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Walworth ( ) is a district of South London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. It adjoins Camberwell to the south and Elephant and Castle to the north, and is south-east of Charing Cross.
Major streets in Walworth include the Old Kent Road, New Kent Road and Walworth Road.
Walworth appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Waleorde. It was held by Bainiard from Archbishop Lanfranc of Canterbury. Its domesday assets were: 3½ hides; one church, four , of meadow. It rendered £3. Surrey Domesday Book
John Smith House is on Walworth Road, and was renamed in memory of John Smith, who was leader of the Labour Party from 1992 up to his sudden death in 1994. A former headquarters of the Labour Party, it was often seen in news reports at election times and in the background as people came and went from meetings of the Labour Party National Executive Committee. It was used by the London Borough of Southwark as the home for its education department and reopened in July 2012 as a hostel. Safestay to open in Elephant & Castle, London, SE17 Safestay, 5 March 2012
St Peter's Church, Walworth, built circa 1825, is an excellent example of the neo-classical style of church built by John Soane. It is an indication of the wealth of the middle-class merchants who then lived in the vicinity that they could afford an architect of such prominence.
Manor Place Baths is a former wash house in Manor Place off Walworth Road. It is a grade II listed building. The building was renovated by Kagyu Samye Dzong, Tibetan Buddhist Centre who obtained a five-year lease in 2005. They opened it as their London centre, called Manor Place Samye Dzong on 17 March 2007. The Manor Place Baths are now home to an indoor skatepark owned by Nike in collaboration with Palace. Adjacent is the council's old recycling depot which is now closed and has been replaced by a new facility at 43 Devon Street, off Old Kent Road. Kagyu Samye Dzong London at Manor Place Kagyu Samye Dzong London
Walworth is also home to the Pullens buildings - a mixture of Victorian live/work spaces and yards. Many of the flats are one bedroom, and some of the flats still connect to the Workshops of any of the three yards (Illife Yard, Peacock Yard and one other). Southwark Council Document detailing the Conservation status of the Pullens Estate
Walworth also used to have a zoo, in Royal Surrey Gardens, which was visited by Queen Victoria.
Walworth is part of the Vauxhall and Camberwell Green constituency for elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
Walworth is part of the North Walworth ward for elections to Southwark London Borough Council.
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Review: Stella Duffy, What Lies Beneath, The Guardian, 20 October 2016 It is also featured in the 2017 film The Foreigner, as the restaurant of the protagonist Ngoc Minh Quan is based in this district.
Enda Walsh's 2006 play, The Walworth Farce, is set in a council flat near the Elephant & Castle. A theme of the play is Irish migration and immigration. Walworth had been a centre for Irish immigration since the nineteenth century.
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