Walking to London

My second walk over the Easter weekend was an urban walk to Tower Bridge London. I began by walking the three miles to Greenwich Park from home. Too boring to record but once in the park there was plenty to admire.

The Greenwich Observatory

The Pavilion cafe

Greenwich High Street, not much traffic as it is still early.

There is such a wide range of food from around the world here in Greenwich.

Don't know the breed but these magnificent dogs attracted a lot of attention.

The Cutty Sark

Entrance to the Greenwich foot tunnel beneath the Thames







You can see a similar building on the opposite side of the river which is the pedestrian tunnel exit.

 Walking through the Greenwich foot tunnel.

Looking back towards Greenwich.

Walking along the Thames path on the North side of the river

A memorial to the 6 members of the London Fire Brigade who lost their lives in an explosion on this site in July 1969 when it was Dudgeons Wharf.

 The Isle of Dogs Pumping Station. Designed by John Outram, this building houses pumping equipment that returns surface water to the river Thames. Rather than design a boring brick building he created this classical design with lots of symbolism called the 'Temple of Storms'.

I am now on the Isle of Dogs which was home to the docks but as has happened in many cities it is now an upmarket residential  and financial area of London

 Canary Wharf

 The new terminal for Crossrail.

A converted 19th cent warehouse.

Can now see the tall buildings of the City of London in the distance.

This is a ventilation shaft for the Rotherhithe tunnel crossing the river at this point. The tunnel now carries vehicles but was originally built for horsedrawn carriages.

More converted warehouses.

Finally Tower Bridge comes into view.

St Catherine's Dock

After a ten mile walk it was homeward bound on the driverless Docklands Light Railway

Sharing with James at Weekend Reflections