Earl's Sluice

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 Sluice
The culverted mouth of the Earl's Sluice at Deptford Wharf
Location
Country	England
Counties	Greater London
Towns	Deptford
Physical characteristics
Source	Ruskin Park
• location	Denmark Hill
• coordinates	51°28′0″N 0°5′33″W
Mouth	River Thames
• location	Deptford Wharf
• coordinates	51°29′35.19″N 0°1′55.26″W
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	River Peck

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

• Subterranean rivers of London
• Thames Tideway Scheme

References

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

Further reading

• London's Lost Rivers by Paul Talling

External links

• Earl's Sluice on Diamond Geezer blog.
• Dividing Rotherhithe from Deptford in the mid 1850s: Earl's Sluice, or the Black Ditch