Convoys Wharf
Convoys Wharf in Deptford is a former commercial wharf on the River Thames in London, currently awaiting redevelopment. It includes the site of Deptford Dockyard, built in the reign of King Henry VIII as one of the first Royal Dockyards.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Joseph Farington, Public domain.
- Type: Construction
- Description: site of Deptford Dockyard in London
- Also known as: “King’s Yard”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sayes Court and Cutty Sark.
Sayes Court
Park
Sayes Court was a manor house and garden in Deptford, in the London Borough of Lewisham on the Thames Path and in the former parish of St Nicholas. Sayes Court once attracted throngs to visit its celebrated garden created by the seventeenth century diarist John Evelyn. Sayes Court is situated 660 feet southwest of Convoys Wharf.
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. Cutty Sark is situated 1 mile east of Convoys Wharf.
National Maritime Museum
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. National Maritime Museum is situated 1 mile east of Convoys Wharf.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burrells Wharf and Millwall.
Burrells Wharf
Neighborhood
Photo: Alctanay, Public domain.
Burrells Wharf is a riverside residential estate, owned by its leaseholders, in London, England. It is situated on the Isle of Dogs and the north bank of the River Thames.
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.
Deptford
Suburb
Photo: SilkTork, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne.
Convoys Wharf
- Categories: wharf, safeguarded wharf, and historic site
- Location: Lewisham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.48608° or 51° 29′ 10″ northLongitude
-0.02891° or 0° 1′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C3XFXPC+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 467804770OpenStreetMap feature
historic=dockyardOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=constructionWikidata ID
Q1129488
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Convoys Wharf” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Convoys Wharf”
- French: “Chantier naval de Deptford”
- French: “Convoys Wharf”
- French: “Deptford Dockyard”
- German: “Convoys Wharf”
- German: “King’s Yard”
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Highlights include Olympia Convoy’s Wharf and Upper Pepys Park.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Convoys Wharf”. Photo: Joseph Farington, Public domain.