Bow Creek Ecology Park looked a nice green space surrounded by the River Lea and the housing developments of City Island.
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Bow Creek Ecology Park looked a nice green space surrounded by the River Lea and the housing developments of City Island.
The bridge here crosses the River Lea and Three Mills Island, and carries the Hammersmith and City and District tube lines.
This monument details the fact that from near here in 1606, a voyage went over to the United States of America and had the first British settlement in Virginia, hence the quayside name today.
East India is on the DLR line and is dual zoned in zones 2 and 3. There's 50 steps to the platform, so good job there are lifts too!
The bridge over Bow Locks. Section 5 goes over this and down the Limehouse Cut. It's up the very steep ramp to Twelvetrees Crescent from here.
The Thames Iron Works although disused, still survive here at East India. It was a shipyard by Bow Creek, but also provided iron for the likes of Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge that crosses between Devon and Cornwall.
In 1895, the Iron Works founded their own football team, which folded in 1900 and then became West Ham United - hence West Ham's nickname of the Irons.
Sadly part of the frontage here is in some disrepair since I last visited.
This was the former Durham Arms pub on Stephenson Street. It stands bleakly amongst other closed Industrial units, and the street is a real mess and eysore here. It felt dodgy and unsafe to be around to be honest.
The many gasometers here show the scale of the gasworks and is also visible from the Jubilee Line on the approach to West Ham.
The now closed to traffic Wharfside Road points you on the walk towards Bow Creek Ecology Park, a small green space surrounded by the River Lea.
Part of the Three Mills - to the left of shot, are under scaffolding and being renovated. Nice to see those conical roofs though.
A landing stage for river boats and shipping for the docks would have been here - it just is abaondoned now.
Now repaired after storm damage a while back, the O2 is visible across the River Thames.
This sculpture by Tracey Emin has bronzed birds atop each of five poles, indicating the fragility of life.
Star Lane DLR station serves Star Lane (on the other side of the bridge) and is half way between Canning Town and West Ham stations.
The far end of the park here is the Limmo Peninsula, and has the DLR tracks right over the middle as it crosses the River Lea.
The Meridian Line passes by East India Dock, detailed with the circle here pointing North along the line.
The reflections of the apartments over East India Dock Basin.