Southwark Cathedral

The nave of Southwark Cathedral

A drawing showing Old London Bridge with Southwark Priory (the Cathedral) in 1616, in the foreground

Southwark Cathedral, in Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge.

It is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark. It has been a place of Christian worship for over 1,000 years, but a cathedral only since 1905. The present building is mainly Gothic, from 1220 to 1420.