The Thames River Police Museum is a delightful treasure trove of objects and documents relating to the oldest continually serving police force in the world. The Oldest Police Force? I must apologise first of all to the good folks of the Thames River Police. When I wrote some time ago about the history of policing […]
A sunny winter’s day walk takes me to Trinity Buoy Wharf, an interesting case study in post-industrial mixed-use arts spaces. Trinity Buoy Wharf Just when you thought I was done with the Docklands after all those lockdown walks I did… Never fear, there is always something new to discover! On a recent outing in which […]
An illustrated walk around the Greenwich Peninsula from Maze Hill to Woolwich Dockyard. By far the most industrial of our Docklands walks, and all the more interesting for it. Docklands Walks – A Complete Set! It’s been a while since we did a walk from Gilly Cameron-Cooper’s book Walking London’s Waterways. And today’s walk is […]
An illustrated walk along the North Greenwich section of The Line. While the full art walk probably can’t be done at once under current guidelines, the section around the North Greenwich peninsula contains plenty of interest for a socially-distanced outing. London’s First Public Art Walk The Line describes itself on its website as London’s first […]
A historic walk close to home, as I explore what remains of the Georgian dock-building boom amidst the newer steel and glass of the Docklands regeneration. A Historic Walk Close to Home Now that I have dusted off my pile of guides to London walks, I am enjoying heading out to see what I can […]
