The area is served by Surrey Quays railway station on the Windrush line of the London Overground.

A massive building programme took place in the area during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with 5,500 new homes being built; this ranged from individual detached housing to large apartment complexes, such as Baltic Quay.

Leisure facilities and a number of light industrial plants were also built, notably a new printing works for Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the London Evening Standard and the Daily Mail.

The location of Canada Water Surrey Quays lends its name to local property developer CWSQ.

[6] Greenland Dock Pier is the nearest place for boarding London River Services, operated by Thames Clippers.