These maps are approximate. The actual canal route might vary slightly!
These Croydon Canal maps are not scale representations of the canal's former route. They are just approximate indications of the old canal alignment. More detailed maps can be found in the local library archive centres at Croydon and other places en route
THE MAPS:
new cross~brockley / brockley~honor oak / honor oak~sydenham / sydenham~anerley / anerley~selhurst / selhurst~west croydon
Map sources : Lost Navigations - The Croydon and Grand Surrey - Bernard Brown, Canal and Riverboat, 1986; Retracing Canals to Croydon and Camberwell - Living History Publications, Bromley, 1986; South Norwood and the Croydon Canal - Ken Maggs and Paul De Athe, North Downs Press, Westerham, 1984; The Croydon Canal - A Dissertation by Peter Gow, 2000; Croydon Local Studies Library
THE CROYDON CANAL PAGES:
hatcham / new cross / barriedale / shardeloes rd / brockley / honor oak / boveney rd / davids rd / forest hill / sydenham / dacres wood / venner rd / penge / anerley / betts park / norwood / towpath way / spurgeons br / west croydon / route maps
Around Little Venice & Paddington: History and transport systems / Canute's 'Canal': The mythological waterway that wasnt / Croydon Canal: London's shortest-lived waterway, closing completely by 1837 / Cumberland Arm: A branch off the Regents Canal to Euston / Fleet River & Canal: The former Thames - Kings Cross waterway / Grand Surrey: The canal with an ambition to reach Portsmouth! / Grosvenor Canal: The Grosvenor linked Victoria to the Thames / Kensington Canal: The canal that became a railway and an underground route / London's Canal Tunnels: There are three canal tunnels in London / Paddington Arm: The Grand Junction/Grand Union from Bulls Bridge to London / Pudding Mill River: Requiem for London's lost waterway / Regents Canal: This runs between Little Venice, Camden Town & Limehouse / Romford Canal: The penultimate, yet unfinished, canal to be built in London / Ruislip Feeder: The former waterway that fed the canal / Westbourne River: The old waterway from Kilburn to the Thames / Woolwich's secret waterway: The Royal Arsenal Canal
Attractions near the London canals: Abbey Road / Bayswater / Edgware Road / Crockers Folly / Marylebone Goods / Nash Villas / Spitfire Works / St Pancras