Length: 13.3 km (8.3 miles). Toughness: 1/10
Meet in the Ticket Hall of Angel underground station (TfL Zone 1, on the Bank branch of the Northern line) for a 1.30pm start.
At Canary Wharf there are separate stations for the Jubilee and Elizabeth lines, plus DLR services to Bank. There's also a DLR station at the walk's original ending (Limehouse). All these stations are in Zone 2.
This east London walk alongside the Regents Canal has had plenty of evening outings, although most of these skipped the contrasting central section through Victoria Park and all finished at Limehouse. As it's recently been extended to Canary Wharf you'll get to see this year's Winter Lights installations (also featured on Thursday's evening walk), with the late start meaning that you'll arrive at dusk and shouldn't have to hang around too long.
If you want a mid-walk refreshment break the walk document lists several pubs and cafés in and around Victoria Park, which should also be hosting a Sunday Farmers Market. You'll certainly be able to find something at Canary Wharf, whether your taste veers towards swish cocktail bars or a JD Wetherspoons.
For the most part navigation won't be a problem but please bring the directions from the L=short.29 page, which lists some of the unusual and interesting features en route.
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N=7 at the appointed time and place. The day w=grey-slightly-damp-but_mercifully-rain-free The walk much as you’d expect along a London canal - a bit samey, surrounded by buildings, but on the plus side, flat and mud-free. Did I mention the bikes and joggers? there were plenty.
On and on we went Mr Tiger lagging slightly but with a cheery smile, saying “Hi” to all the ducks, who were close enough to not need bins. We passed a startling sculpture of sharks leaping out of the water, near somewhere or other .
There was a break at Victoria Park, a trawl along the vast street-food / farmers market, then coffee juice etc at the cafe.
Then on , some accidentally heading in the wrong direction, but not us. An n=8 th joined us shortly after.
There was a drink stop at the Ledger a Wetherspoons and it was here the wrong-way three caught us up.
A trip round the Winter Lights followed for 6 of us. Maybe we were tired after the walk or maybe were phased by the crowds and the queues but 3 of us didn’t last long and headed for the tube.
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