Building and Rebuilding the Thames Embankment
St. Paul's underground station, London (exit 2)
Guided by Ruth
Walk Times
| Day | Walk Type | Start Time | End Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 April 2025 | Special | 2.30 pm | 4.30 pm | Winter | Reserve Online |
| 6 September 2025 | Tour du Jour | 2.30 pm | 4.30 pm | Summer | Reserve Online |
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE GUIDING
Meet your guide – here’s a great interview with award-winning geologist Ruth Siddall
The construction of the Victoria Embankment is one of London’s greatest engineering projects. This walk will reveal the history of embanking the Thames and look at the important engineering considerations such as accommodating the River Fleet and the Metropolitan Line. Construction of the Embankment required 500,000 cubic metres of granite which caused huge problems in procurement. This walk will also discuss the implications for the Embankment following the construction of the new Thames Tideway sewers and look at some of the reused stones used in the project ‘From The Thames to Eternity’. The walk will finish at Temple Station.
URBAN GEOLOGY WITH A TOP-FLIGHT, AWARD-WINNING, PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST
Ruth’s the real deal.
Rony Bruell –
Wonderful walk, a great guide, and lovely stones! I will never look at pavement and walls the same way I used to. Thank you!
Christoph Karner –
This was a great walk. London from a completely different perspective, focussing on the stones it was built from and the cobbles we walk on.
And all with the experienced geologist Ruth, who is not only a scientist but also a very good guide.
These kinds of walks are the icing on the cake of the London walks programme.