London & South East Canals

The Thames & Medway was almost entirely replaced by railways, and much of the Surrey Docks have been transformed into the Surrey Quays development area. The line of the Grand Surrey is now mostly open green space and walkable.

The terminus of the Croydon Canal is now replaced by West Croydon railway station, but you’ll need a better imagination than mine to envisage it today.

The Surrey Docks are shown because I like them.

Canals covered

  • Grand Surrey Canal & Docks

  • Thames & Medway Canal

  • Croydon Canal

Want to download the map to help you explore?

Here are two Google Maps that you can download for your personal use. (You will need to zoom in a lot to see the detail).

The map titled RSL shows canal as single lines, that titled RPL shows them as polygons that can be clicked to show more detail. Clicking the square brackets at the top right corner of the map will open it in your ‘Google My Maps’. See the ‘Explanatory Notes’ page for more detail.

THAMES & MEDWAY CANAL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_and_Medway_Canal

https://waterways.org.uk/waterways/discover-the-waterways/thames-medway-canal-restoration

http://www.thamesmedway.co.uk/