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Our local highways maintenance report
Our highway network
Where Southwark is located
Southwark is in central London and stretches from the River Thames in the north (its widest part) to Crystal Palace in the South.
In the north, Southwark stretches from just west of Blackfriars Bridge to Rotherhithe in the east. Further south Southwark gets thinner, and incorporates places such as Camberwell, Peckham and Dulwich.
Southwark is home to many famous landmarks including Tower Bridge, HMS Belfast, Tate Modern and Shakespeare’s Globe.
Lengths of highway, footways and cycleways in Southwark
| A roads | B and C roads | U roads | Total roads | Footways | Other public rights of way | Cycleways |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.4km | 55.41km | 251.1km | 340.9km | 780.0km | Not recorded in Inner London Boroughs | 54.5km |
We are responsible for the maintenance of 341km of roads and 780km of pavements, including:
- 16,269 streetlights
- 16,564 gullies
- 14,254 highway trees
- many highway structures including 2 tunnels, 13 highway bridges, 46 memorials, 18 bridges over waterways, 11 river walls, 140 lifebuoys and 203 grit bins