Spacious Southwark Station

Southwark is a late arrival on the network, but architects still love it.
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[@andrewgwilliam4831]

I can't believe it took them four hundred years to provide Tube access for the Globe theatre.

[@iankr]

🤣🤣🤣

[@frglee]

Memories of tube advertising in the 1970s with Henry VIII on the Underground getting a day return ticket to Tower Hill, with a single for the wife.

[@nicktecky55]

25 likes in less than an hour? You've got the gig, my son.

[@bigblue6917]

Well to be fair there are two excellent reasons for this. Firstly, The Globe Theatre stopped existing for much of that time. Secondly, underground railways also did not exist for much of that time. But as soon as they both did they got right on it.

[@bigblue6917]

@@frglee He took her to the hairdressers. When they hairdresser asked what what she wanted he said a little bit of the top.

[@Baton793]

Man, this video made me realise how much people bully Jago in the comments, give him some rest guys. He's just one man trying his best to provide you with quality footage and interesting commentary of the city's infrastructure, no need to nitpick every case in which he's not 100% correct about Brutalism, smh.

[@mickavoidant4780]

Let them do videos as good as his and deal with the nitpicking. See how they like it.

[@dvdvnr]

Well said!

[@igelbeatz]

On the bright side, look at Jago's like/dislike ratio. Probably the best I've seen on any KZbin channel ever, and that isn't hyperbole.

[@mickavoidant4780]

@@igelbeatz That says a lot.

[@keiththorpe9571]

Actually, I think he really enjoys the nitpickers. I think he takes it to mean that his viewers are really dedicated Tube aficionados, and love not only the system itself, but the rich and varied histories behind every station and every line...Even the stations and lines which were never built. I don't know, I could be wrong, but he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who lets that sort of thing get him down...as he said. I live in America, and I can't get enough of these Tales From The Tube. 🦾

[@Dave_Sisson]

Tom Baker as Doctor Who at 1:57. That time traveling Time-Lord really does turn up in the most unlikely places.

[@dannywestwood4113]

Well spotted!

[@davidsummer8631]

Maybe we now know who Jago is....

[@nikolausbautista8925]

Well blimey! Anyone fancy jelly babies?

[@AtheistOrphan]

2:38 - ‘Doze off for 20 minutes and you’ll end up in Walthamstow’ - What a horrific thought. I’ll bear that in mind before taking my afternoon nap.

[@eattherich9215]

😂 😂 😂 I go to Walthamstow quite regularly, but take the Overground from Liverpool Street.

[@bjoernaltmann]

That’s nothing. Doze off for 20 minutes on the Central Line and you end up at the Gates to Hell 🔥

[@CoxallK]

Or doze off in the opposite direction on the Victoria Line and you end up in .... Brixton. End to end hell. The Victoria line I’d say is the most depressing line in the whole network, doesn’t come up for air once and stops at some of the most depressing places in London.

[@MarcoFHQ]

Funny that they, too, used that production of The Magic Flute as a reference for the station. There is a new (as yet unopened) subway station in Berlin called Museumsinsel, on the U5, which is also inspired by that stage design, since that station will serve the Berlin State Opera, where Schinkel was working when he designed that production. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zpe3pXWhgs1mj8k As you can see the platform ceilings are blue and they are dotted with "stars" like in Schinkel's design.

[@johnnyjules2008]

It's a long shot: As non-londonarian, i would love to have a "here you are" at the beginning of your videos, as i have no clue where these stations are and their locations helps to get more context to the history/information you're providing.

[@davidw1518]

As a one-time Londoner (although in the outer suburbs), and still (in normal times) a regular visitor to London, I agree. Tending to be a "north of the River person" (Londoners can generally be split between "north of the River" people and "south of the River" people), I am not over-familiar with the area around Waterloo, and I have no idea where Southwark station is. I would find it helpful to see where it is in the context of the wider area.

[@cd0u50c9]

Google is your friend....

[@RogersRamblings]

If one types the name of the station into Google Maps it deposits a large red pointer on the very spot. goo.gl/maps/hwWdjyAA7HKHbdhr5

[@stevebluesbury6206]

@Johnnyjules I think that’s the politest ‘We want more maps’ plea I’ve seen to date. Must admit, I haven’t a clue either.

[@baronjutter]

Yes, I love maps. I wish there were more maps just to give the context of all these places.

[@bugsby4663]

I worked at this station for several years. There are huge non-public areas and it has various areas off site that are still part of the station (for things like the immense fans) that needed to be checked every day as per regulations. The staff were great to work with. I have very fond memories of the place.

[@heelfliptodarkslide]

An old friend worked there for many years who I've sadly lost touch with. His name is Justin (JJ). Don't suppose you knew him at all? Last I heard he was out on the district line somewhere.

[@jeanjacques9980]

Could you explain what the extensive non public areas are used for or the purpose of the space?

[@jeanjacques9980]

@David Edge Thanks for info, aware of bomb shelters under the Northern Line. There is also a lot of underground infrastructure under Whitehall and other government buildings, it’s rumoured that Buckingham Palace is connected to the underground system. Moscow had a complete alternative metro system.

[@RedfishUK1964]

Don't worry about thinking Southbank is new, I still think of the Victoria line as the "new one"

[@cncshrops]

But then you, like me, are more or less a pensioner😒

[@bobfountain2959]

There's an MP (no names) who probably thinks of stage coaches as new.

[@bobfountain2959]

Surely being a pensioner is binary? You are either a pensioner or not!

[@nlemecfc]

@@bobfountain2959 Actually no, I was a "pensioner" ie in receipt of a pension at 51 but legally not a pensioner for most purposes until either 60 or 65 depending on which benefit or definition you are using.

[@je6874]

I still think the Northern Line is new

[@RobertBrown-ty7he]

I really like Southwark Station and its design. As a Waterloo East user, having easy access to the underground is excellent rather than use that awful, long trudge to Waterloo mainline. And those of us lucky enough to have a London Freedom pass could go through the ticket gate at Waterloo East walk straight past the underground platforms and exit the ticket gate at the far end onto The Cut. Thank you for another great video, Jago.

[@frglee]

I'm sure Mr Hazzard just wants to get things right in his nice little vids, so would architect pedants (and others) please not correct too forcefully, as he doesn't like that kind of thing.

[@bobfountain2959]

Do any of us?

[@alanmoss3603]

It's called Southwalk just so Londoners can smugly snigger at American Tourists pronouncing it South Walk! It's a little known fact that half the place names in the UK were invented just to annoy Americans!

[@someonebald2022]

Parts of that station look like they belong in a Judge Dredd story, to my eyes.

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

You make that sound like it's a bad thing! 😜

[@SBAK4444]

I agree - feels like something out of 2001: A Space Oddesey!

[@steveknight878]

I think it might look better once they have finished it - I'm assuming that they haven't got round to that yet.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

No they don't.

[@gedbyrne8482]

Am I the only person who would love to hear Mr Hazzard and other Tube Tubers get together for a game of Mornington Crescent? The beat bit is after the game where they explain every connection between the stations and how the winning move actually worked.

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

😀 Ha! Ha! That would be the challenge of all challenges. Not even the cast of ‘I’m Sorry, I Haven’t A Clue’ understood how ‘Mornington Crescent’ works. That was the point of it from the outset 🤨 and the humour from the verbal contortions of the panellists. Had me in stitches of laughter every episode 🤣.

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

Ah, but which version of the rules? 🤔

[@jammin023]

On Thames boat tours, the guides often joke that you should wave at anyone you see on Southwark Bridge, because they're probably lost. The same may apply to the tube station...

[@MichaelDreksler]

It is especially weird they didn't call it Waterloo East since half of the people access it directly from the Waterloo East platform and those odd back-to-back gate lines. The way that they get so much natural light so far underground is neat.

[@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect]

Hi, Jago!) I've never been to this station, but judging by the pictures of the platform level and the escalator arches on top, it would say it's a little bit of geometric monumentalism (similar to Mario Botta's architecture). It's quite close to brutalism, but brutalism usually futures "unnecessary", grotesque features. Here it's just strong geometric shapes, quite brutal, but not that brutal:D The part with those blue triangles is closer to modern mild, almost latent, deconstructivism, which dominates contemporary architecture. Overall, it's all just modernism, which is about 110-120 years old) I really like some parts of the interior, though the exterior is quite pedestrian. P.S. Check out Mario Botta's projects, he is one of the greatest architects of our time:) Cheers, your faithful watcher, Mr. Headuphisarse Architect.

[@CorvoFG]

A glorious symphony of concrete and steel. I’d cal it ‘modern brutalist’ myself. It surpasses the greyness of 60/70’s brutalism but retains the starkness and clean line. The light well in the foyer looks fantastic at night when the blue lighting is in effect. I could gush on a lot longer but I’ll say; Thanks a million for covering my favourite station. You’re the best KZbinr ever and I will now stop pestering. Although, Chalfont & Latimer...

[@gormster]

Agreed. It definitely couldn’t be called brutalist as there are clearly nonfunctional artistic flourishes in the architecture - the triangular panels, etc. but definitely looks to the aesthetic of brutalism for inspiration.

[@57bananaman]

One of the things I like about Southwark Station is that there is direct access to the platforms at Waterloo East Station from the western end of the station. I think it might actually be closer to Waterloo East than Waterloo Station itself.

[@nathanw9770]

They definitely should've called the station Waterloo East instead of Southwark. I didn't even know it was that close to the main Waterloo East station until now lol. Could've helped with my travels so many times. Another nice name for it would be Nelson Square indicating at the nice green space down the road from the station. Maybe they called it Southwark because it's next to Southwark College?

[@PMA65537]

"Nelson Square" would confuse people looking for the Canadian High Commission, National Gallery and suchlike.

[@nathanw9770]

@@PMA65537 Yeah I guess so

[@SamuelFurse]

Thoroughly researched and nicely produced as always. Particularly like the reference to Die Zauberfloete. And the subtle joke about it being no Waterloo didn't go unnoticed :)

[@logwhitley]

You might even say that architectural comments on the channel are Brutalist

[@BroonParker]

Brutalish?

[@logwhitley]

@@BroonParker if it makes you happy sure

[@michaeljames4904]

_”The Cut”_ still has the kind of vibe most of sunny South London once had, largely erased by the massive Lego block buildings that have sprung up like mushrooms everywhere -the one opposite the station, pictured 1:45, is a TFL office block btw.

[@russelledwards001]

It’s called ‘palestra’ I’ve hs to go there for meetings a few times over the years plus I used to manage lots of the local flats for Southwark. Opposite is Rowland hill house, site of the old dog and pot pub.

[@Peasmouldia]

Don't worry JH, I still think of the Victoria line as a new one.... Thanks JH.

[@huwprice881]

I can sympathise re the Brutalist police - never have I met such a grouchy backbiting group of pedants in my life! Don’t let the buggers get you down, and thank you for your great videos - the perfect length for a sneaky coffee break from work!

[@andyhill242]

I wish the naming of stations was up to you, London would be full of more sensible station names!

[@LeafLeafy]

As someone who manages a tiny business in the immediate vicinity of this station, this video made my heart hum, thank you!

[@ValueNetwork]

No better way to start the morning than with a mad KZbinr rambling about trains for 5 minutes!

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

That's completely unfair! He was rambling about station buildings.

[@peterbarlow7781]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@CJonestheSteam72]

Who is madder? Jago for making it? Us for watching it?

[@gedbyrne8482]

Grooaor.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

Hardly "rambling", but OK.

[@DavidRutten]

I always have to chuckle when passenger numbers are mentioned. "13 to 17 ..." passengers a second? thousand passengers an hour/a day?! No! Million passengers a year. Meanwhile I'd be surprised if the train service that goes past my house services more than 100 people a day. I rarely see more than 5 people sitting in it whenever it goes past on its one hourly interval schedule.

[@pintpullinggeek]

Southwark station is my secret for getting out to the ExCel centre for ComicCon. Travelling in from Kent I watch all the other con-goers get off at London Bridge mainline and then I get to see them arriving on the LB underground platform as my train pulls away.

[@REIntelligenceStories]

Lovely footage. Love London Underground architecture.

[@willhovell9019]

Well done Jago . An amazing space and used daily before lockdown , as I walked to work at St George's Circus . May make a good music performance space? A friend of mine Ron Corp OBE of the New London Orchestra and the New London & Highgate Choral Society choirs, thought that the wonderful sister station at Canary Wharf , worthy of an orchestral concert. Sadly this hasn't happened as yet. Maybe a good moment for such a concert, with the demise of the concert hall promised to Sir Simon Rattle. Due to the meaness of the City of London Corporation and arts funding public bodies. A matter of shame that all London can offer in terms of concert halls , is the Royal Festival Hall,the Albert Hall( of mushroom acoustic fame) and the Barbican. Keep up the good work.

[@ESmith-ik8vu]

You shouldn't take any corrections or criticism too seriously. 110.000 subs and 3.800 views within half an hour after publication so you must be doing it right. And once again, thank you.

[@highpath4776]

East Waterloo might have been better. (or Blackfriars South?) (meanwhile sit and discuss the Lambeth Boundary on a Walk with Jay Foreman around the old boroughs of London (LCC for which were moved around into the present ones)

[@keithkellogg6085]

Ok, perhaps one of you can answer a questions for me. Despite being a foreigner, I’ve spent a good amount of time in Southwark, but I’ve never understood why it’s pronounced ‘Suthuck’. Is there an explanation?

[@izzieb]

I'm not sure why people dislike places south of the river being described as Central London. I'd say places London Bridge and Southwark are pretty central, they're a very short distance to the Thames...

[@tlillis4]

Would someone in Britain please give Mr. Hazzard a hug? It sounds like he’s been checking comments without his hazmat suit again.

[@iankemp1131]

Simon Jenkins liked this enough to include it in Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations along with Canary Wharf, Gants Hill, Southgate and Surbiton. To me it isn't brutal enough to be Brutalist - it has nice curves, interesting materials, colour and light! It may actually be the only tube station directly connected to a mainline station that doesn't share its name, since the separate Charing Cross/ Embankment/ Strand/ Trafalgar Square saga was sorted out (see separate Jago video!)

[@burprobrox9134]

It’s basically a form of modernism. Brutalism is a branch of modernism as well. That’s not brutalist, too airy and shiny and intent is also to be taken into account. If the architect didn’t intend brutalism, then it simply isn’t brutalist. (Yes; degree in architecture, but non-practicing). None of this crabby, just joining the conversation.

[@AnnabelSmyth]

May I be frightfully pedantic, and point out that the unextended Jubilee line is actually more recent than the Victoria Line (1977 vs 1971)? On the other hand, it did take over a branch of the Bakerloo line, so not all of it was completely new, whereas the Victoria Line was new from end to end, which is perhaps what you meant?

[@damonchampion823]

Jago don’t worry about the naysayers. It is you that is creating something and putting yourself out there and making people happy 😊

[@jollyrogererVF84]

You're right, don't let those comments get you down. This is essentially a nerds channel so people with negative comments are probably just lost 😂

[@Iskandar64]

I like the stations on the Jubilee Line South Bank. They are very grand. And he sound of the trains , they have high acceleration.

[@jamesb6843]

Would you ever consider showing a map of London when talking about stations? It would help some of us who aren't so familiar with London and the underground.

[@PlanetoftheDeaf]

A late comment, but I vaguely recall a reason for Southwark was to replicate the convenient interchange to the Jubilee Line that passengers on Southeastern previously got at Charing Cross

[@D_B_Cooper]

Yessss!!!! I’ve spent many a drunken day in The Cut and many hours looking at Southwark station from The Ring Bar (sadly now cashless)

[@eattherich9215]

In the dim and distant past, I used to go to evening classes in a college on The Cut. Never liked the walk from there to Waterloo East.

[@1974UTuber]

Australian Railways and their Stations are boring in comparison to British stations. Im sure there are those who look at your stations as just a necessity for commuting to work but they just seem more interesting and pleasant than their Australian counterparts

[@prudencepineapple9448]

Oh, I beg to differ. Just look at Sydney and its 'city circle' loop. Most were built during the 1920s to 1930s. My favourite is St. James and also Museum stations. Central station is grand too.

[@bluemayim]

that just looks so more sleek and modern than 1999...are you sure? it's gorgeous!

[@2H80vids]

As far as I know, this is the first time I've even seen a picture of Southwark station, so the learning continues. It's hardly on a par with Mr Green or Mr Holden's work but, for a "modern" station, it has a bit of character about it. I had no idea it was intended as an interchange with Waterloo East, never seen this mentioned before.

[@raedwulf61]

I had no idea how "Southwark" was pronounced properly.

There's a better rendition of that blue ceiling with stars in Berlin along the spanking-new U5 line station of Museumsinsel by Swiss architect Max Dudler.

[@sfb1964]

Can't help thinking "the Magic to my Flute" sounds a bit dodgy. Just me? I'll get me coat 😂

[@tommo101able]

i dont know if it is the lighting or camera but the walls looked grubby

[@skaterbakes]

I used to live near Southwark back in 2019! Used this station pretty much everyday. Ah such good times

[@hobbayne]

The head office for TFL, Palestra House is directly opposite the station. I was there yesterday.

[@michaelyus]

I probably have sung _Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen_ a couple of times (to myself) here, having missed a train or when it's been too packed to get on even in the middle of the day (being between Waterloo and London Bridge does make it a particularly high "load point").

[@dlevi67]

The question is: did you actually blame Sarastro for the crowd?

[@katrinabryce]

Brutalist means raw concrete (béton brut in French, not at all related to the English word "brutal"), and the design style is raw concrete, so yes, it is correct to call it brutalist.

[@MrGreatplum]

This is one of the few Jubilee line extension stations I’ve not stopped out - thank you for sharing! I’m a big fan of the architecture on the extension - Canary Wharf is like a cathedral nave!

[@sabinebogensperger1928]

After watching the video I just had to check out the location / distances on a map - I recall walking from Waterloo to Waterloo East to change trains on my way to the 2012 Paralympics and was wondering about the logic of a train into Waterloo, Jubilee line to Southwark, exit to Waterloo East (nope, not unless you need to kill time or want to check out the architecture) - and hubby commented that I had more important things to get on with... Seriously?! Grounds for divorce! 😉

[@eattherich9215]

Southwark wouldn't be the station I'd pick for the Globe Theatre or Tate Modern, but Jago did mention Blackfriars.

[@isoroxuk]

Used to be a train connection from Waterloo to Waterloo east back in the olden days

[@BsktImp]

01:58 I thought that was the Witchfinder General walking past in the glass reflection.

[@markeone]

That hole in the wall under the bridge does some awesome kebabs. Another station I've used a lot! Thanks for the insights!

[@barrylarking8986]

A favourite station. Like entering a film set.

[@bigblue6917]

'You are the magic to my flute.' Fan of Frankie Howard are we?😄

[@VCYT]

I went here within a month of its opening - by ACCIDENT, as i got off at the wrong station. I was amazed by its lighting an hi-tec look.

[@VCYT]

An i also nearly caught the 7/7 London bombing due to another missed stop.

[@john1703]

Bloody Hell, and you say that you feel old. I can remember using the brand new Victoria Line and the rebuilt Euston Station!!

[@MKAdamski]

Zone 1 = Central London, therefore if a station is in zone 1 it's Central London

[@hirundine44]

Hole in the ground in which to pour concrete...?.. yeah brutal. It is rumoured Hoffa wears a similar; particularly fetching overcoat? Now that's Brutal

[@SeventhSwell]

My god, that is a 90s station. It's like if the video for TLC's No Scrubs was a stop on the tube.

[@nomusician4737]

Have you thought about doing the airports? I'm kind of curious of how someone managed to make Stansted as horrible as it is.

[@Dave_Sisson]

But is there such a thing as a nice airport or an attractive airport? I doubt it, they're all pretty much the same, the only difference is the terminals for posh people have air bridges while terminals for riff-raff like me make you walk across the tarmac and climb up the stairs.

[@iankemp1131]

@@Dave_Sisson The difference is really in the airlines; Ryanair like to make you walk, to save them 5 minutes on the turnround to move the air bridges in. Liza Doolittle; "He treats a flower girl as if she were a duchess!" Henry Ryanair Higgins; "And I treat a duchess as if she were a flower girl." Ryanair deliberately specified their terminal section at Stansted without airbridges. I actually quite like Stansted Airport railway station.

[@daveherbert6215]

Kind of brutalism is a perfectly acceptable term in my view

[@highpath4776]

Each Station designed by different architects . Whats the Brief? - Well you have to design a (big) hole in the ground.

[@spalftac]

I like the name Southwark even if it’s just because I hope to one day meet someone who will ask me if they’re on the right platform for South Wark.

[@gedbyrne8482]

I love the interval of anticipation between spotting the opportunity for a pun and the arrival of the pun itself.

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

There is a Canadian National Railway Yard just of Montreal called "Southwark" but I have never heard it called the way Jaga Hazzard says it! :-) I Assume that is the proper way?

[@cypher50]

Okay, I had to dig for someone mentioning the pronunciation but glad I'm not the only one who noticed.

[@SLane249]

Easter egg at 1.59+. Is the second time I've seen "Him", will have to re-watch All Jago's vids now !

[@keiththorpe9571]

Yeah, I'm one of those three guys been asking for this. We meet every other week on a Zoom chat, in order to coordinate our efforts. KA-CHING! Thanks, buddy! In all seriousness, this is one of my absolute favorite channels on KZbin, I can't get enough of these stories, and you tell them wonderfully. I live in America, just south of Washington DC, where we have our own Metro system, but I could never fill a channel with as many great stories as the London Underground has. Keep 'em coming, my friend.

[@gsb5859]

Perhaps you got a lot of requests because of the TfL workers in Palestra house. The Waterloo area I have found to be rather quirky. Offices, Peabody housing, street food, Roupell Street terraced housing, Union Jack club. Office space has always been out of place around here, it’s really destroyed what should be a primarily residential and leisure area.

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

🤔 Yes. George Peabody should be remembered as a poor man made good who then used his wealth to provide social housing before the welfare state existed. The charity in his name still exists for the same purpose today.

[@richardheilmann4007]

Finally a shot of Shakespeare's Globe! Many thanks.

[@SornGeorge]

Can you make a video discussing the history of the Platform Screen Doors, seen in stations such as Southwark and Canary Wharf, and which could probably be introduced to other stations as well?

[@ironjade]

A station staff member at Southwark told me that one of the blue glass wall panels cost about £30,000 to replace after someone smashed it.

[@theswissmonkey]

There are now plans for a 17 storey block on top of the station @Jago Hazzard

[@JagoHazzard]

Oh for the love of...

[@thebestschen]

Check out the station "Museumsinsel" which will open this year in Berlin which is also inspired by Schinkel's magic flute set :)

[@emdxemdx]

"Brutalism" comes from French «béton brut», "raw concrete". It just means that it's an architectural style that uses unadorned concrete left in it's "natural" state. It has nothing to so with brutality, steel, or violence...

[@Castlebank_Sidings]

That won awards..... Wow. I've seen more eye catching nuclear bunkers.

[@petitkruger2175]

it looks cool

[@jacklong1844]

I think its named "Southwark" due to it being located in the ancient district in which the borough got its name (as the name has been associated with theatre)

[@colmx8441]

Yeah. If you think of Southwark as the London Borough of Southwark then maybe the name is strange but in Chaucer's time it would have been a thousand times stranger to consider Dulwich as part of Southwark. Probably a nod to a historically significant part of London that has always been looked down on as a run down area (fair enough) I grew up in the area but live abroad now. When I come back I usually use Southwark instead of Elephant and Castle as I would feel safer walking jetlagged down Great Suffolk Street than coming out at the Elephant roundabout with a suitcase.

[@gilles111]

I'm feeling pretty old too. Remember visited the station in the first week it opened just thinking "it would be so useful if it was there when I lived in the area some years ago"...

[@DrewsRailwayWorld]

Most informative, the design does bring to mind the operatic, make Mozart proud, and Shakespeare counts the extra box office sales :) Incidentally, how many TFL stations have the automatic/ safety door arrangement, very prevalent in overseas cities, not so much in London? ....Drew

[@alexandraclement1456]

Love the pronunciation of Southwark, nothing like how it's spelled. Definitely worth a visit.

[@JacobBax]

If you have to find this station on a map, as a dutch tourist, no way you can find it. I hear something like "Suduck"

[@mfaizsyahmi]

Can't beat the moment when you find out how Frome is pronounced. Or how Cholmondeley is pronounced Chumlee.

[@Codraroll]

I had the "fortune" of staying at a hotel in Southwark once. Great fun trying to explain to anyone where I was going. No matter how I twisted and turned that word, I had no luck saying it in a way the locals recognized. I think you have to be a native to get that pronunciation right.

[@steveknight878]

@@mfaizsyahmi Try Featherstonehaugh (pronounced Fanshaw)

[@ianthomson9363]

It's actually pronounced 'Suvverk' or Suvvuk' by the locals.

[@shrikelet]

It appears on Google Maps when sufficently zoomed-in on the City that you can no longer see Hyde Park or the Isle of Dogs. If anyone has come up with a more useful definition of "central London" than this, they're welcome to it.

[@170ScR]

Here's a little fun fact. Southwark is actually called Little Portugal😊🇵🇹 thanks to Boris Johnson

[@snubby4624]

Pause at 2:00 Jago's profile picture 😃

[@cargy930]

Well spotted. Took me a minute, but once you see it...

[@snubby4624]

@@cargy930 Different bag though haha.

[@cargy930]

@@snubby4624 That was a disguise!

[@eattherich9215]

Looks almost ghostly.

[@unnunn12]

Jazz Hagoard

[@simonwinter8839]

Talking of the Jubilee line is anyone else surprised that a station wasn't built at the southern end of Tower Bridge? It just seems to me that with all the housing development along Tower Bridge Road and the number of tourists it would have been a well used station.

[@SBAK4444]

Simon, hi, thank you. I am not surprised. The Jubilee line opened in 1979. At that time, London docks were still open (and closed in 1980). The area along Tooley Street, from Hays Galleria to Tower Bridge was, in the 1980’s, and into the 1990’s very run down. It consisted of some derelict buildings and wastelend. Yes, this being the same area where the Mayor’s Office is. Incidently, the redeveloped Hays Galleria, was reopned in 1986 (same year as Richard Rodgers’ “oil rig” Lloyds Building in Lime Street). For some perspective, the first building in Canary Wharf (a few miles away), was not completed until 1991. Tower Bridge Southside was developed a number of years later. It would be great to have a station there now though!

[@highpath4776]

@@SBAK4444 London Bridge and Walk sort of works.

[@simonwinter8839]

@@highpath4776 Would you take the high path or the low path ? Oh suit yourself !!

[@peteryoung4957]

One station I've never visited, only passed though. Next time I'm in London, one station I need to look at.

[@Tonydjjokerit]

Very nice!

[@highpath4776]

Southwark Cathedral closer to London Bridge than Southwark Jubillee Stations

[@iankr]

Thank you, Mr H. I worked nearby in the early 2000s and have an affection for this station.

[@nikolausbautista8925]

"...Magic to my Flute..." In some places, you would be akin to Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes!

[@CarolineFord1]

I didn't know you could change for Waterloo East here! It's in Southwark the area, which is part of Southwark the borough. I also think of these stations as new, and I think they are quite sexy. Elephant and Castle (Northern line) station was opened in 2003. I have a photo of mine on Wikimedia Commons of it before it opened, *and* it's due to be replaced!

[@Friek555]

Funny coincidence: Berlin is also getting a new U-Bahn station which is partly inspired by Schinkel's starry ceiling.

[@Skorpychan]

Thank you for clearing up the pronunciation issue. I'd have pronounced it 'south walk', not rhymed with Suffolk.