Kennington is a district in London, England, south of the River Thames.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 1.4 miles (2.3 km) southeast of Charing Cross, in Inner London and is identified as a local centre in the London Plan.