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    The Croydon Canal 8) The route at Forest Hill Station & Sydenham Park

    The Croydon Canal 8) The route at Forest Hill Station & Sydenham Park

    January 7, 2010April 9, 2023

    Forest Hill was an important location on the canal, with a wharf and swingbridges. Nowadays its just an urban crossroads with shops and a railway…

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    The Croydon Canal 7) The Davids Road elevated walkway at Forest Hill

    The Croydon Canal 7) The Davids Road elevated walkway at Forest Hill

    January 7, 2010April 9, 2023

    The houses along Davids Road are said to be built on the bed of the canal. Looking south east towards the Dartmouth Road junction in…

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    The Croydon Canal 6) Through the former Forest Wood

    The Croydon Canal 6) Through the former Forest Wood

    January 7, 2010April 9, 2023

    Forest Wood was a quite large tract of woodland up in the hills above London. To give an idea of what the route must have…

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    The Croydon Canal 5) From Brockley & ‘the locks’ to Honor Oak

    The Croydon Canal 5) From Brockley & ‘the locks’ to Honor Oak

    January 7, 2010April 9, 2023

    This was the location at which the canal rose steeply on its climb to Honor Oak – no other such comparable broad canal ascent can…

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    The Croydon Canal 4) Along Shardeloes Road

    The Croydon Canal 4) Along Shardeloes Road

    January 7, 2010April 9, 2023

    One of those quite rare stretches of waterway that have now become a road (this is however NOT a ‘rarity’ in London when one considers…

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    The Croydon Canal 3) Through Goldsmiths to Barriedale

    The Croydon Canal 3) Through Goldsmiths to Barriedale

    January 7, 2010April 9, 2023

    This section of former canal route as far as Barriedale, is on land belonging to Goldsmiths College and is not open for public access. Permission…

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    The Croydon Canal 2) The route through New Cross

    The Croydon Canal 2) The route through New Cross

    January 7, 2010April 9, 2023

    The Croydon and Rotherhithe company lost its opportunity for an independent route to Rotherhithe, having to share a common route with the Grand Surrey Canal.…

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    The Croydon Canal 1) The junction with the Grand Surrey Canal near Hatcham

    The Croydon Canal 1) The junction with the Grand Surrey Canal near Hatcham

    January 7, 2010April 9, 2023

    In the begining plans for the canal anticipated a connection with the Thames, thus it was known officially as the Croydon and Rotherhithe Canal. The…

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