Victoria Park to Greenway
This is the sixth Section of the Jubilee Greenway.Beginning at Victoria Park, this section goes right through the Olympic Site at Stratford, along the Greenway, a route created above the main sewerage system of London.
Victoria Park to Greenway
This is the sixth Section of the Jubilee Greenway. Beginning at Victoria Park, this section goes right through the Olympic Site at Stratford, along the Greenway, a route created above the main sewerage system of London.
Enter Victoria Park from the Regent’s Canal at its northwest corner, just as the Regent’s Canal heads towards the Hertford Union Canal, which runs along the south side of the park. Take the circuit route south of Victoria Park Lake, across the intersecting road (Grove Road), and along the south side of the park, eventually coming out of the park at St Mark’s Gate.
Turn right from St Mark’s Gate into Wick Lane, pass under the A102M, head up the hill, leave Wick Lane at Bow and enter the Greenway by the entrance on the left.
[N.B. Diamond Jubilee Trail map gives a slightly different route, but this is the only accessible one at the moment.]
Proceed along the Greenway. Cross the River Lee Navigation, and continue along the Greenway, where to both left and right, the Olympic Park at Stratford is under construction.
********PLEASE NOTE DIVERSION DUE TO OLYMPIC PARK CONSTRUCTION**********
From the week commencing 18 May 2009 until spring 2010 it is necessary to divert the section of The Jubilee Greenway between Marshgate Lane and Stratford High Street.
This section needs to be diverted for pedestrians and cyclists for safety reasons as construction works will be undertaken below the railway line bridge on Marshgate Lane. The vehicle underpass below the bridge is being lowered to increase the headroom that will allow public transport services to access the Olympic Park after the Games. A diversion via Pudding Mill Lane and Marshgate Lane leading to Stratford High Street is available for pedestrians and cyclists, please follow signs along the route. If you would like more information about these changes please call the Olympic Delivery Authority’s Construction Hotline on 08000 722 110.
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Dip under the railway line at Greenway Bridge, by turning right, going down under the bridge, then sharp left up some 32 steps, then right, continuing along the Greenway. Cross two Bow Back Rivers - City Mills and then cross the Waterworks River, before emerging onto Stratford High Street (A118), which becomes the A11. To cross this road, turn right for 100 yards, go to the traffic lights next to Abbey Lane, cross the road, and then turn left proceeding to the next entrance to the Greenway. Turn right into the Greenway and continue straight ahead.
Continue along the Greenway, which passes various housing estates, bridges, and gives distant views of the great office blocks at Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs. A pedestrian may well be reminded from time to time that the sewers are beneath, as there are occasional whiffs in the air.
Cross over a bridge at Abbey Lane, under which the Meridian Line runs. On an iron feature in the ground is the inscription: ‘Stand now at this month with your back to the sun - you wake in the morning the day has begun.‘
On the right, set a little below the Greenway is the Abbey Mills Pumping Station. Next cross more Bow Back rivers, on the right Abbey Creek flows to the right and Channelsea Creek to the left. Cross Canning Road at surface level. Cross the Jubilee Line by a concrete bridge straight ahead.
Cross Manor Road (A1011). The Dome can be seen to the right, and a Victorian school to the left. This is Plaistow, where, on the right, is a field, where Rugby is played under the auspices of the East London RFC, and behind that is the Memorial Recreation Ground, which is being reworked. Next, very close to the Greenway, is the East London Cemetery. Cross over a railway bridge, bearing much graffiti. The Greenway veers to the right at this point. (There is a sign to Plaistow Underground station to the left).
Four roads need to be crossed. First cross Upper Road (Plaistow) at a controlled crossing. In the distance, three miles away, looms the Barking Creek Flood Barrier, which towers 183 feet above the mouth of the River Roding and the Thames. There is housing to the left, and First International Care Services to the left.
After 500 meters, cross Balaam Street (B166) at a controlled crossing, then, after 225 meters, cross Barking Road (A124) – there is a large old church to the right) – and after a short stretch, cross Prince Regent Lane (A112) at a controlled crossing.
These stretches are well signposted with Capital Ring signs, which give the distances. Here it announces that it is 5 ½ miles to Woolwich Foot Tunnel. It is 700 meters to Boundary Lane.
Pass Newham General Hospital on the right and cross Boundary Lane (Beckton), a small road, and Brampton Youth Centre (?? Brampton Manor School), are also on the right. On the left, a little further ahead and not in vision from this part of the Greenway, is Brampton Park, containing Brampton Primary School, East Ham Synagogue and the Jewish Cemetery.
Immediately after the school playground of Brampton Youth Centre, observe Capital Ring signs which direct to the right. Turn off the Greenway by going through double gates (two metal banners), and going down either via steps or by a cycle ramp. Enter an alleyway between houses, and keep straight ahead along Stokes Road, with more houses, heading towards Beckton District Park.
At all times follow signs for the Capital Ring.
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The three locks on this canal are named Old Ford Locks, all lying within the district of Old Ford. They are grouped together towards the north-eastern end, and descend approximately 19 feet (5.8 m) from the Regent's Canal to the Lee Navigation. These locks are all single manual locks, and the largest craft that can use them have a length of 72 feet and a beam of 14 feet. #|26/02/2009#51.5307#-0.000835#Abbey Mills Pumping Station#
The original Abbey Mills Pumping Station, in Abbey Lane, London E15, is a sewerage pumping station, designed by engineer Joseph Bazalgette, Edmund Cooper, and architect Charles Driver, it was built between 1865 and 1868. It was designed in a cruciform plan, with an elaborate Byzantine style, described as The Cathedral of Sewage. It has a twin, Crossness Pumping Station, south of the River Thames at Crossness, at the end of the Southern Outfall Sewer.#