Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes minor changes to the boundary between the London boroughs of Lewisham and Southwark.
The map and table forming part of this Note (Page 4) give a general guide to the areas affected and the changes made.
In approximate terms, the land transferred from Lewisham to Southwark has an area of 9 hectares and is unpopulated, and that transferred from Southwark to Lewisham has an area of 3 hectares and a population of 298.
For full details of the transfers made, the order maps (described in article 2) should be inspected.
Any person may inspect them at any reasonable time at the offices of the council for each London borough affected, and also at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.
Consequential changes are made to petty sessional areas.
The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 (S. I. 1976/246, amended by S. I. 1978/247) contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one.
DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES MADE AND THEIR LOCATION
Transfer to Lewisham of Silwood Estate east of railway line in vicinity of Eugenia Road/Goldsworthy Gardens/Alpine Road.
Realignments
at Surrey Quays, to centre of Plough Way, uniting East Country Yard and St. George’s Wharf in Southwark;
to western side of railway line near Old Kent Road/Ilderton Road/Surrey Canal Road/Zampa Road;
in vicinity of Bolina Road;
located south of St. Helena Road, and in Oldfield Grove and Bush Road; and
in vicinity of Kitto Road (uniting warehouses in Lewisham), St. Asaph Court and St. Asaph Road.
