South Dock
South Dock is one of two surviving docks in the former Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe, London, England. It was built in 1807–1811 just south of the larger Greenland Dock, to which it is connected by a channel now known as Greenland Cut; it also has a lock giving access to the River Thames.Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: dock in Rotherhithe, London, England, UK
- Also known as: “South Dock, Rotherhithe”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Den and Surrey Quays railway station.
The Den
Stadium
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Den is a football stadium in New Cross Gate, south-east London, and the home of Millwall Football Club. The Den is adjacent to the South London railway originating at London Bridge, and a quarter-of-a-mile from the Old Den, which it replaced on September 30, 1993. The Den is situated 1 mile southwest of South Dock.
Surrey Quays railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Surrey Quays is a station on the Windrush line of the London Overground, located in Rotherhithe in the London Borough of Southwark. Situated in London fare zone 2, the next station to the north is Canada Water; to the south, the line splits into branches to Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace, New Cross and West Croydon. Surrey Quays railway station is situated 2,800 feet west of South Dock.
Greenland Pier
Pier
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Greenland Pier is a pier on the River Thames in London, United Kingdom. It is situated at the eastern end of Greenland Dock in the London Borough of Southwark, and is a stop on the Uber Boat by Thames Clippers commuter catamaran service. Greenland Pier is situated 890 feet northeast of South Dock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Surrey Quays and Rotherhithe.
Surrey Quays
Quarter
Photo: Secretlondon, Public domain.
Surrey Quays is a largely residential area of Rotherhithe in south-east London, occupied until 1970 by the Surrey Commercial Docks. The precise boundaries of the area are somewhat amorphous, but it is generally considered to comprise the southern half of the Rotherhithe peninsula from Canada Water to South Dock; electorally, Surrey Docks is the eastern half of the peninsula.
Rotherhithe
Suburb
Rotherhithe is a district of South London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is on the south bank of a bend in the Thames, facing Wapping, Shadwell and Limehouse on the north bank, with the Isle of Dogs to the east.
Millwall
Quarter
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Poplar, north of Greenwich and Deptford, east of Rotherhithe, west of Cubitt Town, and has a long shoreline along London's Tideway, part of the River Thames.
South Dock
- Category: dock
- Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.49357° or 51° 29′ 37″ northLongitude
-0.0357° or 0° 2′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C3XFXV7+CPOpenStreetMap ID
way 138040109OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dockWikidata ID
Q730413
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“South Dock” goes by many names.
- French: “South Dock”
- German: “South Dock”
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Highlights include Rope Street Bridge and South Dock Marina.
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