Riley Road, SE1

Road in/near Bermondsey, existing between the 1850s and now

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October
4
2024
Riley Road is named for Jeremiah Riley, whose family owned a house and land near St Mary Magdalen Church.

Dating originally from the 1850s, Riley Road was called Riley Street until 1936 and was damaged during Second World War bombing. The east was redeveloped as part of the St Saviour’s Estate in 1960.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Jacob’s Island Jacob’s Island was a notorious slum in Bermondsey during the 19th century.

NEARBY STREETS
Abbey Gardens, SE1 Abbey Gardens is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Abbey Street, SE1 Abbey Street takes its name from Bermondsey Abbey which was situated between Bermondsey Square, Grange Walk and Long Walk. (Bermondsey)
Alice Street, SE1 Alice Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Amisha Court, SE1 Amisha Court is a block on Grange Road (Bermondsey)
Arabella Street, SE16 Arabella Street runs off of Old Jamaica Road (Bermondsey)
Arc House, SE1 Arc House is a block on Tanner Street (Bermondsey)
Archdale House, SE1 Archdale House is a block on Cluny Place (Bermondsey)
Archie Street, SE1 Archie Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Artbrand House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Arts Lane, SE16 A street within the SE16 postcode (Bermondsey)
Attilburgh House, SE1 Attilburgh House is a block on Abbey Street (Bermondsey)
Aulay House, SE16 Aulay House is a block on Spa Road (Bermondsey)
Bakery Street, SE1 A street within the SE16 postcode (Bermondsey)
Bell Yard Mews, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Bermondsey Exchange, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Bermondsey Square, SE1 Bermondsey Square is located on Tower Bridge Road, the former the site of Bermondsey Abbey (Bermondsey)
Bermondsey Street, SE1 Bermondsey Street was named for the Abbey of St Saviour’s (Bermondsey)
Bevington Path, SE1 Bevington Path is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Black Eagle Yard, SE1 Black Eagle Yard is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Black Swan Yard, SE1 Black Swan Yard is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Bluelion Place, SE1 Bluelion Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Bolanachi Building, SE16 Bolanachi Building is a block on Spa Road (Bermondsey)
Boss Street, SE1 Boss Street runs north off Tooley Street (Bermondsey)
Boulogne House, SE1 Boulogne House is a block on The Grange (Bermondsey)
Breton House, SE1 Breton House is a block on Abbey Street (Bermondsey)
Bridewain Street, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Bridge View Court, SE17 Bridge View Court is sited on Grange Road (Bermondsey)
Bromleigh House, SE1 Bromleigh House is a block on Abbey Street (Bermondsey)
Brunswick Court, SE1 Brunswick Court is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Bushbaby Close, SE1 Bushbaby Close is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Butlers & Colonial Wharf, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Butlers Colonial Wharf, SE1 Butlers Colonial Wharf is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Calico House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Candishe House, SE1 Candishe House is a block on Queen Elizabeth Street (Bermondsey)
Canvas House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Carmarthen Place, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Cayenne Court, SE1 Cayenne Court is a block on Cayenne Court (Bermondsey)
Cedar Court, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Chartes House, SE1 Chartes House is located on Stevens Street (Bermondsey)
Christmas Street, SE1 Christmas Street ran north from Tower Bridge Road, west of Green Walk (Bermondsey)
Cinnamon Wharf, Cinnamon Wharf lies within the postcode (Bermondsey)
City Walk, SE1 City Walk is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Coach House Mews, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Colour House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Cooperage Court, SE1 Cooperage Court is sited on Gainsford Street (Bermondsey)
Copperfield House, SE1 Copperfield House, like much of the Dickens Estate, is named after a fictional character (Bermondsey)
Coriander Court, SE1 Coriander Court is a block on Shad Thames (Bermondsey)
Costermonger Building, SE16 Costermonger Building is located on Arts Lane (Bermondsey)
Cottage, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Crimscott Street, SE1 Crimscott Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Crown Apartments, SE1 Crown Apartments is a block on Queen Elizabeth Street (Bermondsey)
Crucifix Lane, SE1 Crucifix Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Curlew Street, SE1 Curlew Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Decima Street, SE1 Decima Street runs between Wild’s Rents and Bermondsey Street (Bermondsey)
Decima Studios, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Devon Mansions, SE1 Devon Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Dockhead, SE1 Dockhead is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Dombey House, SE1 Dombey House is a block on Wolseley Street (Bermondsey)
Dombey House, SE16 Dombey House was one of the first blocks built on the Dickens Estate (Bermondsey)
Druid Street, SE1 Druid Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Dunlop Place, SE16 A street within the SE16 postcode (Bermondsey)
Elm Court, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Enid Street, SE16 Enid Street has been radically altered since the Second World War (Bermondsey)
Fair Street, SE1 Fair Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Fendall Street, SE1 Fendall Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Futura House, SE1 Futura House is a location in London (Bermondsey)
Futura House, SE17 Futura House is located on Grange Road (Bermondsey)
Gainsford Street, SE1 Gainsford Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Gedling Place, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Gemini House, SE1 Gemini House is a block on Bermondsey Street (Bermondsey)
Ginger Apartments, SE1 Ginger Apartments is a block on Curlew Street (Bermondsey)
Graduate Place, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Grange House, SE1 Grange House is a block on The Grange (Bermondsey)
Grange Road, SE1 Grange Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Grange Walk Mews, SE1 Grange Walk Mews is a location in London (Bermondsey)
Grange Walk, SE1 Grange Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Grange Walk, SE16 Grange Walk is a road in the SE16 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Grange Yard, SE1 Grange Yard is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Green Walk, SE1 Green Walk was originally one of two Green Walks in Southwark, the other being in Bankside (Bermondsey)
Griggs Place, SE1 Griggs Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Griggs Road, SE1 Griggs Road is a road in the E10 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Guinness Court, SE1 Guinness Court is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Guinness Trust Buildings (), SE1 Guinness Trust Buildings () is a block on Guinness Court (Bermondsey)
Gutenberg Court, SE1 Gutenberg Court is sited on Grange Road (Bermondsey)
Hardwidge Street, SE1 Hardwidge Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Haven Way, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Hepburn Building, SE1 Hepburn Building is a block on Grange Walk (Bermondsey)
Hestia House, SE1 Hestia House is a block on City Walk (Bermondsey)
Hickman’s Folly, SE1 Hickman’s Folly was a very old Bermondsey street which disappeared as the Dickens Estate was built (Bermondsey)
Hobb’s Court, SE1 Hobb’s Court can be found on Jacob Street (Bermondsey)
Hobbs Court, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Hoxton Square, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
India House, SE1 India House is a building on Curlew Street (Bermondsey)
Jacob Street, SE1 Jacob Street is named after Jacob’s Island, the infamous area which preceded it (Bermondsey)
Jamaica Road, SE1 The SE1 section of Jamaica Road dates only from the 1960s (Bermondsey)
Kimmins Court, SE16 Kimmins Court is a block in Arabella Street (Bermondsey)
Kirby Grove, SE1 Kirby Grove is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Lafone House, SE1 A block (Bermondsey)
Lafone Street, SE1 Lafone Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Lamb Walk, SE1 Lamb Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Larch Court, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Leathermarket Court, SE1 Leathermarket Court is sited on Leathermarket Court (Bermondsey)
Leathermarket Court, SE1 Leathermarket Court is a road in the SE1P postcode area (Bermondsey)
Leathermarket Street, SE1P Leathermarket Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Lewes House, SE1 Lewes House is located on Druid Street (Bermondsey)
Limasol Street, SE16 A street within the SE16 postcode (Bermondsey)
Little London Court, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Little London Mill House, SE1 Little London Mill House can be found on Dockhead (Bermondsey)
Lloyds Wharf, SE1 Lloyds Wharf is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Long Walk, SE1 Long Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Loveland Court, SE1 Loveland Court is located on Jamaica Road (Bermondsey)
Maguire Street, SE1 Maguire Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Maltby Street, SE1 Maltby Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Maltings Place, SE1 Maltings Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Marlow House, SE1 Marlow House is located on Maltby Street (Bermondsey)
Melior Place, SE1 Melior Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Melior Street, SE1 Melior Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Mendham House, SE1 Mendham House can be found on Bermondsey Street (Bermondsey)
Mill Stream Road, SE1 Mill Stream Road (or Millstream Road) was demolished to make way for the Arnold Estate (Bermondsey)
Mill Street, SE1 Mill Street runs along the east side of St Saviour’s Dock (Bermondsey)
Millennium Square, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Morocco Street, SE1 Morocco Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Nasmith Court, SE16 Nasmith Court is a block on Old Jamaica Road (Bermondsey)
Neckinger Mills, SE1 Neckinger Mills is a location in London (Bermondsey)
Neckinger Place, SE1 Neckinger Place was a small turning off Druid Street (Bermondsey)
Neckinger Street, SE1 Neckinger Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Neckinger, SE16 Neckinger is a road in the SE16 postcode area (Bermondsey)
New Amelia Apartments, SE1 New Amelia Apartments is a block on Abbey Street (Bermondsey)
New Concordia Wharf, SE1 The New Concordia Wharf Victorian warehouses were converted into flats by Waterhouse (Andrew Wadsworth and Robert Ackland) in 1983. (Bermondsey)
Newhams Row, SE1 Newhams Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Norman House, SE1 Norman House is a block on Riley Road (Bermondsey)
Ockham Building, SE16 Ockham Building is a block on Arts Lane (Bermondsey)
Old Abbey Lane, SE16 A street within the SE16 postcode (Bermondsey)
Old Jamaica Road Business Estate, SE16 Old Jamaica Road Business Estate is a commercial estate (Bermondsey)
Old Town Hall Apartments, SE16 Old Town Hall Apartments is a building on Spa Road (Bermondsey)
Parchment Building, SE1 Parchment Building is a block on Grange Walk (Bermondsey)
Parkers Row, SE1 Parkers Row is a street which has diminished in significance since it was first built (Bermondsey)
Phoenix Wharf Road, SE1 Phoenix Wharf Road is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Pitman Building, SE1 Pitman Building is a block on Jamaica Road (Bermondsey)
Pope Street, SE1 Pope Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Preston House, SE1 Preston House is a block on Stanworth Street (Bermondsey)
Prioress Street, SE1 Prioress Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Priory Court, SE1 Priory Court is a block on Abbey Street (Bermondsey)
Providence Square, SE1 Providence Square is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Purbrook Street, SE1 Purbrook Street runs between Tower Bridge Road and Riley Road (Bermondsey)
Queen Elizabeth Street, SE1 Queen Elizabeth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Queens Court, SE16 Queens Court is located on Old Jamaica Road (Bermondsey)
Radcliffe Road, SE1 Radcliffe Road is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Rankin House 139-143, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Riley Road, SE1 Riley Road is named for Jeremiah Riley, whose family owned a house and land near St Mary Magdalen Church (Bermondsey)
Rope Walk, SE1 Rope Walk is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Rothsay Street, SE1 Rothsay Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Rouel Road, SE16 Rouel Road once stood next to one of London’s first railway stations: Spa Road station in Bermondsey (Bermondsey)
Royal Oak Yard, SE1 Royal Oak Yard is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Rufus House, SE1 Rufus House is a block on Stanworth Street (Bermondsey)
Scotts Sufferance Wharfmill Street, SE1 Scotts Sufferance Wharfmill Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Ship & Mermaid Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Simla House, SE1 Simla House is a block on Dunsterville Way (Bermondsey)
Skyline Court, SE1 Skyline Court is a block on Grange Yard (Bermondsey)
Smith’s Gardens, SE1 Smith’s Gardens (Smith’s Buildings) was renamed as part of Ferrand Street after 1890 (Bermondsey)
Snowsfields, SE1 Snowsfields runs east-west across the western section of Bermondsey (Bermondsey)
Spa Road, SE16 A train left Deptford railway station for Spa Road station at 8am on 8 February 1836 - it was the first train in London (Bermondsey)
St Lawrence House, SE1 St Lawrence House can be found on Purbrook Street (Bermondsey)
St Owen House, SE1 St Owen House is sited on Abbey Street (Bermondsey)
St Vincent House, SE1 St Vincent House is located on Fendall Street (Bermondsey)
Stanworth Street, SE1 Stanworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Stevens Street, SE1 Stevens Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Swan Court, SE1 Swan Court is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Sweeney Crescent, SE1 Sweeney Crescent is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Sycamore Court, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Tamarind Court, SE1 Tamarind Court is a block on Gainsford Street (Bermondsey)
Tanner House, SE1 Tanner House is a block on Tanner Street (Bermondsey)
Tanner Street, SE1 Tanner Street was named after the noxious local tanneries of Bermondsey - all now gone (Bermondsey)
Taper Building, SE1 Taper Building is a block on Long Lane (Bermondsey)
Tapley House, SE1 Tapley House was one of the first buildings of the Dickens Estate (Bermondsey)
The Circle, SE1 The Circle is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
The Glass House, SE1 The Glass House is a block on Royal Oak Yard (Bermondsey)
The Grain Store, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
The Grange, SE1 The Grange is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
The Italian Building, SE1 The Italian Building is a block on Dockhead (Bermondsey)
The Leather Market, SE1 The Leather Market is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
The Royal George Apartments, SE1 The Royal George Apartments is a block on Abbey Street (Bermondsey)
The Tanneries, SE1 The Tanneries is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
The Watch House, SE1 The Watch House is a block on Bermondsey Street (Bermondsey)
Thetford House, SE1 Thetford House is a block on Abbey Street (Bermondsey)
Three Oak Lane, SE1 Three Oak Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Tower Bridge Road, SE1 Tower Bridge Road leads south from Tower Bridge, running towards Old Kent Road (Bermondsey)
Tower Workshops, SE1 Tower Workshops is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Trowbray House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Truscott Court, SE1 Truscott Court was off Curlew Street (Bermondsey)
Twist House, SE1 Twist House is a block on Page’s Walk (Bermondsey)
Unity Wharf, SE1 Unity Wharf is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Valois House, SE1 Valois House is a block on Grange Walk (Bermondsey)
Vanilla and Sesame Court, SE1 Vanilla and Sesame Court is a block on Curlew Street (Bermondsey)
Vauban Street, SE16 Vauban Street is a road in the SE16 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Vesta Court, SE1 Vesta Court is located on City Walk (Bermondsey)
Vinegar Yard, SE1 Vinegar distilling was a common local trade from the 18th century onwards (Bermondsey)
Vintage Yard, SE1 Vintage Yard is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Vogans Mill Wharf, SE1 Mill Wharf was occupied by Vogan, a company that ground grain and exotic spices from the East and West Indies until 1987 (Bermondsey)
Vogans Mill Wharf, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Wade House, SE1 Residential block (Bermondsey)
Wade House, SE1 Wade House is a road in the SE16 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Weightman House, SE16 Weightman House is a block in Bermondsey (Bermondsey)
Weston Street, SE1 Weston Street is street of some length, which crosses Long Lane (Bermondsey)
Wharton House, SE1 Wharton House is a block on Millstream Road (Bermondsey)
Whistlers House, SE1 Whistlers House is a block on Gainsford Street (Bermondsey)
Whites Grounds, SE1 Whites Grounds is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)
Whitmore Building, SE16 Whitmore Building is located on Arts Lane (Bermondsey)
Wild’s Rents, SE1 Wild’s Rents runs south from Long Lane (Bermondsey)
Wolseley Street, SE1 Wolseley Street was formerly called London Street (Bermondsey)
Wood’s Place, SE1 Wood’s Place is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Woodmill Close, SE16 Woodmill Close is a road in the SW15 postcode area (Bermondsey)
Woodmill Street, SE16 A street within the SE1 postcode (Bermondsey)
Yates Court, SE1 Yates Court is located on Jamaica Road (Bermondsey)
Zeno House, SE1 Zeno House is a block on Long Walk (Bermondsey)


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