The Grand Surrey Canal
Unusually for any canal, there's an abundance of street names derived from the canal, and these give clues to the former locations that the canal once served
Street names linked to the Surrey Canal
In several places roads have names that are connected to the Grand Surrey Canal. There is a Depot Place in Camberwell, which probably could have denoted the canal's terminus at Albany Basin. As well as Windlass Place and Canal Approach in Deptford, and Canal Head in Peckham, here are some signs that are canal related
A rarity. A company named after the Grand Surrey. This is at Trundleys Road
Above & Below: Two types of nameboard used on Surrey Canal Road
Canal Street is a cul-de-sac off the Albany Road. It used to lead to the canal and serviced a wharf at one time
Round the back of the Old Kent Road is the entrance to the privately owned Canal Grove. There is a splendid row of houses and trees here that used to front onto the Grand Surrey at one time
THE ROUTE:
Buildings / Surrey Docks 1 / Surrey Docks 2 / Surrey Docks 3 / To Old Kent Road / Canal Junctions / Canal Names / Bridges / Wharves / Peckham / Camberwell
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 from Camden to Euston / 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 / Crockers Folly / Derry and Toms / Edgware Road / Marylebone Goods / Nash Villas / Spitfire Works / St Pancras