East London Walking Routes
Beaumont Square Gardens
Posted Friday, August 27th, 2010
This is an enjoyable walk through Beaumont Square Gardens
London Fields
Posted Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
London Fields is an area of East London steeped in history and this accessible 45-minute walk offers you the opportunity to explore the neighbourhood’s highlights. Walk through London Fields Park, a designated common ground since 1540, before visiting the long-established Broadway Market – the inspiration for the television programme Eastenders. On a Saturday you can [...]
A longer walk along the canal
Posted Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
With a focus on exploring an extended stretch of the Regent’s Canal, this walk takes just over an hour and also offers a glimpse of the East London area of Bethnal Green. Heading down past the Old Ford Lock, you can leave the canal to take a lakeside walk around Victoria Park’s ‘Boating Lake’ before [...]
Limehouse Basin
Posted Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Originally an East London dock, the Limehouse Basin represented a gateway from the Thames to over 2000 miles of canal. Today it is a lovely marina but it has maintained some of it historical features, including the octagonal Accumulator Tower – one of the earliest attempts to harness hydraulic power to the docks. This easily [...]
Poplar Dock and Blackwall Basin
Posted Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
This walk is an opportunity to explore some of the old docks near the Canary and Wood Wharves of East London. Taking some of the quiet backstreets and pedestrian footpaths through Blackwall , this route will lead you down to this network of waterfronts. You can then walk around the Poplar Dock, now a marina, [...]
