Length:
(up to) 7.3 km walked distance
(plus
2 stops on the DLR and a Thames crossing on the 'Emirates Air Line'-cable car)
[Bailouts
possible at Star Lane DLR/Canning Town tube stations (4.9 km walked distance)
or North Greenwich tube station (before rounding the O2-Dome: 5.3 km walked
distance)]
Meet 18.15 hours prompt outside Stratford Station, next to ‘Robert’,
a heritage locomotive displayed on the station forecourt on the Town
Centre side (i.e.: not the Westfield side)!
[see the pdf directions for how to get there from your platform w/o fault]
Repeat exploration of The Line,
a waymarked walk in East London (new as of 2015), which is split into three
parts, and now has 20 Artworks displayed, all by prominent artists. The route
initially follows the River Lea, passes Three Mills Green, Water
Mill (the largest tidal mill in the world) and Film and Television
Studios (London's largest) and then – a little further along The Lea – Cody Dock, an interesting
community project on a former Gasworks site. After a short ride on the DLR
(Star Lane to Custom House) we walk along Royal Victoria Dock and take
the ‘Emirates Air Line’ cable car across the Thames (£4.00 on
Oyster Pay As You Go, £5.00 cash fare, closes at 22.00 hours this month). The
route then finishes with a stretch along the Thames Path rounding the O2-Dome,
before turning to North Greenwich Underground Station and the neighbouring wide
range of eateries and waterholes.
For a sketched map of the artworks en route click here.
For
a detailed route map, gpx/kml file, photos and pdf
directions click here.
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2 comments:
6 at the meeting point at the agreed time (kind of), plus 2 joining along the route straight from work from whatever DLR stop was closest to the route. n=8
Stratford was buzzing with West Ham supporters going to the game, 'buzzing' themselves with the prospect of their first proper European game in eons.
Sharing the route initially with the people going to the game, we then turned left along the water for a more sedate experience. There are indeed several new art works along The Line, but a handful of them are by one (local) artist alone. The route worked quite well in the dusk I thought, as lots of buildings are lit and the paths are certainly well lit. Until one gets to Cody Dock. Which is shut in darkness.... Blame the walk poster for slack research.
We had to turn back for 5 minutes and wiggle through an industrial estate to get back on route. No harm done. 1 then departed at Canning Town, the other 7 took the cable car, some of those for the first time ever!
On account of the extra kilometres walked, we retired immediately to the nearest hospitality establishment for food and drink: the Greenwich Bar & Kitchen.
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Any takers for the Wiltshire walk yesterday? Would have gone if it wasn't so wet.
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