on 11 November 1878 by the City of London and 16 livery companies – to develop a national system of technical education, the institute has been operating under royal charter (RC117), granted by Queen Victoria, since 1900.The Prince of Wales, later …

WebGuildhall is a municipal building in the Moorgate area of the City of London, England.It is off Gresham and Basinghall streets, in the wards of Bassishaw and Cheap.The building has been used as a town hall for several hundred years, and is still the ceremonial and administrative centre of the City of London and its Corporation.It should not be confused …

WebPurley is an area of the London Borough of Croydon in London, England, 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south of Charing Cross, with a history going back at least 800 years.It was originally granted as an estate from holdings at Sanderstead and has existed in recent times as a district of Surrey and then, with neighbouring Coulsdon, as an urban district that later …

WebFirst MTR South Western Trains Limited, trading as South Western Railway (SWR), is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup (70%) and MTR Corporation (30%) that operates the South Western franchise.. During March 2017, it was announced that SWR had been awarded the South Western franchise. On 20 August 2017, it took over …