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Jericho Wharf
A remarkable community initiative
Posted - June 17, 2015
The long-derelict canalside site is the location for a community development project that will include a boatyard, a new community centre and a vibrant public square in front St Barnabas Church.
The project is being managed by the Jericho Wharf Trust, which is composed of four local organizations:
Jericho Wharf website
For the latest information on this project please visit the
- Jericho Community Association
- Jericho Community Boatyard
- Jericho Living Heritage Trust
- St Barnabas Church
Jericho Wharf website
Other landmarks
Did you know?
Margaret Thatcher used to live here?
In her Oxford days, she lived at 12 Richmond Road. It is alleged she shared the house with two red-hot communists who lived on a diet of sausages. This may account for her later views on socialists and known dislike of sausages.
Cranham Street used to be a blot on the city
Before Grantham House was built, the site became notoriously derelict, making Cranham Street according to the local press a ‘blot on the city’ – wrecked by local children, and a refuge for rats and for ‘layabouts sleeping off the drink’ who were repeatedly evicted by the police.