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Walworth Road
Walworth Road is in the London Borough of Southwark.
Only the very northern end of Walworth Road is in SE1. The rest is in SE17.
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- Lower Marsh casino given all-night gambling licence 15 Feb 2023
- Labour Party HQ relocates to Blackfriars Road 25 Jan 2023
- Barclays to close Tower Bridge Road bank branch 18 Jan 2023
- 'Ayers Rock' block at Elephant Park: Mayor won't overrule council 30 Nov 2022
- Elephant & Castle: office block and health centre plans rejected 4 Oct 2022
- Elephant & Castle alleyway shut after 'man struck with bottle' 10 Jul 2021
- Elephant & Castle: fire in arches shuts roads and railway 28 Jun 2021
- Peabody sells Mercato Metropolitano site to Berkeley Group 6 Dec 2020
- Dozens sign petition for Waitrose or M&S at Elephant & Castle 15 Nov 2020
- Halloween and Christmas at Elephant as Poundland prepares to shut 11 Jul 2020
- Black Lives Matter march from Burgess Park to Elephant & Castle 21 Jun 2020
- Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre to close after 55 years 17 Jan 2020
- Southwark Supertram back on the agenda 18 Sep 2019
- John Harvard Library to be closed one day a week 28 Jan 2019
- Police object to 24-hour opening for McDonald's at London Bridge 3 Dec 2018
- Elephant & Castle near top of table for 'hopper fare' bus travel 12 Sep 2018
- No sign of replacement for Great Dover Street Post Office 13 Jun 2018
- Santander bank to close Elephant & Castle branch 25 Apr 2018
- Maldonado Walk: alleyway renamed after Ecuadorian scientist 12 Feb 2018
- Coronet's melodramatic past captured in new exhibition 10 Dec 2017
- Blackfriars Road Post Office to be privatised in March 2018 24 Nov 2017
- Man jailed for sexual assault against five women 5 Aug 2017
- 18 Blackfriars: 53-storey tower OKed by Southwark councillors 19 Jul 2017
- 50% on-site affordable housing would be viable at 18 Blackfriars 17 Jul 2017
- TfL plans safety review of Elephant & Castle southern junction 19 Apr 2017
- Council to oppose loss of Blackfriars Road Crown Post Office 23 Mar 2017
- TfL spent £87k on press and radio ads lauding Elephant & Castle 9 Nov 2016
- Blackfriars Road Post Office under threat 3 Aug 2016
- Melior Street Garden to share in Tesco carrier bag windfall 1 Mar 2016
- Southwark Safe: new business crime reduction partnership 24 Jan 2016
- Bakerloo line extension: TfL favours Lewisham via Old Kent Road 10 Dec 2015
- The Quill: council OKs switch from student halls to luxury flats 8 Sep 2015
- Bakerloo line extension: chancellor asks for detailed plans 20 Feb 2015
- Man stabbed in neck at Elephant & Castle: police appeal 13 Nov 2014
- Remembrance Sunday 2014: pictures & audio 10 Nov 2014
- Bakerloo line extension: Southwark councillors want two branches 22 Jul 2014
- Christian and Muslim youths meet at Rockingham Community Centre 2 Jun 2014
- Boris backs Bakerloo line extension via Old Kent Road 29 May 2014
- Bishop of Woolwich on 46-mile walk round three boroughs 27 May 2014
- Interview: Cllr Peter John, leader of Southwark Labour 20 May 2014
- Interview: Cllr Anood Al-Samerai, leader of Southwark Lib Dems 20 May 2014
- Cyclist killed in Elephant & Castle lorry collision 13 May 2014
- Bakerloo line extension: Old Kent Road route becomes more likely 20 Apr 2014
- £1.2m library to open in Elephant & Castle shipping containers 11 Mar 2014
- Elephant & Castle northern roundabout plans to be revealed 2 Feb 2014
- Borough High Street armed robber was on day release from prison 15 Jan 2014
- Actionplus Foundation calls on church leaders to host HIV testing clinics 18 Nov 2013
- Theo Paphitis launches Lib Dem plan for Southwark's high streets 12 Nov 2013
- Remembrance Sunday in SE1: pictures and audio 10 Nov 2013
- Leathermarket sculpture project wins Southwark arts award 1 Nov 2013
- Bakerloo line extension 'not a priority' for Boris, says minister 12 Sep 2013
- Man in critical condition after Elephant & Castle assault 18 Aug 2013
- Southwark puts up cash for Bakerloo line extension study 5 Jun 2013
- Southwark Council launches petition against fire service cuts 5 Jun 2013
- Lib Dems call for compulsory purchase of Elephant shopping centre 8 May 2013
- Burglars steal artefacts from burnt-out Cuming Museum 12 Apr 2013
- Camberwell war memorials rededicated in Tooley Street ceremony 27 Mar 2013
- Simon Hughes celebrates 30 years in Parliament 27 Mar 2013
- Massive fire at Walworth Town Hall; fears for Cuming Museum collection 25 Mar 2013
- Elephant & Castle: Colombian pickpocket gang jailed 12 Mar 2013
- Minister promises to discuss Bakerloo line extension with Boris 6 Mar 2013
- Elephant & Castle: Lend Lease Heygate Estate masterplan approved 16 Jan 2013
- Bakerloo line extension back on the political agenda in Southwark 3 Dec 2012
- Elephant & Castle Walking Challenge launched 23 Oct 2012
- Southwark Supertram website launched 11 Sep 2012
- Paris Garden student residence sold to Bahrain firm in £45 million deal 6 Aug 2012
- Lend Lease launches £25,000 Elephant & Castle community fund 11 Jun 2012
- Woodcarver measures Dickensian wooden dog for replica 25 Mar 2012
- Southwark approves new Elephant & Castle planning policy 21 Mar 2012
- Latin American presence at Elephant is "under threat", Deputy Mayor told 9 Mar 2012
- Lend Lease unveils final masterplan for Elephant & Castle's Heygate Estate 22 Feb 2012
- Elephant & Castle: Southwark Council publishes draft planning policy 23 Nov 2011
- Latest Elephant & Castle masterplan published 29 Oct 2011
- RIOTS: Precautions in Southwark 9 Aug 2011
- Lend Lease begins to set out its vision for Elephant & Castle 17 Jul 2011
- Bankside affordable housing cash could be spent on Aylesbury Estate 13 Jul 2011
- Elephant & Castle: council accused of 'abandoning town centre vision' 26 May 2011
- St Modwen reveals more details of Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre plans 18 May 2011
- New homes to be built at extended Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre 8 Apr 2011
- Elephant & Castle subways closed as surface-level crossings open 16 Jan 2011
- Southwark Parking Shop closes as services move online 30 Dec 2010
- Simon Hughes blasts council's "soulless" Tooley Street HQ as town halls are put up for sale 24 Nov 2010
- Southwark Council to hold most committee meetings in Tooley Street 19 Nov 2010
- Forgotten Southwark artist Austin Osman Spare honoured 30 Sep 2010
- Elephant & Castle southern roundabout to be removed by 11 October 28 Sep 2010
- Assembly to investigate London Promenade scheme for SE1 riverside 22 Jul 2010
- Elephant & Castle subway filled with gravel as lorry overturns 1 Jul 2010
- Revealed: new look for Elephant & Castle southern junction 3 Jun 2010
- Interview: Nick Stanton, Southwark Liberal Democrat leader 3 May 2010
- David Cameron and Boris Johnson visit Bermondsey's City of London Academy 3 May 2010
- Work begins on removal of Elephant & Castle southern roundabout 10 Feb 2010
- Knighthood for National Theatre boss Nicholas Hytner - plus other SE1 honours 31 Dec 2009
- Elephant & Castle southern roundabout and subways to go by March 2011 16 Dec 2009
- Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre redevelopment to be delayed indefinitely 23 Nov 2009
- Go-ahead for 671-bed LSE student residence in Great Suffolk Street 4 Nov 2009
- Woman dies after Elephant & Castle bus collision 23 Aug 2009
- Last chance to see Lost Southwark exhibition at Cuming Museum 20 Aug 2009
- Blackfriars Advice Centre opens at Elephant & Castle 28 Jun 2009
- Strata SE1 43-storey tower at Elephant & Castle 'topped out' 8 Jun 2009
- Elephant & Castle southern roundabout plan agreed but Lend Lease deal delayed till 'summer' 23 Mar 2009
On the forum
- Pricebusters
- Supermarket instead of Lendlease marketing suite
- Southwark Street building [TfL / Landmark Court / Crossbones]
- Any coffee shops open for takeaway?
- Road closure
- Shopping centre..
- Clothes
- Camberwell - London Bridge tram
- Bus 40 route change
- looking for a party venue
- Shark or swordfish steaks?
- Legal Advice
- Recycling - Clothing & Electrics
- Bespoke voile/net curtains
- Tesco Elephant and Castle closed?
- Jewellery repairs?
- 16 New Phone boxes in Waterloo
- Nearest Charity Shop
- Where can I buy big bottles of Kikkoman?
- Hiep phat on Walworth rd
- Post Offices in SE1/SE17
- Hassan Bros replaced by Rossi's burgers, Tower Bridge Road
- Poorly pups Leathermarket Gardens
- MOT and reliable garage in SE1
- Proper Bakers
- MOT garage recommendations
- Sushi in S London?
- Charity shops
- Eyebrows and Nails
- Pedestrian crossings
- Bakery selling Flaounes in SE1?
- Nail bars
- Mac computer set up help needed
- Sainsbury's E&C
- London Mutual Credit Union - big problems?
- Potters Fields Chinese Food Festival
- Chicken Feet
- Book Donation
- Toilets in SE1
- New E&C plan unveiled
- Durkan ?Housing at the top of Walworth Road?
- email for housing benefit.
- Secondhand bike shops
- Road accidents
- ban bikes
- New E&C road layout appears to be working?
- Petrol garages in SE1
- Total travel chaos around Elephant
- Carribbean restaurants/takeaways?
- Garage recommendations
- Leisure centre: information black hole
- Borough Map
- Key cutting?
- Foxtons is upon us...
- Party decorations SE1?
- Fake Beggar around The Cut/Waterloo
- Suggestions for a hall to rent - Girl Guides
- lighting shops
- Churchyard Row closure - CS7 diversion
- Waitrose
- Best Post Office Service SE1 ?
- Music
- Moving to the Elephant! Tips?
- Getting a key fob for my front door - a tale of bureaucracy
- Warning!credit card scammers active in Southwark
- Did council meeting cost more than £400 a minute?
- Where to buy Spelt pasta
- Washing machine repair
- Thai in SE1
- SE1 Kimchi
- Saturday Market - Lower Marsh
- Container Art Centre
- Charity shops in SE1, open on Saturday?
- The Heygate viability tribunal
- Costa Coffee on Walworth Road
- Best Asian supermarket?
- Rewiring old standard lamps
- Coopers Natural Foods Closing
- Crab claws
- Marshalsea Road in the 70s
- Summonsed for Council Tax non-payement
- Tesco Empire Square re-opens
- Good chinese in SE1
- Southwark Firefighters In Action Again
- Baldwins sarsparilla
- Fire at MyBaSE1 flats in Southwark Bridge Road
- Parking under the Elephant
- Elephant & Castle Northern Roundabout - latest plans
- Walworth Surplus Store
- Chinese food
- passport checking
- Anybody know where to buy khubz Arabic bread in SE1?
- E&C Shopping Centre management
- Garden centre
- Natwest Walworth Road
- Any recommendations for spa pedicures?
- Walworth Town Hall & Cuming Museum fire (was: Smoke near E&C)
- Stacked containers in front of Heygate Estate - what are they?
- One kilometre, 3m high, wall of steel around the Heygate
- Council Accidently Leaks Its Secret Regeneration Agreement With Lend Lease
- Bakerloo Line Extension
- Council Tax cuts
- Campaign to reinstate Bermondsey Spa rail station
- Elephant Roundabout Hypocrisy!
- Sledges
- Cat found in Southwark SE1
- Desperate for paint today
- Old Kings Head, Blackfriars Road S E 1
- 67 Tower Bridge Road
- Where to get cake and pie pans
- New Vietnamese restauarant, Walworth Road
- Free Shard tickets [timeslot swapping]
- Subway Spruce Up - Sat 11 May 1.30pm
- Which SE1 pub is your local?
- Police Stopping Red Light Jumpers
- Yet another Sainsbury's
- Shard Visitor Charge
- Pedestrian road safety in SE1
- Supermarkets/groceries/essentials?
- accident in walworth road..
- Old Photos of Walworth Road & London Road
- "South London Hardcore" podcast
- Good places for different cuisine ingrediants
- Best Butchers!
- E&C 2025 Image
- Campaigning for 35% Affordable Housing in The Elephant regeneration
- The Bell Pub Webber Street
- Paper Doilies
- Charity (shop?) that would like shoes?
- Drug Dealing on the Draper Estate
- Agora Borough High Street
- SE1 vs East North of the river
- The Elephant - what do you like about it?
- Men's haircut at Elephant
- 50p for free on Potters Field
- Urban fox watch
- Doggie-bags in SE1
- Electrical Repairs - E&C
- Build a new Town Hall?
- Hifi repair in SE1?
- Book bin installed at Waterloo recycling point
- In an ideal world, where would you live in SE1?
- Two Way Traffic St George's Road
- Vinyl Deck Repair?
- Morrisons on Walworth Road
- Kid's birthday party caterer
- Bakerloo Line Extension: No Promises
- Cell phone repairs
- Is there a topic anywhere on "old SE1"?
- Is The Elephant Your Neighbourhood?
- Computer equipment?
- Lots of Police on Tower Bridge Road
- Payday loans
- Elephant Road
- Buying fireworks
- Where to buy Vanilla Paste in SE1?
- Loooking for a good tailor to alter a suit
- Boris Bikes
- Riots - updates and is everyone OK?
- Riots
- Cllr Dan Garfield - cyclists are murderers
- Asian Groceries
- Cheap simple stools?
- Cycle lanes for Tower Bridge now!!!
- Second-hand furniture shops in SE1
- Grass cutter
- Books
- Reed.. Agora... Paddy power... Coral.. As bad as an high street can get
- Elephant Amenity Network present Imagining The Elephant!: Sat 4th June
- M&S Walworth Road
- Loss of cycle lanes at Elephant & Castle
- Wedding dress alterations needed South London recommendations please
- Mattress shops?
- The Quill and the money to do up our homes
- Flyer placement for my community art project
- Charity which might want appliances and furniture?
- Cheap bite out
- Vintage markets in SE1
- Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre to endure
- mobile fishmonger
- Fabric Shops
- End of the Subways
- Turkish Bread
- Halls for hire/Community centres in E&C/Walworth road
- Hate to Post it-but THE POST
- Simon Hughes blasts council's "soulless" Tooley Street HQ as town halls are put up for sale
- Computer game shop/retailers in SE1?
- Save Carter Place Garden - Walworth Rd
- Wedding Ceremony Venue
- My Big Fat Greek
- Forgotten Southwark artist Austin Osman Spare honoured
- Walworth Road
- Labour Exchange
- London Blitz 1940
- Music Practice Rooms in SE1
- Barclays Cycle Hire
- Supermarkets near Elephant & Castle?
- Ghana vs Uruguay -- where to watch?
- Loud helicopter early Sat morning
- Pizzeria Castello
- Mayoral election.
- Miele vacuum repair?
- Gardening shops for potting compost
- Incident on Walworth Road this morning
- Quirky Party Venue
- Val Shawcross
- Life in South London - We was all One... 1970s
- Crash Walworth Road
- 'The bombed baths.'
- lets image, instant cash site opened in Walworth road. would do go for it?
- Tesco TBR
- Activities for 3 year old?
- Christmas window stickers
- Early life in Bermondsey
- Good Thai food
- Removal of railings in London Rd/St Georges Road
- Old photos
- How many on here shop down East Street Market
- Millwall
- Spare parts for washing machine
- Cyclists...Another health risk!
- Overs 50's exercise classes / Line Dancing
- Postal strike
- Asian oriental supermarket?
- Shad Thames?
- Closure of Walworth Road Saturday am.
- Scaffold products
- Rotherhithe Pub
- Children's Country Holidayfund
- FireAngel
- Local cupcake maker needed
- PLEASE HELP! - Parking in SE17 or SE5
- Old phones, chargers, transformers?
- Looking for soya flour
- Elderflower Champagne
- Car body shop recommendation please
- Dog found - Burgess Park
- Irish Shop in SE1?
- Southwark Council - Appalling IT services
- Moving to SE1
- Aylesbury Estate - what was the street patten before it was built?
- Supermarkets in SE1?
- Southwark Cleaning crew asleep
- 200 Great Dover Street
- Dragon Castle
- Washing machine repair
- Re. Elephant and Castle traffic
- Is SE1 turning into Soho?
- New 99p store at Elephant and Castle!
- Allspice Berries
- Making Southwark's Roads Safer
- Baby doll
- Octopus
- Where can I do an engraving in SE1?
- WW2 bombsites near Bricklayers Arms
- Tesco coming to the Walworth Road?
- Surplus Store in Walworth Road
- Moving in!
- New Argos Extra store in Old Kent Road
- John Harvard closing for 9 months
- Southwark Council recognises crime levels
- Another one
- Pregnant in SE1
- Palatinate Estate
- Shooting in Walworth Rd
- fone screen
- Help - does anyone know of antenatal classes in the area?
- Driving Instructor - recommendations wanted
- Ben Beber
- Thai Food Ingredients
- E&C: back to the drawing board?
- Teenage stabbing and we are still watching
- Organic milk
- The great Walworth Road
- Time out awards - Bermondsey 167
- Walworth Road street brawl, Thursday afternoon
- Helicopter over Bricklayers Arms last night
- 343 Bus Route
- Marathon: Running for Sense
- Quiet space to write in
- E&C Shopping Centre
- Credit crunch and the Elephant & Castle regeneration
- Wheat free bread
- Fabric shops in SE1
- Where is Newington?
- Toilets - TBR/Grange Road
- Good passport photos
- Eyebrow Threading in SE1?
- Aylesbury Estate regeneration
- Where to buy saffron
- Alscot Road Consultation
- Washing machine repairs (and more?)
- Eileen House, Newington Causeway
- Beans in se1?
- Double yellow lines
- Motorcycle classes
- Key cutting.
- Good and bad customer service in SE1
- Food Hygiene
- Looking for shop to rent
- Kennedy's Sausages closing - new bar?
- Shad Thames - Is it really that nice?
- Leather jacket repair
- Best/worst pizza take out....
- PC Repair!
- Elephant & Castle regeneration?
- Mayoral Election.
- Morning traffic jam nightmare - Grange Road
- Hair salon in Walworth Road area
- E&C article
- Elephant Regen - communication
- Bus
- Enis's Cafe, Waterloo Road
- 'More London' Parking
- Need to get rid of wisdom tooth
- Roadworks at night
- Foxes and territory
- Roundabouts at Elephant
- Best gym to join in area
- Weekend job for a good kid
- Buying a mattress.
- A good traditional chippy
- Hair and beauty salons
- Where to buy kitchen appliances around SE1?
- New Kent Rd cycle path - PLS USE IT!!!
- Tribeca Square (Oakmayne Plaza)
- Development on Nursery Row Park SE17
- Freecycle Southwark
- Why is Bermondsey Street so great?
- Cuming Museum
- DVD rental shop
- Local venue to hire for a party
- Bermondsey Street Thames Water works
- Elephant and Castle Pub
- Car bodywork repair
- Elephant Tesco Metro
- Southwark's Tooley Street move
- Easing the impact of the E&C Development Framework
- Battery recycling
- Moving to Walworth
- Borough Post Office to close
- E&C Banking Facilities (Lack of!)
- SE1 Celebs
- Imitation handguns for sale in East Street
- London Skyline - Evening Standard
- Audio Equipment Repair shop in SE1?
- have you heard of huskeys rehearsals?
- Tower Bridge Road Trees on Bermondsey Square
- MOT Time...
- Major disruption on Walworth Road
- Wedding hair suggestions
- Elephant & Castle subway removal delayed again
- Vegan restaurant/shop in SE1?
- Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower
- Manze's On-Line
- Pedicure recommendations?
- Tlon Books: another Elephant triumph
- Good Chinese take-away
- Southwark / Elephant & Castle supermarkets?
- Cafes in Walworth
- Burger King / Shell premises Walworth Road
- Clothes alterations/mending
- Elephant & Castle roundabout
- Anyone know any good driving instructors?
- Pomegranate molasses
- Old Kent Road SE1
- Living near Blackfriars Road
- Wedding dress shop - Ah! Help!
- DVD rental
- Is there one decent bike shop in SE1?
- New Urban Park for Bankside/E&C
- Cross River Tram
- Pizzeria Castello
- Best Pizza in SE1
- Tesco Old Kent Road - Re-development
- Charity shop required ... and other questions
- Shard of Glass Breaking Ground Soon
- Dragon Castle on Walworth Road...Wow
- Elephant and Castle advice
- Textile Bank
- Video/DVD rental shop
- Carnaval del Pueblo
- Buying a TV in SE1
- Last chance to see...
- Anywhere I can get rid of electrical goods?
- England v Ecuador with the SE1 Ecuadoreans
- Trouble at the Elephant?
- Help! My Mum is Ninety
- Dragon Castle - Walworth Road
- Improving Borough High Street
- Pool table near Elephant and Castle
- Crime in SE1
- MOT
- Driving Lessons & Leaving SE1
- Clothing alterations: I want to get fitted up
- SE 1........Used To Be Brilliant....
- Muggings on Monday night....
- Charity shops
- Rubbish
- White Pepper
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