The Sugar Mile
Exploring the history and identity of the ‘Sugar Mile’ – a key transport artery threading together London’s Royal Docks.
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Newham Council, in partnership with the Royal Docks Team, has prepared proposals to change the road layout and street environment along the Royal Docks Corridor, which includes Silvertown Way and the section of North Woolwich Road up to Connaught Bridge.
DK-CM was commissioned by the Royal Docks team to produce a study of the areas around the Royal Docks Corridor programme to accompany these transformations in advance of work starting on-site. Our study, focussed upon the road but also encompassing the spaces, buildings and communities it threads through, provides both a historical narrative and a contemporary portrait of this extraordinary part of the Royal Docks for use by all those conceiving of change in London’s only Enterprise Zone.
The study begins with an overarching historical narrative – told through an essay and a sequence of maps – and then explores the area in more detail, focused upon the key places of Canning Town and Silvertown, where the text is enriched by archival material and a suite of photographs taken in March 2022.
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- Client: Royal Docks team
- Dates: 2022
- Status: Completed
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