Royal Victoria Dock to East India Dock Towpath Walk
Royal Victoria DLR Station (IFS Cloud/Seagull Lane exit)
Guided by Canal Guides
Walk Times
| Day | Walk Type | Start Time | End Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 November 2023 | Tour du Jour | 2.30 pm | 4.30 pm | Winter |
And as long as we’re at it: here are our other Regent’s Canal & Inland Waterways Walks this autumn and winter (and a bonus, a couple of additional “reasons why”).
On Sunday, October 1 at 2.30 pm the Regent’s Canal – Mile End to Limehouse
On Sunday, October 15 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – King’s Cross, Granary Square, St. Pancras
On Sunday, November 19 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – River Tyburn to Little Venice
On Sunday, December 3 at 2.30 pm: Grosvenor Canal & Battersea Power Station
On Sunday, December 17 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – King’s Cross, Granary Square, St.
“walking is man’s best medicine” Hippocrates
On Monday, January 1 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – Little Venice to Camden
On Sunday, January 7 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – Islington to Kingsland Road
On Sunday, January 21 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – King’s Cross – Granary Square – Camden
On Sunday, February 4 at 2.30 pm the Regent’s Canal – Mile End to Limehouse
On Sunday, February 18 at 2.30 pm: Grosvenor Canal & Battersea Power Station
On Sunday, March 3 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – King’s Cross – Granary Square – Camden
On Sunday, March 17 at 2.30 pm: Limehouse – Thames – Docklands
On Sunday, March 31 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – Little Venice to Camden
On Sunday, May 28th at 2.30 pm: the Royal Victoria Dock to East India Dock Towpath Walk
“walking is the perfect way of moving if you want to see into the life of things” Elizabeth von Arnim
On Sunday, June 18th at 2.30 pm: Limehouse – Thames – Docklands
On Sunday, April 7 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – King’s Cross to Hitchcock’s Hackney
On Sunday, April 21 at 2.30 pm: The Royal Victoria Dock to East India Dock Towpath Walk
On Sunday, May 5 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – River Tyburn to Little Venice
NOW, AS FOR THIS INLAND WATERWAYS WALK…
They’ve done it again! Here’s a new towpath walk created by the London Walks Regent’s Canal Walks team of guides.
When built, the big new Victoria Dock made all the earlier up-river docks look out-of-date.
Now, the Excel Centre and the Cable-car and a watersports centre make up the view from the new GLA Assembly building.
Next, a view of where HMS Warrior was built. The world’s first all-iron warship, it is preserved at Portsmouth.
Across the river, a total change in style – the O2 Arena is a popular music concert venue, as well as a Basketball stadium.
And watching over the Thames is London’s only lighthouse.
Virginia Quay speaks for itself: the Settlers Monument commemorates the men on their three ships, the “Susan Constant”, the “Godspeed”, and the “Discovery”, who set sail for America, to found the first permanent English colony at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. Navigating across the ocean with an astrolabe would have seemed like space travel today.
Next, a walk along a timeline – along the Greenwich Prime Meridian.
Then on to East India Dock, once home to the famous East India Company, and remembered for all kinds of exotic spices.
PRACTICALS
The Royal Victoria Dock – Thames – East India Docks Walk takes place at 2.30 pm on Sunday, April 21.
The meeting point is outside the Royal Victoria DLR station, Emirates Airline / Seagull Lane exit.
The walk finishes at East India DLR station.
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE GUIDING
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