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.
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Shopping
Decathlon
Attractions
Surrey Docks Farm
Bars and pubs
The Mayflower
Restaurants in Rotherhithe
Restaurants
Constancia Argentine Grill
Restaurants
Casse-Croûte
Restaurants
Zucca
Restaurants
Pizarro
Things to do in Rotherhithe
Museums
Brunel Museum
Things to do
The Old Mortuary
Bars and pubs in Rotherhithe
Bars and pubs
The Mayflower
Bars and pubs
Woolpack
Bars and pubs
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