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THE RISE OF rotherhithe The gateway to other worlds by George Swinton THE RIVER AUTUMN 2015 PROPERTY 39 here are few places so close to the heart of London that enjoy spaces as quiet and open as Southwark Park or as fascinating as the Stave Hill Ecology Park a 5.2 acre nature reserve educational facility research area and place of recreation. Situated on the bend of the Thames Rotherhithe has extensive river frontage on both its northern edge and to the east too. Naturally it enjoys a regular commuter ferry across to Canary Wharf as well as a service along the river all the way to Richmond in the west and the Thames Barrier in the east. The river though is not the only way of getting around from Rotherhithe. With tube stations servicing Bermondsey Rotherhithe Canada Water and Surrey Quays as well as overground trains running northsouth through Surrey Quays Canada Water and Rotherhithe the area is well-connected to say the least. Thanks to the imminent redevelopment and upgrade of the retail and leisure complex at Surrey Quays the next ten years is likely to see a big change in the areas popularity and property value even though prices have already seen a sharp upward turn in the last decade. Rotherhithe has often been considered the more desolate distant end of Bermondsey the wrong side of the street to Wapping and the urban edge to Greenwich but now this space between other desirable areas is rising on the swell of demand as people are catching on to its benefits and relatively low prices. Rotherhithes history is surprisingly rich and still Stave Hill Ecology Park in Rotherhithe A view of the Canary Wharf from the open spaces of Rotherhithe