Surrey Canal Road
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Surrey Canal Road
Image: © Marathon Taken: 19 Apr 2011
Work started on the Surrey Canal in 1801, which it was intended should run from Rotherhithe to Kingston, but by 1807 it had only reached New Cross and then only as access to the Croydon Canal. It eventually reached Camberwell in 1811 and Peckham in 1826. Its main traffic was to take timber from the Surrey Docks inland to saw mills, built alongside the canal. The original section ran here along what is now Surrey Canal Road. The Surrey Canal was eventually filled in during 1972 and here at Surrey Canal Road the canal bed was used for the road, whilst the north bank and towpath provide the walkway seen here.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.484386
Longitude
-0.045619