Kennington
Sign in to saveKennington is a district in South London, England. It is mainly within the London Borough of Lambeth, running along the boundary with the London Borough of Southwark, a boundary which can be discerned from the early medieval period between the Lambeth and St George's parishes of those boroughs respectively. It is located south of Charing Cross in Inner London and is identified as a local centre in the London Plan. It was a royal manor in the parish of St Mary, Lambeth in the county of Surrey and was the administrative centre of the parish from 1853. Proximity to central London was key to the d
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.official_name
- Kennington
- UK place.london_borough
- Lambeth
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom London Lambeth
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
- UK place.post_town
- LONDON
- UK place.postcode_area
- SE
- UK place.postcode_district
- SE11
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ305775
- UK place.population
- 15,106
- UK place.population_ref
- (Oval ward 2011 Census)
- UK place.charingX_distance_mi
- 1.4
- UK place.charingX_direction
- N
- UK place.static_image_name
- Kennington Park - geograph.org.uk - 1009307.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Kennington Park
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 15106
- Image
- Brightly Coloured Shops at Kennington Cross - geograph.org.uk - 575955.jpg
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- Kennington, London
- postal code
- SE11
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- TQ305775
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Article
23 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Early history
- 18th century
- 19th century
- 20th-century history
- 21st-century gentrification
- Governance
- Geography
- Culture and community
- Landmarks
- Kennington Park
- Kennington Oval (The Oval)
- Stane Street
- Transport
- Rail
- Bus
- Road
- Cycling
- Education
- Notable people
- Notes and references
- External links
Kennington is a district in South London, England. It is mainly within the London Borough of Lambeth, running along the boundary with the London Borough of Southwark, a boundary which can be discerned from the early medieval period between the Lambeth and St George's parishes of those boroughs respectively. It is located south of Charing Cross in Inner London and is identified as a local centre in the London Plan. It was a royal manor in the parish of St Mary, Lambeth in the county of Surrey and was the administrative centre of the parish from 1853. Proximity to central London was key to the development of the area as a residential suburb and it was incorporated into the metropolitan area of London in 1855.
Kennington is the location of three significant London landmarks: the Oval cricket ground, the Imperial War Museum, and Kennington Park. Its population at the United Kingdom Census 2011 was 15,106.
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