The Grand Surrey Canal
Council estates were built in the 1960's around the canal, which at that time was still busy at work as far as the Old Kent Road
Along the canal route - Plough Lane to Blackhorse Bridge
Back to the course of the Grand Surrey Canal! This is a view from Plough Lane looking south towards the Pepys Estate. Many of the buildings in the distance were there when the canal was still in existence
Amongst those buildings that are part of the Pepys Estate. This playground now stands on the canal's alignment, which is quite apparent along here as a grassed area
An old map of the Pepys Estate, showing the Grand Surrey Canal. Notice some of the names are associated with the maritime. I find Windlass Place a bit of an oddity since they were not used on the Grand Surrey!
Just past Oxestalls Road/Eddystone Tower is a scrapyard on the site of the canal. There used to be a timber wharf here but like so many other locations, its now turned over to scrapping
On the far side of the scrapyard, this is the canal alignment. Eddystone Tower is prominent
The point where the canal turned sharp right to pass under Evelyn Street in Deptford. The site is now an industrial estate
The GSC turned sharp right from its southwards course to a mainly westwards course here. This view looks west to the Blackhorse bridge, seen here, which was the first bridge just after the turn
Part three of Grand Surrey route to the Old Kent Road
THE ROUTE:
Buildings Surrey Docks 1 Surrey Docks 2 Surrey Docks 3 To Old Kent Road Canal Junctions Canal Names Bridges Wharves Peckham Camberwell (Burgess Park)
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