Get to know Rotherhithe better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Rotherhithe in a sentence
Rotherhithe meaning
An urban area by the Thames in the borough of Southwark, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3579).
Using Rotherhithe
- The main meaning on this page is: An urban area by the Thames in the borough of Southwark, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3579).
- In the example corpus, rotherhithe often appears in combinations such as: to rotherhithe, rotherhithe and, rotherhithe in.
Context around Rotherhithe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rotherhithe
- In this selection, "rotherhithe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, demolish, way, beach, tunnel and bermondsey stand out and add context to how "rotherhithe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bermondsey or rotherhithe the names and called to rotherhithe beach at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rotherhithe" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rotherhithe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The tree on Somerford Way, Rotherhithe. (6 words)
Rotherhithe road tunnel that goes underneath the River Thames in London. (11 words)
King Haakon and the Norwegian government escaped to Rotherhithe in London. (11 words)
Rotherhithe’s Mayflower, named for the famed ship that set sail from moorings at the same site, is a den of dark wood and stained glass, candles and a coal fire – Sunday nights are best for this – and old photos everywhere. (41 words)
The Howland Great Dock in Rotherhithe (built 1696 and later forming the core of the Surrey Commercial Docks ) was designed to address these problems, providing a large, secure and sheltered anchorage with room for 120 large vessels. (37 words)
Since December 2019, vehicles more than two metres high, two metres wide or goods vehicles weighing more than two tonnes have been banned from the Rotherhithe Tunnel, due to safety concerns. (31 words)
Example sentences (13)
A Met Police spokesperson: “Police were called to Rotherhithe Beach at 15.18hrs on Thursday, 27 September to reports of bones found.
For those living or having lived in Bermondsey or Rotherhithe the names Ada and Alfred Salter are well-known.
No easy task with Hitler’s Luftwaffe trying to demolish Rotherhithe and its people on a regular basis.
Since December 2019, vehicles more than two metres high, two metres wide or goods vehicles weighing more than two tonnes have been banned from the Rotherhithe Tunnel, due to safety concerns.
South London will face severe flooding according to the map, with Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, and most of Lambeth below the annual flood level.
A similar sign on the opposite side of the road points drivers to lanes for the correct destinations of Rotherhithe and Peckham, with the corrected sign now mirroring these directions.
Rotherhithe road tunnel that goes underneath the River Thames in London.
The tree on Somerford Way, Rotherhithe.
Rotherhithe’s Mayflower, named for the famed ship that set sail from moorings at the same site, is a den of dark wood and stained glass, candles and a coal fire – Sunday nights are best for this – and old photos everywhere.
Worboys is a former stripper from Rotherhithe in South London who was born in June 1957.
Chandler's practice was in London's Rotherhithe amidst the squalor endured by the Dickensian poor.
King Haakon and the Norwegian government escaped to Rotherhithe in London.
The Howland Great Dock in Rotherhithe (built 1696 and later forming the core of the Surrey Commercial Docks ) was designed to address these problems, providing a large, secure and sheltered anchorage with room for 120 large vessels.
Common combinations with rotherhithe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to rotherhithe 2×
- rotherhithe and 2×
- rotherhithe in 2×