The typical property in SE1

SE1 spans Southwark and Lambeth boroughs and covers some of the most-visited tourist spots in London (Tate Modern, the Globe, Borough Market, Shard, City Hall) alongside dense post-industrial residential redevelopment along the river and inland. Housing splits between substantial 1980s and 1990s council and ex-council estates in Bermondsey, Old Kent Road and Walworth, 21st-century high-rise apartment blocks along the river (More London, One Tower Bridge, the Shard residences), and Georgian and Victorian terraced stock around Borough High Street and Bermondsey Street.

London Bridge, Waterloo, Waterloo East, Borough, Elephant & Castle, Bermondsey and London Bridge are the main rail / Tube stations. The Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern and Waterloo & City lines all serve the outcode. The Thames Path runs the length of the river bank.