Earl's Sluice
The culverted mouth of the Earl's Sluice at Deptford Wharf
Location
CountryEngland
CountiesGreater London
TownsDeptford
Physical characteristics
SourceRuskin Park
  locationDenmark Hill
  coordinates51°28′0″N 0°5′33″W / 51.46667°N 0.09250°W / 51.46667; -0.09250
MouthRiver Thames
  location
Deptford Wharf
  coordinates
51°29′35.19″N 0°1′55.26″W / 51.4931083°N 0.0320167°W / 51.4931083; -0.0320167
Basin features
Tributaries 
  rightRiver Peck

Earl's Sluice is an underground river in south-east London, England. Its source is Ruskin Park on Denmark Hill. In South Bermondsey it is joined by the River Peck before emptying into the Thames at Deptford Wharf.

This stone marks the boundary between St Mary's parish, Rotherhithe and St Paul's parish, Deptford. The stone was on a bridge over the Earl Creek nearby, but was relocated to its present position (on the Thames Path between the confluence of the Sluce and the entrance to South Dock, Rotherhithe in 1988.

Earl's Creek marks the boundary between St Mary's parish, Rotherhithe and St Paul's parish, Deptford and their successors the London Borough of Southwark and the London Borough of Lewisham. It also marks the boundary between the historic counties of Kent and Surrey.[1] The river is named after the Earl of Gloucester in the time of Henry I.

Earl Pumping Station: although closed for years, it processed the water from the Earl's Sluice to the Thames.

See also

References

  1. Bosworth, George F (2012). Kent. Google Books: CUP. p. 31. ISBN 9781107660045. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

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