
To many, Surrey Quays is essentially an uninspiring shopping centre and retail park (Decathlon, Hollywood Bowl, Tesco), transport hub (bus station, Overground, Canada Water tube) and thoroughfare (the busy Lower Road and nearby Rotherhithe Tunnel), but step further into Southwark’s watery peninsula and Surrey Quays is a peaceful place. Eerily so. Most of the docks were filled in during the 1980s and replaced with housing; remaining Greenland Dock has become a large boat-dwelling community with more than 200 moorings and a popular watersports centre.