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town by underground and then take a bus or soon the dlr heathrow is on the underground while gatwick and luton can be reached by thameslink train from london bridge stansted requires a train from liverpool street by boat collins river enterprises runs a service for greenland pier to canary wharf and upstream along the river to the savoy timetable there is also a service between the holiday inn at nelson dock and canary wharf city cruises operate from cherry garden pier and have a webcam pointed at tower bridge shopping return to contents the surrey quays shopping centre is the major attraction for shoppers nearby is the massive decathlon décathlon en français set of sports shops albion street lower road jamaica road and the nearby southwark park road in bermondsey also have a surprisingly wide collection of shops leisure return to contents the new leisure park behind the surrey quays shopping centre already has riva bingo ten pin bowling and video games at hollywood bowl together with food and drink at quincey s american bar and grill pizza hut fatty arbuckle s and original with its own cafe and micro brewery there is also a 9 screen uci cinema with most runs starting on fridays there is a large indoor swimming pool and more such as the tanseikan aikido club at the seven islands leisure centre in lower road outdoor sport and training at the southwark park sports complex and aquatic pursuits at the surrey docks watersports centre at greenland dock for those with a boat there is south dock marina bacon s college has facilities for hire and groups such as kikusui kai aikido meet there there are many restaurants in the area one which seeks to attract half of london is downtown with its hen parties many local groups promote leisure activities in particular time talents has a weekly timetable packed with opportunites aimed at all age groups from under 5s to over 50s many of the local pubs have live music and quiz nights such as the mayflower quiz on tuesdays visits return to contents brunel s engine house was built to help construct the first underwater tunnel in the world now used by the east london line and is open on the first sunday of each month there is a pump house from the old docks at lavender road stands the lavender dock pump house re named the pumphouse educational museum open monday to friday 9 30 3 30 meanwhile the former london hydraulic company s works next to canada water bus station have been derelict for many years and now being redeveloped into high priced flats the surrey docks city farm provides urban children and adults a chance to meet farm animals locally and to understand agricultural life more generally it has a working blacksmith offering an apprenticeship these and other local sites had open houses on 20 august 2000 during the rotherhithe millennium festival on sunday 2nd september 2001 at the rotherhithe festival 2001 and on sunday 14th july 2002 at the rotherhithe festival 2002 at the rotherhithe festival 2003 on 11 july 2004 at the rotherhithe festival 2004 and on 3 july 2005 at the rotherhithe festival 2005 the names are clear if unoriginal mayflower 1620 ltd a southwark tour guide training provider has a set of pictures of some of the local sites in rotherhithe and bermondsey pubs or some of them return to contents adam eve 47 swan rd albion 20 albion st angel 101 bermonsey wall east blacksmiths arms 257 rotherhithe st clipper 562 rotherhithe st cock monkey 86 neptune st lord nelson 66 68 canon beck rd mayflower 127 rotherhithe street moby dick 6 russia court east old justice 94 bermondsey wall east originals brewing mast leisure park quebec curve quebec way ship 39 st marychurch st ship and whale gulliver st spice island 163 rotherhithe st surrey docks tavern 351 rotherhithe st surrey docks 185 lower road three compasses 346 348 rotherhithe st two brewers 35 west lane this may not be a complete list compare it with the list of pubs in rotherhithe in 1881 though some have changed their names for example the mayflower used to be the spread eagle walks return to contents there are several walks set out in the area including the thames path along the river where wharves and housing do not get in the way the rotherhithe walk through the old village the lavender dock walk and the nearby ecological park and russia dock woodland it is easy and indeed fun to get lost the only real landmark is canary wharf to the east or north east across the river the angle at which it appears can be used for navigation some of the signposts are unreliable or confusing those aimed at cyclists tend to be better the thames path is a national trail of 180 miles 288 km from the source of the thames near kemble in gloucestershire to the thames barrier between silvertown and charlton a guide by david sharp the thames path is published by aurum press in association with the countryside commission now countryside agency ordnance survey and the ramblers association it includes a description of the walk from tower bridge past the angel pub and the traces of edward iii s manor house coming downstream from tower bridge and bermondsey through the narrow alleys of old rotherhithe past st mary s church and the mayflower pub to cumberland wharf and the statue sunbeam weekly and the pilgrim s pocket of a pilgrim father s astonishment at a 1930 s comic describing the usa you pass a jetty now closed with an odd metal bird when forced back onto rotherhithe street you cross a dock bridge and pass the spice island pub the most pleasant part of the riverside walk is at sovereign crescent entering through no entry signs for cars eventually back on rotherhithe street at lavender road stands the lavender dock pump house re named the pumphouse educational museum t he walk goes past nelson s dock and the hilton and on to surrey docks farm finally odessa street in downtown takes you to greenland dock and south dock reminders of how the surrey commercial docks once covered the area and on to deptford there is also an online guide in reverse much of this route forms the first part of the pilgrim trail a wide angle view from the canary wharf jetty across the river shows part of the riverside southwark park was opened in 1869 a sensible attempt to rename it as rotherhithe park was rejected by the london county council in 1922 and provides an opportunity for walks as well as festivals and carnivals it has an art gallery john butler s landscape photographs illustrate some of the greener parts of the area education return to contents southwark council is the local education authority with primary schools including albion school alfred salter school redriff school and rotherhithe school with the church of england primary at peter hills and the roman catholic primaries st john s and st joseph s also in the area bacon s college a church of england city technology college is the local secondary school though many pupils commute in and out of the area it is establishing a local schools network the nearest rc secondary school is st michael s in bermondsey aylwin girls scool is in southwark park road ofsted run inspections of schools sometimes controversially here are some of their reports pdf nurseries inspection of 03 12 1998 bosco centre inspection of 19 07 1999 lavender house inspection of 19 07 1999 playshack inspection of 23 11 2000 scallywags inspection of 18 09 2000 sunshine corner inspection of 07 02 2000 surrey docks primaries inspection of 27 06 2000 albion school inspection of 23 06 1997 alfred salter inspection of 23 03 1998 peter hills cofe inspection of 11 10 1999 redriff inspection of 23 02 1998 rotherhithe inspection of 27 04 1998 st john s rc inspection of 15 06 1998 st joseph s rc secondary inspection of 13 05 1996 bacon s college for further education southwark college has a local site in surrey docks with other sites in the borough lambeth college and lewisham college are also nearby if you want to do it yourself rotherhithe library can at least be a place to start health return to contents in this part of south east london national health services are delivered by the lambeth southwark and lewisham health authority who publish lists of local gp surgeries dentists and other services southwark community health council can give advice and support about the local nhs the local hospital is guys part of the guys and st thomas hospital trust and the united medical and dental school which has just merged with king s college however its a e department closed in september 1999 being left with a daytime minor injuries department the nearest casualty hospitals are st thomas lewisham greenwich and kings if your needs are urgent the london ambulance service will try to get you there for advice at home you can try nhs direct on the web or by phoning 0845 4647 social services are provided by southwark council the rotherhithe workhouse in lower road closed in 1884 but left its infirmary later to be called st olave s hospital named after the poor law union which in turn was named after an old church in tooley street near london bridge the similarity with the local norwegian church st olaf s is just a coincidence the man himself being a norwegian king who converted norway to christianity and helped defend london against danish invasion tooley is another version of st olave st olave s hospital started to be restricted in 1970 and finally closed in 1984 all that remains is st olave s house a nursing home which is part of the south london family housing association group public services return to contents most local services are provided by southwark council including education social services housing waste collection etc southwark has established area forums fora to those forced to learn latin across the borough including number 2 covering bermondsey and rotherhithe the first meeting was on 3 february 2001 to be followed by one on 12 march at the beomund centre 177 abbey street se1 at 7 9 pm southwark council s planning department makes it possible to look at a summary of recent applications rotherhithe can be found either as dockyard ward at least until may 2002 or covering a wider area rotherhithe village the mayor of london ken livingstone and the greater london assembly including the representative for southwark and lambeth val shawcross have a predominately co ordinating role but with particular functions related to transport regional economic development and the police and fire services the local metropolitan police station is in lower road open from 6am to 10pm part of the southwark division if it not worth a 999 call try 020 7231 1212 though you will still get a switchboard outside these hours try southwark police station on 020 7378 1212 there are fire stations on deptford road and dockhead at the west end of jamaica road though the fire brigade is considering closing these and opening one in surrey docks the employment service has a jobcentre in albion street the office for national statistics has produced a variety of data to describe dockyard ward including a text profile some key numbers and the opportunity to select more information interestingly some of these numbers do not meet the national statistics quality standard which gives the ons its name upmysteet com allows you to type in your postcode and see what advertisers think you and your neighbours are like here s what they say about the area around peter hills school politics return to contents rotherhithe is part of the north southwark and bermondsey constituency which like most of the rest of the uk saw a swing to labour in the may 1997 general election though with a swing in the opposite direction in 2001 in the 1999 european parliament elections the labour party list came first in the constituency overtaking the liberal democrats for the first time in 17 years the local conservatives only got 7 of the vote in the two general elections but almost doubled this in the euro elections locally it is part of the london borough of southwark until april 2002 being called dockyard ward because of recent population growth it was split in may 2002 into an easterly ward called surrey docks and a westerly ward called rotherhithe in the southwark council elections in 2002 the council remained under no overall control since 2000 the greater london authority has been admistering the london region val shawcross is the member of the assembly representing southwark and lambeth local businesses return to contents city cruises cherry garden pier patcom media relations london bubble sands films and squirrel films european bakeries testbank london mission control artists agency ainsworth associates migold antipodean solutions tw personnel skillion raceways motorcycle rental jan horrox knitwear arena group international salvage union isu welcome to london stop4u com city computers and timeslice bunkerfuels uk ski safari machina publishing services king stairs software tcs group richard johnson hairdressing talent international biriyok show axan graphics web design anthony pristavec black voices ss s compulabs above the sky records destiny films institute for complementary medicine data investments lps domaine thébot rotherhithe picture research library abraham christian shirts neon electric chartered institute of journalists vikki heron rolf driver indigo creative barging through france island design hawkeye security redriff jazz cerf iiec history return to contents rotherhithe has been a manor and ecclesiastical parish since the early middle ages politically it was a separate civil parish until 1900 in surrey until 1889 it then became part of the borough of bermondsey until 1965 in the county of london and it is now in greater london and the london borough of southwark the story of rotherhithe a book written by stephen humphrey and published by the london borough of southwark and its local studies library neighbourhood history no 6 suggests that rotherhithe was first mentioned by name in the early 12th century in the reign of king henry i by contrast the council s rotherhithe internet history page says it was first mentioned in an anglo saxon charter of 898 part of the problem is changes of name redriff as in the local road and school is the same word as rotherhithe both meaning either mariners haven or cattle landing point depending on the source about half of rotherhithe was given to bermondsey abbey in the early 12th century by king henry i it later acquired much of the rest though losing everything under king henry viii king edward iii built a manor house in the mid 14th century with the foundations still visible shipbuilding was a traditional industry and shipwrights in rotherhithe competed with those on the north side of the river those to the north being freemen of the city of london described those on the surrey bank as foreigners despite this the rotherhithe shipwrights petitioned queen elizabeth i in 1578 for the right to control the industry on the thames and in 1612 received a royal chart...