Canada Water Library

Canada Water Library is a library in London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England which is located on Surrey Quays Road. Canada Water Library is situated nearby to Deal Porter Square, as well as near the metro station Canada Water station.

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Opening hours:
Monday—Friday: 8:00 AM—8:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
Sunday: noon—4:00 PM
public holidays: closed
Type: Library
Description: public library in London, UK
Address: 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, SE16 7AR

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canada Water station and Canada Water bus station.

Canada Water station

Metro station

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Canada Water is an interchange station in London. It is on the Jubilee line of the London Underground and the Windrush line of the London Overground, and is in London fare zone 2.

Canada Water bus station

Bus station

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Canada Water bus station serves the Rotherhithe area of the London Borough of Southwark, London, England. The station is owned and maintained by Transport for London.

Rotherhithe railway station

Railway station

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Rotherhithe is a railway station on the Windrush line of the London Overground network; it is located on the southern bank of the River Thames at Rotherhithe, within the London Borough of Southwark, England. Rotherhithe railway station is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Canada Water Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rotherhithe and Surrey Quays.

Rotherhithe

Suburb

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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.

Surrey Quays

Quarter

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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.

Execution Dock

Locality

Execution Dock was a site on the River Thames near the shoreline at Wapping, London, that was used for more than 400 years to execute pirates, smugglers and mutineers who had been sentenced to death by Admiralty courts.

Canada Water Library

Categories: public library, building, and education
Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.49767° or 51° 29′ 52″ north

Longitude

-0.04911° or 0° 2′ 57″ west

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9C3XFXX2+39

OpenStreetMap ID

way 157137089

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q55125811

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