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Dist:0.3km north<br/>The 2 metre diameter compass set into the edge of an infilled dock shows not only the direction and distance to various foreign ports but lists the type of goods imported from those countries.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.4km north<br/>One of the large Surrey Docks, Russia Dock was infilled and grassed over to make an urban woodland. The main path through the woods (right) was the dockside and the crane rails are still visible.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Taken looking West from the river which runs North-South in this area - so the pier is on the "south" bank of the Thames.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This elegant pedestrian bridge which swings in two halves came from elsewhere and has been re-erected over a waterway which linked Greenland Dock (behind) to another dock (now lost).
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.4km north<br/>
©John Goodall
Dist:0.5km north<br/>The caption reads "This stone marks the boundary between St Mary's parish, Rotherhithe and St Paul's parish, Deptford. Until 1899 this was also the Kent-Surrey boundary. The stone was on a bridge over the East Creek nearby, but was relocated here in 1988."
©Shazz
Dist:0.5km north<br/>The Church of the Immaculate Conception on Archangel Street reflects the setting sun, as does the Canary Wharf tower in the distance.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.6km north<br/>Taken from the river looking East.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.6km north<br/>The largest surviving dock on the south bank of the Thames. The east end of Greenland Dock is home to several small craft, but much of its 8 hectare (20 acre) expanse is undisturbed.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.7km north<br/>
©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.7km northeast<br/>taken from the Britannic Hotel, Marsh Wall
©Stephen Henley
Dist:0.8km north<br/>
©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.8km northeast<br/>The traffic lights on the roundabout are a decorative feature and are not intended to be complied with.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.9km west<br/>This ornamental canal runs between two former docks, which are now isolated from the Thames.
©Timothy Baldwin
Dist:0.9km south<br/>A large but elegant brick building on the Thames waterfront, not sure of its original use but part of it is now a local community resource centre.
©Stephen Craven

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