The Grand Surrey Canal
An excellent low relief model on Stave Hill shows the old route from the Thames to Plough Way
The original route through the Surrey Docks
These pictures are of a low-relief model that can be found on the summit of the artifically built Stave Hill. It offers good view of the surrounding area and of Canary Wharf to the east. Stave Hill is represented by the bump in the middle of Russia Dock. The low-relief model shows the orginal Grand Surrey canal route which began at the south end of Russia Dock
With the Thames at the top, the canal ran from the entrance lock at the top left corner, through the smaller Russia Dock, before entering its own lock. A traditional canal bridge can be seen
A view looking southwards along the canal from the lock. The model had a lot of debris in it - someone was obviously trying to make a fire (probably an unauthorised beacon) on the model, hence the explanation for the bits of coal spread around!
Map showing the arrangement of the docks in the 1930's. By that time the original lock (into Stave dock) had fallen out of use
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