Victoria Park: Victoria Park takes 218 acres and was designed by Sir James Pennethorne between 1842 and 1846. The design was mostly inspired by Nash's work at Regent's Park.
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park : Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, in London,United Kingdom, is a sporting complex spanning Stratford, Bow, Hackney and Leyton. It was built for the 2012 Summer Olympics and the Paralympics, situated to the east of the city adjacent to the Stratford City development.
Abbey Mills Pumping Station: the station is a Byzantine style Station designed by Joseph Bazalgette and finished in 1868. It is also known as the Cathedral of Sewage, and it is still a standby facility.
Greenway: The Greenway runs along the top of the Northern Outfall Sewer. The gravity sewer was mostly designed by Joseph Bazalgette as part of his London sewerage system, following the Big Stink of 1858.
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Greenway from Victoria Park to the Olympic Park

Bow, London, England

Greenway from Victoria Park to the Olympic Park

Length4.3 mi
Elev. Gain68.9 ft
Est. Steps10000

Scenic views

City walk

Created by sara🧚‍♂️
Introduction
Greenway from Victoria Park to the Olympic Park is a 4.3 mile (10,000-step) route located near Bow, London, England. This route has an elevation gain of about 68.9 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
The route begins at Victoria Park, and goes past the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at Stratford. The Greenway is created above the main sewer system of London and used by visitors to the London 2012 Olympic.

Old Ford Lock (Regent's Canal)

Water
Old Ford Lock is a lock on the Regent's Canal, between Globe Town and Old Ford in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.The associated lock cottage, and stables were designated Grade II listed buildings in 1990. Thames lighters using the canal would have horses provided by the operators of the canal. Horses would be changed at City Road Lock - where the canal enters the Islington Tunnel; and at Camden Lock.

City Mill River

Water
City Mill River is part of the Bow Back Rivers in London, England. It formerly fed City Mill, used for the production of chemicals in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the 1930s, the mill was removed and the river was isolated from the tides by the construction of locks at both ends.

Old Ford Lock

Water
Old Ford Lock is a paired lock and weir on the River Lee Navigation, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. It is at Fish Island in Old Ford and takes it namesake from after the natural ford which used to exist in the area crossing the uncanalised River Lea.

Plaistow, Newham

Place
Plaistow ( PLAHST-oh or PLAST-oh) is a district in the London Borough of Newham in east London, England. It forms the majority of the London E13 postcode district.Plaistow is a residential area, including several council estates. The main roads are the A112, Prince Regent Lane/ Greengate Street/ The Broadway/ High Street/ Plaistow Road, which is a former Roman road, and the A124 (Barking Road), which passes south west/ north east through Plaistow and past the former West Ham United football ground.

Abbey Mills Pumping Station

Place
The original Abbey Mills Pumping Station, in Mill Meads, East London, is a sewage pumping station, designed by engineer Joseph Bazalgette, Edmund Cooper, and architect Charles Driver. It was built between 1865 and 1868, housing eight beam engines by Rothwell & Co. of Bolton. Two engines on each arm of a cruciform plan, with an elaborate Byzantine style, described as The Cathedral of Sewage.

Fish Island, London

Place
Fish Island is the name given to an area in east London, England in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.It encompases one of 58 designated conservation areas in Tower Hamlets, with many of its buildings considered important to Britain’s industrial heritage, though there are no listed buildings in the area.

East Cross Route

Place
East Cross Route (ECR) is a dual-carriageway road constructed in east London as part of the uncompleted Ringway 1 as part of the London Ringways plan drawn up the 1960s to create a series of high speed roads circling and radiating out from central London. The road was constructed between 1967 and 1973 and runs from Hackney Wick in north-east London, through the Blackwall Tunnel, to Kidbrooke in south-east London.

Bow Back Rivers

Place
Bow Back Rivers or Stratford Back Rivers is a complex of waterways between Bow and Stratford in east London, England, which connect the River Lea to the River Thames. Starting in the twelfth century, works were carried out to drain Stratford Marshes and several of the waterways were constructed to power watermills.

Chisenhale Gallery

Place
Chisenhale Gallery is a non-profit contemporary art gallery based in London's East End.The organisation focuses on a programme of commissioned exhibitions, events, performances, and talks.Chisenhale Gallery produces four solo exhibitions each year.The gallery occupies the ground level of a 1930s veneer factory on Chisenhale Road situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, near Victoria Park, housed in the same building are Chisenhale Art Place and Chisenhale Dance Space.

Gatehouse School

School
Gatehouse School is a co-educational independent school based in Sewardstone Road in Bethnal Green in East London, educating pupils from the ages of three to eleven years. The youngest classes follow a Montessori-style education, but the influence of the national curriculum has brought the older classes more into line with mainstream schools.
Route Details

Length

4.3 mi

Elev. Gain

68.9 ft

Est. Steps

10000
Created by
sara🧚‍♂️
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