Earl's Sluice

Earl's Sluice
River
The culverted mouth of the Earl's Sluice at Deptford Wharf
Country England
Counties Greater London
Tributaries
 - right River Peck
Towns Deptford
Source Ruskin Park
 - location Denmark Hill
 - coordinates GB-ENG 51°28′0″N 0°5′33″W / 51.46667°N 0.09250°W / 51.46667; -0.09250
Mouth River Thames
 - location Deptford Wharf
 - coordinates GB-ENG 51°29′35.19″N 0°1′55.26″W / 51.4931083°N 0.0320167°W / 51.4931083; -0.0320167Coordinates: GB-ENG 51°29′35.19″N 0°1′55.26″W / 51.4931083°N 0.0320167°W / 51.4931083; -0.0320167
Earl Pumping Station: although closed for years, it processed the water from the Earl's Sluice to the Thames.

Earl's Sluice is an underground river in south-east London, UK, named after the Earl of Gloucester in the time of Henry I. Its source is Ruskin Park on Denmark Hill.[1] In South Bermondsey it joins with the River Peck before emptying into the Thames at Deptford Wharf.

Earl's Creek marks the boundary between St Mary's parish, Rotherhithe and St Paul's parish, Deptford. Until 1889 this was also the Kent-Surrey boundary.[2]

See also

References

  1. Earl's Sluice on Diamond Geezer blog.
  2. Plaque on boundary stone, relocated nearby in 1988.

Further reading


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