Surrey Docks Farm
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| Surrey Docks Farm | |
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Rotherhithe, London | |
| Coordinates | 51°29′59″N 0°02′02″W / 51.4997°N 0.0339°W |
| Status | Open year round |
| Website | www |
Surrey Docks Farm is a working
Activities
The farm works with local communities and the people of
Management
The farm is managed by the Surrey Docks Farm Provident Society Ltd, a tax exempt
History
The farm was first established in 1975 on a 1.5-acre (6,100 m2) site of derelict dockland between the entrance to
In June 1986 the farm was re-located to its present site, a new 2.2-acre (8,900 m2) site on the River Thames at South Wharf. During the working lifetime of the docks South Wharf formed part of the largest shipyard on the Rotherhithe peninsula. It subsequently became a timber wharf, and then, from 1883, it became the Metropolitan Asylums Board's South Wharf Receiving Station for transfer of smallpox and fever patients.[4] The receiving station was bombed in 1940, and not rebuilt.[5]
For the last few years of his life until June 2011, the farm was managed by local campaigner Barry Mason.
In 2019 with funding allocated by
References
- ^ www.surreydocksfarm.org.uk
- ^ "London Gardens Trust: Why I started Surrey Docks Farm". Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "Surrey Docks Farm: About". Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Surrey Docks Farm: History Trail". Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Surrey Docks Farm: Piecing Together Our Past". Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ / www.southwark.gov.uk
External links
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