| 17th Century | Docks established at Rotherhythe and Royal Navy Dockyard at Deptford. The Pilgrim Fathers departed from here in 1620. |
| 1696 | Howland Great Wet Dock dug out to form the largest dock of its time. Renamed Greenland Dock in 1763. |
| 1801-1809 | Grand Surrey Canal built, starting at Wilkinson's Gun Wharf in Rotherhithe. Canal completed only to Camberwell, (4.5 miles), despite plans to extend it all the way to Portsmouth. |
| Post-1945 | Docks unable to cater to the container system adopted by the shipping industry. |
| 1960's | Pepys Estate constructed to critical acclaim and surrounding area converted to residential uses. The south west retained more industrial uses. |
| 1969 | Docks finally closed for lack of custom. |
| 1970's | Grand Surrey Canal closed, drained and filled in with general waste which was highly contaminated. |
| 1980's and early 1990's | Surrey Docks extensively redeveloped and renamed Surrey Quays. 5,500 new homes built, South Dck converted into a marina and Greenland Dock into a watersports centre. |
| 1999 | New facility constructed at Marine Wharf West by Jet Stationary. |
| 2007 | Jet Stationary went into administration |
| 2008 | Marine Wharf West site acquired by Berkeley Homes. Jet Stationary building demolished, after tenant relocated to Woolwich. |
