1) New Cross to Brockley2) Brockley to Honor Oak3) Honor Oak to SydenhamThe maps continue next page. THE MAPS:Page one covers: new cross~brockley / brockley~honor…
Continue ReadingThe Croydon Canal – Route Maps
These maps are approximate. The actual canal route might vary slightly!These Croydon Canal maps are not scale representations of the canal’s former route. They are…
Continue ReadingThe Croydon Canal 14) The former canal terminus basin site at West Croydon
From Spurgeons Bridge, the canal swept round to the left in this deep cutting, said at the time to be beautifully turfed, to enter the…
Continue ReadingThe Croydon Canal 13) The Bird in Hand and the walkway to Spurgeons Bridge
The Bird in Hand must be the only remaining hostelry in London that no longer has a canal whose boatmen it could serve!This is the…
Continue ReadingThe Croydon Canal 12) Norwood Junction to Gloucester Road (and site of summit locks)
The start of the canal’s summit level was located on Croydon Common where two locks were supplemented by a pumping engine. The entire area is…
Continue ReadingThe Croydon Canal 11) Betts Park and Norwood
The canal through Betts Park was considerably more attractive before the improved concrete trough was built! Moving on from the previous section, we are on…
Continue ReadingThe Croydon Canal 10) Penge, its mythical ‘canal loops’ & Anerley
The pictures showing a horse grazing as the canal makes a very tight loop at Penge is a somewhat romanctised view of the canal. Maps…
Continue ReadingThe Croydon Canal 9) The canal at Dacres Wood & to Venner Road
There is a myth about the Croydon Canal which is quite wrong. It is asserted that the only remains of the canal are at Betts…
Continue ReadingThe Croydon Canal 8) The route at Forest Hill Station & Sydenham Park
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…
Continue ReadingThe Croydon Canal 7) The Davids Road elevated walkway at Forest Hill
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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