Creekside Discovery Centre

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.

Email: info@creeksidecentre.org.uk
Type: Nature reserve
Description: nature reserve in Lewisham, London
Address: 14 Creekside, London, SE8 4SA

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Observatory and Cutty Sark.

Royal Observatory

Museum

Royal Observatory

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.

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.

National Maritime Museum

Museum

National Maritime Museum

Photo: KTC, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The National Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London. It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and East London.

East End

Photo: Mark Towning, CC BY 2.0.

The East End is a district of inner London. The boundaries of the East End are not well defined, but for the purposes of this page it covers from the edge of The City to the River Lea. Highlights include the large cluster of markets and the pubs.

East London

Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.

East London is the part of London, England, east of the ancient City of London and north of the River Thames as it begins to widen. East London developed as London's docklands and the primary industrial centre.

Southwark and Lewisham

Southwark and Lewisham

Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Southwark and Lewisham are two boroughs of inner south east London.

Creekside Discovery Centre

Category: recreation area
Location: Lewisham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.478° or 51° 28′ 41″ north

Longitude

-0.0203° or 0° 1′ 13″ west

Open location code

9C3XFXHH+5V

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

Discover Creekside Discovery Centre from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Faircharm Dock and Merryweather Place.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ha’penny Hatch Bridge and Deptford Creek Lifting Bridge.

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