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Explore Southwark's history
Discover Southwark's archaeology, war memorials and blue plaques. Follow Camberwell's Black History Walk and the Mayflower trail.
War memorials
There are more than 300 war memorials in Southwark including:
- community crosses
- plaques
- buildings
- gardens
- hospitals
- organs
- chapels
- windows
The Imperial War Museum has a reading room, open Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm with a terminal that provides full information on individual war memorials. It also has a searchable online war memorial register.
Request cleaning of a memorial
If you think a memorial needs cleaning, fill in our cleaning request form and we'll notify the organisation responsible for it.