Editing Deptford (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Deptford Market clothes stalls.jpg|thumb|upright|Clothes stalls in [[Deptford Market]]]]

Deptford's economic history has been strongly connected to the Dockyard - when the Dockyard was thriving, so Deptford thrived; with the docks now all closed, Deptford has declined economically.<ref name=portcities/><ref name=TownTalk/> However, areas of Deptford are being gradually re-developed and gentrified - and the local council has plans to regenerate the riverside and the town centre.<ref name=regeneration/> A large former industrial site by the Thames called [[Convoys Wharf]] is scheduled for redeveloping into mixed use buildings. This will involve the construction of around 3,500 new homes and an extension of the town centre northwards towards the river.<ref name=concept>{{cite web |url=http://www.richardrogers.co.uk/render.aspx?siteID=1&navIDs=1,4,25,124,125 |title=Concept |publisher=richardrogers.co.uk |access-date=19 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003221319/http://www.richardrogers.co.uk/render.aspx?siteID=1&navIDs=1,4,25,124,125 |archive-date=3 October 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The site of a former foundry (established in 1881 by [[J. Stone & Co]] in Arklow Road) which closed in 1969 is being redeveloped for commercial and residential use.<ref name="Turley">{{cite web |title=Deptford Foundry, Arklow Road |url=https://turley.co.uk/projects/deptford-foundry-arklow-road|website=Turley |access-date=3 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403174928/https://turley.co.uk/projects/deptford-foundry-arklow-road|archive-date=3 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Much of the area along Creek Road, close to Greenwich, has also been redeveloped, with the demolition of the old Deptford Power Station and [[Rose Bruford College]] buildings. [[Aragon Tower]] on the Pepys Estate was sold by Lewisham Borough to fund regeneration plans for the estate; the award-winning refurbishment into privately owned accommodation was featured in the [[BBC One]] documentary, "The Tower".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2007/jul/01/features.review7 |title=Television: Kathryn Flett on Paris |work=The Guardian|access-date=19 December 2009 |location=London |date=1 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berkeleyhomes.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1366 |title=2006 - Berkeley Homes |publisher=berkeleyhomes.co.uk |access-date=19 December 2009 }}</ref>

[[Deptford Market]], a street market in Deptford High Street sells a range of goods, and is considered one of London's liveliest street markets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/features/162/3.html |title=London's Best Markets - Time Out London |publisher=timeout.com |access-date=16 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915051600/http://www.timeout.com/london/features/162/3.html |archive-date=15 September 2008}}</ref> In February 2005, the High Street was described as "the capital's most diverse and vibrant high street" by [[Yellow Pages]] business directory, using a unique mathematical formula.<ref name=yellow>Yell Group, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20061111190045/http://www.yellgroup.com/english/media-pressreleases-2005-deptfordistopoftheshops Deptford is Top of the Shops - New study reveals London's hidden gems in the High Street Hit Parade]'', 23 February 2005.</ref>