skyscrapers seen from canada water area the docklands south east london

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Skyscrapers seen from Canada Water an area of the Docklands in south-east London. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Skyscrapers seen from Canada Water an area of the Docklands in south-east London.

The surrounding area, which forms the town centre of Rotherhithe, is now increasingly known as Canada Water, after the transport interchange as much as the lake itself. As with much of the Docklands, the Surrey Commercial Docks closed in the 1970s. During the 1980s, the London Docklands Development Corporation took over, and invested heavily in the redevelopment of the area. About half of Canada Dock was infilled and the Surrey Quays Shopping Centre built on top of it; the remainder was converted into the present lake and wildlife refuge. An ornamental canal, Albion Channel, was created through the site of the now filled-in Albion Dock linking Canada Water to Surrey Water, with the spoil used to create Stave Hill in nearby Russia Dock Woodland