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Lagado Mews, LONDON, SE16 5PD

Typical of the modern (1990s-2000s) housing built in the former docklands on the Rotherhithe peninsula. The road is surfaced with brick paviours, a material that looks more pleasing visually than the usual bitumen macadam but is less rough than traditional setts.

One of the newer and larger hostels in the YHA (england & Wales) network, Rotherhithe is intended mainly for families and groups of students visiting London. Located 600m from Rotherhithe station on the Overground network and 800m from Canada Water on the Jubilee Line, it is well placed for this.

Built with the redevelopment of the Surrey Docks in the early 1980's. Later became a school for wayward children (so I understand) and gutted by fire prior to 2005. Fisher Club, that originated in Fair Street, Bermondsey, London, SE1, was founded by a Roman Catholic priest for boys of the area.

The driving range is off Salter Road. This view is from a footpath between the range and the school playing fields. The high fence that spoils the view was obviously needed to keep golf balls from hitting users of the path. As of 2010 the range was derelict, with signs on the fence warning that unofficial use of the site was prohibited.

The Elite Men in the 2012 London Marathon are led along Salter Road by two pace makers past the YHA's London Thameside Hostel. The mens race was won in a time of 2:04.44 by Wilson Kipsang, who is visible in the centre of the group.

This was a two-storeyed building first recorded in 1754 which disappeared about 1942. The side of the first floor, believed made of wooden slats, overhung the ground floor. Between 1754 and 1789 it was called the 'Ship Queensborough'. In 1792 the licensee was a Mr P Mestears and nearby was an alley named Mestears Rents. Today's 179 is some 50 yards to the east (right). Apologies for a boring picture but it gives an idea as to the vast loss of character to the area. That said, the area has improved by leaps and bounds re cleanliness.

There are another five buildings that complete the estate. The estate was named after the Rev. Andrew Amos (1863-1931) who in 1922 was the Rector of Clare College Mission in Abbeyfield Road, Rotherhithe. The estate was built upon Mestaers Buildings and an iron foundry.

Seen from the steps beside Surrey Water, looking towards the YHA London Thameside Hostel. St.John Ambulance volunteers in the foreground are providing medical support for the London Marathon.