Deptford Creek Lifting Bridge
Deptford Creek Lifting Bridge is a bridge in Greenwich, Greater London, England. Deptford Creek Lifting Bridge is situated nearby to the nature reserve Creekside Discovery Centre, as well as near Greenwich pumping station.- Type: Bridge
- Description: lifting bridge over Deptford Creek, Greenwich, London, UK
- Also known as: “Deptford Spider” and “Ha’penny Hatch”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Creekside Discovery Centre and Cutty Sark.
Creekside Discovery Centre
Nature reserve
The Creekside Discovery Centre is a 0.5-hectare natural habitat in Deptford in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is owned by the National Grid and managed by the Creekside Education Trust.
Cutty Sark
Museum
Photo: Krzysztof Belczyński, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long period of design development for this type of vessel, which ended as steamships took over their routes. Cutty Sark is situated 2,800 feet northeast of Deptford Creek Lifting Bridge.
Royal Observatory
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north. Royal Observatory is situated 4,100 feet east of Deptford Creek Lifting Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deptford and New Cross.
Deptford
Suburb
Photo: SilkTork, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne.
New Cross
Suburb
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.
New Cross is an area in south-east London, England, 4.5 miles south-east of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Lewisham and the SE14 postcode district.
Burrells Wharf
Neighborhood
Photo: Alctanay, Public domain.
Burrells Wharf is a riverside residential estate, owned by its leaseholders, in London, England. It is situated on the Isle of Dogs and the north bank of the River Thames.
Deptford Creek Lifting Bridge
- Categories: railway bridge, vertical-lift bridge, historic site, and transportation
- Location: Greenwich, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.4781° or 51° 28′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.01925° or 0° 1′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C3XFXHJ+68OpenStreetMap ID
way 1189892322OpenStreetMap feature
historic=train_liftOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q116732503
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ha’penny Hatch Bridge and Greenwich pumping station.
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