Surrey Water

Surrey Water is in London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England. Surrey Water is situated nearby to the bridge Salter Road, as well as near the hostel YHA London Thameside.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rotherhithe railway station and Wapping railway station.

Rotherhithe railway station

Railway station

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Rotherhithe is a station on the Windrush line of the London Overground, located on the southern bank of the River Thames at Rotherhithe within the London Borough of Southwark. Rotherhithe railway station is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Surrey Water.

Wapping railway station

Railway station

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Wapping is a station on the Windrush line of the London Overground, located on the northern bank of the River Thames in Wapping within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Wapping railway station is situated 2,300 feet west of Surrey Water.

Brunel Museum

Museum

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The Brunel Museum is a small museum situated at the Brunel Engine House, Rotherhithe, London Borough of Southwark. The Engine House was designed by Sir Marc Isambard Brunel as part of the infrastructure of the Thames Tunnel which opened in 1843 and was the first underwater tunnel to have been built anywhere in the world. Brunel Museum is situated 1,500 feet west of Surrey Water.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rotherhithe and Execution Dock.

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.

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.