Canary Wharf, oh what a delight

[djw]

Sadly my company appears to be relocating next year from the City to Canary Wharf. So this stuffs my commute up totally. Does anyone else do this journey from ED to the Wharf, whats the best way of doing it?

Most of the year I cycle and I will continue to do so to the Wharf, however in the darker colder months I rely on public transport

[*Anna*]

Its not that bad! I do: Peckham Rye to London Bridge and then jump on the Jubilee Line to Canary Whalf. Takes about 45mins door to door for me!

Benefit: great shops round there!

[Burbage]

I used to do this route, before my commute got stuffed by a move to Camden. Though it was some time ago.

By cycle, the quieter route is up the back, over Brenchley Gardens, Brockley Way, Eddystone Road, Brockley Rd, Wickham Rd, Friendly St, Brookmill Rd, Deptford Church St, Creek Rd, Cutty Sark - then walk through the foot tunnel (there are lifts, some of the time), and up Westferry Rd. Although a bit hilly (Friendly Street isn't), and not the most traffic-free of routes, it's as quick as any.

The interesting alternative to the tunnel is up to Tower Bridge and along the Highway (or Cable Street), remembering to turn down Narrow Street before the Limehouse Link.

When lazy, I'd get the bus to Lewisham and hop on the DLR. It was nearly always quicker than Forest Hill / London Bridge (possibly because the Jubilee line was intermittent at the time). The DLR was (and may still be) also good for those Wednesday/Thursday/Friday nights, as Lewisham's cabs are (or were) plentiful, not shy of the South, and reasonably close to ED.

[Sue]

You could also get a bus to Waterloo and pick up the Jubilee Line from there, depending on where you live?

[EDKiwi]

My wife uses the Peckham Rye to London Bridge train then the Jubilee line to Canary Wharf, or the 185 bus to Lewisham then the DLR routes mentioned above, she finds it quite good having the DLR route as a backup for when the tube packs up.

[djw]

Its such a pain. Im going to have to go from spending ?2 return occasionally on the 40 Bus, to coughing up for a travelcard for an even longer journey! Dam recession and cost cutting!! Thank you for all your suggestions, I think when the time comes I will experiment and find my favoured route of those suggested.

[simonethebeaver]

Next year (fingers crossed), you'll be able to go direct to Canada Water from Honor Oak, Forest Hill or Sydenham on the East London line, which is one stop from Canary Wharf on the Jubilee. Not too helpful if you live at the other end of ED though, I realise.

[Sue]

djw Wrote:

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> Dam recession and cost cutting!!

xxxxx

Look on the bright side, at least you still have a job which many don't :)

[Gimme]

I work one stop from the Canary Wharf complex. It takes 25 minutes ish to cycle (22 mins is my record but that was an exception during August school hols) and isn't too taxing (Burbages route is pretty much the one I use).

The best public transport route (not mentioned so far) is the train from Peckham Rye to Lewisham (8 mins) and then DLR to Canary Wharf (14 mins). Only problem is that the first one is 8.35am and that will get you in at 9.03am into Canary Wharf DLR. On the way home however, there's a 5.54pm from Lewisham (plus a 6.41pm and a 7.06pm). Door to door from Lordship Lane is around 30 mins getting home (and 40 mins getting in because there's not a connecting train from ED to Peckham Rye that works with the 8.35am).

When we moved to Docklands, I thought it would be a mare but it is easier than you think.