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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Peckham and Canada Water.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Peckham and Canada Water.
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Is this route good enough? - Yes (3)
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Peckham
Grid Ref
TQ3423776344
Lat / Lon
51.47015° / -0.06871°
Easting / Northing
534,237E / 176,344N
What3Words
rope.punks.gloves
Canada Water
Grid Ref
TQ3548579439
Lat / Lon
51.49766° / -0.04956°
Easting / Northing
535,485E / 179,439N
What3Words
oddly.storm.crush
Peccan One's land is
| Peckham | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ3423776344 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.47015° / -0.06871° |
| Easting / Northing | 534,237E / 176,344N |
| What3Words | rope.punks.gloves |
| Canada Water | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ3548579439 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.49766° / -0.04956° |
| Easting / Northing | 535,485E / 179,439N |
| What3Words | oddly.storm.crush |
| Urban | 100.0% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
J M
03 Dec 2024I walked this route from Peckham to Canada Water
It’s a bit of a shock coming out of Peckham Rye station on to Peckham High Street. The bustle and noise doesn’t seem like a typical Slow Ways route but you soon get onto quieter pastures and the Green Link way.
This is an ex-Canal made into walkway.
You then cross an always busy Old Kent Road. Then there’s another fairly busy stretch until you hit the welcome oasis of Southwark Park where things quieten down a bit.
(Picture is of a traditional horse drawn hearse on Peckham High Street).
KSM
03 Dec 2024Out of Peckham Rye station, it’s straight into a passage with a colourful fruit & veg market. You turn left into busy Peckham High Street and follow it to the architectural delight that is Peckham library.
From here, you follow Surrey Canal walk, formerly a, er, canal, before turning right and into the wonderfully named Bird-in-Bush Road. There are a couple of interesting buildings standing out among the rows of neat little terraced houses.
Cross the Old Kent Road, you turn right towards Surrey Quays through a small retail park. The next section of the walk isn’t very pleasant in terms of things to see, but it’s easy to navigate and the pavements are comfortably wide.
Then comes a detour through a pleasant housing estate, bringing you into the vast green space of Southwark Park and two lines of towering plane trees. There’s a cafe, gallery and Rose Garden in the park, but I carried on to Surrey Quays.
You pass down another quiet, resident street, where a squirrel on a garden gate challenged me to a stare-down. Then past the magnificently grand Surrey Dock offices where a Blue Plaque marks the first fire of The Blitz.
At Canada Water, the Library’s friendly café served rather good coffee, and a great toastie.
A walk full of contrast, from busy high street to quiet back streets, and a tree-filled park to the swans swimming at Surrey Quays.
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Loz Flowers
04 Jun 2023Not as nice as the other Canada Water-Peckham walk, walking mainly along busy roads.
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