Greenland Dock
Greenland Dock is the oldest of London's riverside wet docks, located in Rotherhithe area of the London Borough of Southwark. It used to be part of the Surrey Commercial Docks, most of which have by now been filled in.Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Surrey Quays railway station and The Den.
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 2,100 feet west of Greenland Dock.
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 4,200 feet southwest of Greenland Dock.
South Dock
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. South Dock is situated 850 feet southeast of Greenland 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
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.
Greenland Dock
- Type: Body of water
- Description: Dock in Rotherhithe, London
- Category: dock
- Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.49466° or 51° 29′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.03902° or 0° 2′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C3XFXV6+V9OpenStreetMap ID
way 259674282OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dockWikidata ID
Q1544727
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Hebrew—“Greenland Dock” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Greenland Dock”
- French: “Greenland Dock”
- German: “Greenland Dock”
- Greek: “Greenland Dock”
- Hebrew: “המבדוק הגדול של האולנד”
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