2013

TQ3679 : Grassland, Russia Docks

taken 11 years ago, near to Stepney, Tower Hamlets, England

Grassland, Russia Docks
Grassland, Russia Docks
Russia Dock Woodland is a long narrow park in Rotherhithe, London, created by the infilling of one of the former Surrey Commercial Docks. The former Russia Dock was originally used for the importing of timber from Norway, Russia and Sweden.
Following the closure of the docks in the early 1970s, the area was redeveloped by the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC). Russia Dock Woodland was made up of a number of docks, including Russia Dock, Island Dock and Surrey Basin, which were infilled (save for a thin 'stream' through the woodland) and planted as a 34.5-acre woodland in 1980. The Woodland still contains surviving dock features including the retaining wall capstones, depth gauges, bollards, mooring chains and tracks. In 1985 the LDDC added an artificial hill, Stave Hill, to the west edge of the park, using waste material and rubble. A relief map of the former docks in cast bronze by Michael Rizzello stands at the top of the hill.

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Geographical Context: Grassland
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TQ3679, 590 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 7 July, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 11 October, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3622 7978 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.0330N 0:2.3326W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3621 7975
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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