V4 :V4 2012July Jubilee Greenway Directions: Begin at the piazza with the round-domed entrance to the Section 7 Greenwich Foot Tunnel. Near here are the Cutty Sark Gardens, and the Gipsy Moth pub, named after Sir Francis Chichester’s round-the-world Greenwich to Tower Bridge yacht. On the left is the Cutty Sark.
Set off, following the Thames Path signage, up river. First pass next to (but not through) a blue metal arch, which leads down a ramp to the left, and go along Greenwich Reach.
Start: Greenwich Pier (TQ382779) About 250m after setting off, turn left up Horseferry Place. 40m along, turn Station: Cutty Sark DLR or Greenwich Pier right into Thames Street. Down here there is a wooden adventure (Thames Clipper) playground on the right. Boreman House and Ballard House flats are on the Finish: Tower Bridge (TQ336801) left. The Thames pub (now boarded up) is on the left hand corner of Thames Station: Tower Hill (tube) or St Katherine’s Street and Norway Street. Turn left into Norway Street. Pier (Thames Clipper) Distance: 5.9 miles (9.5 km) After about 100m on Norway Street, turn right into Creek Road (A200), passing more housing development. After about 100m, continue in a straight Introduction: This is the seventh and longest section of the Jubilee line to cross over Deptford Creek Bridge, with views of the creek below. Greenway. Between the Old Royal Naval College and Tower Bridge the After 200m on Creek Road, opposite a pelican crossing and just before The Thames is at work, but there are frequent opportunities to appreciate the Hoy café ahead, turn right into Greenwich Quay. best views of the North Bank’s landmarks and a pub around every corner. Cyclists should rejoin the carriageway at Thames Street and at the main This section begins at the Old Royal Naval College and runs along the road (the junction of Norway Road and Creek Road), cross over and follow South Bank of the Thames, following the Thames Path, curving round, the left hand carriageway over the Deptford Creek Bridge, then cross over at eventually passing through Bermondsey and reaching Tower Bridge. It the pedestrian and cycle crossing just after the bridge to rejoin the route. affords many stunning views of the river, though as a result of a great deal of development that is currently underway, there are a number of diversions The first stretch of Greenwich Quay is a small pedestrian area with trees. inland. Head up towards the river (veering left and then right) joining what becomes Glaisher Street, with the creek on the right. After about 200m, the Thames is As the route approaches Rotherhithe, so the residential buildings become reached and there is a statue of Peter the Great. A smarter and more expensive, until finally it passes along a row of smart restaurants just before Tower Bridge. There are one or two complicated Turn left, upstream, along the Thames. Continue along the river front, past moments – but if in doubt of the route, follow the signs for the Thames Path. expensive flats on the left, and at the end is the Ahoy Centre. Next the route follows streets away from the Thames for a while, to pass round Convoy’s Wharf. Turn left and then right, onto Borthwick Street, passing 3 metal bollards. Deptford Green is to the left, pass in front of the gates for the Ahoy Centre and continue parallel with the Thames.
Pass by Charlotte Turner Primary School on the left and Payne’s Wharf on to cross over the lock gates in South Dock as they are quite narrow. the right. Twinkle Park is on the left. At the corner, turn left, into Watergate At this point, on the right, are the Dog & Duck Stairs. By the river to the right Street. Pass Trevethick Street on the left, and then 170m from the corner is Greenland Pier, where the Thames Clippers stop. Ahead is Tide Gauge with Twinkle Park, turn right into Prince Street (with the Dog & Bell on the House which indicated the height of the water in the river for the lock left and the defunct Navy Arms on the corner of New King Street to the left). operators. Turn left here to Greenland Dock and pass the Lock Keeper’s Office. Stay on Prince Street for about 350m. Continue on, at the end, just before a mini roundabout, turn right into Sayes Court Street and enter Mulberry Court Cross the swing bridge to the right (or a normal bridge just next to it), turn Park B at the end. Go through the park, following the pathway round to the right back towards the Thames, and at the next corner find The Curlicue by left. Exit via some black wrought iron gates, and turn right onto Grove Street, sculptor William Pye, made of shiny polished steel. Turn left along the river following signage for the Thames Path. Some 280m after leaving Mulberry Thames once more. About 100m after the sculpture, turn left down an Court Park, turn right off Grove Street into Pepys Park, passing a large old alleyway called Randall Rents (you will see a large black and white sign on mulberry tree. We think the pavement slab in the centre of the park is the the left at the top of the alley). Go down the alley and at the end of the only one on the whole Jubilee Greenway where the crown points the wrong building on the right, turn right over cobbles onto Odessa Street. way!
If you need refreshments at this point, carry on along the alleyway a short Cyclists should rejoin the carriageway at the exit of Mulberry Court Park distance, to find the Ship & Whale pub in Gulliver Street. Otherwise, go up onto Grove Street until you reach Pepys Park (south) on the right. along Odessa Street, parallel with the Thames.
Go through the chicane and follow the shared walking and cycling route. After about 150m on Odessa Street, at the corner with Odessa Street Youth Pass through the gap in the new housing development at the far side of the Centre, turn right following a sign saying ‘Public Access to Riverside Walk’ park to cross Millard Road, and go up the steps opposite (which have a along a short tree-lined avenue to Commercial Pier Wharf. Turn left cycle channel). At the top of the steps, follow the path around through Pepys alongside the river Thames D and continue along the riverside until you Park (north) to the exit at the north side. Go ahead to rejoin the Thames reach the gate to Surrey Docks Farm. The riverside route past the farm is riverside path, and turn left onto it. now open, so continue on with the farm on your left. If the gates are closed, divert left down Vaughan Street, then right into Rotherhithe Street, which At the river is a fine gate with anchor motif, and nearby cannon. Canary bends round to the right and rejoins the riverside at the far side of the farm Wharf is on the other side of the river and Greenwich can be seen to the by a set of bollards. right. Take this riverside route, a wide esplanade, in a westerly/upriver direction. Pepys Resource Centre is on the left. Further along there are Cyclists should continue north along Rotherhithe Street here, past the Hilton some disused stone pillars to the left and three cannon. C Hotel, and rejoin the riverside at Pageant Steps.
Pass a sculpture placed out in the river over the water, Circumsphere by When you rejoin the Thames, turn left and continue along the riverside Chris Marshall and Stephen Lewis, 1998. Keep ahead with the Thames on passing some old anchors to the left and right, a flagpole and a canon on the right and approaching South Dock. Just after a plaza with trees the left. After nearly 300m, there is another short street diversion to get (Entreprize Way, the far side of which marks the boundary between Lewisham and Southwark), pass a yard for small boats on the left. Cross Jubilee Greenway over the lock gates in South Dock, turn right and then left alongside the river Section 7 (Greenwich to Tower Bridge) again, always following Thames Path signage. Cyclists will need to dismount page 2 www.walklondon.org.uk around Nelson Dock. The path leaves the river through a green area (Durand’s Wharf) to the left, leading to a right turn into Rotherhithe Street Continue along the riverside for 300m, then turn left to skirt around the edge again. of a small dock.
Pass Docklands Trading Post and then the Clipper Pub, both on the left, and Cyclists or people wanting a step-free route should leave the river here and the Hilton London Docklands Hotel on the right (which has its own pier – rejoin Rotherhithe Street, turning right there towards the red lift bridge over Hilton Docklands Pier – where a clipper to Canary Wharf business district Surrey Water. can be boarded. The pier is found by going through the hotel lobby; boats run approximately every 10 minutes – however there may be steps to use the Clippers). Walkers however, having followed the little dock all the way around, can stay on the Thames path for another 100m or so, until you reach a pub (The
Old Salt Quay) at the entrance to Surrey Water, with picnic benches up Pass the Blacksmiths Arms on the right and then Canada Wharf also on the steps. right. Immediately after Canada Wharf, turn right towards the Thames – there is a Thames Path sign on the left hand side of the road to mark the point. Rejoin the river about 40m down the alleyway and turn left once more Walkers here go up a wide flight of nine steps to the red lift bridge over beside the river. Next comes a road (Pageant Crescent) marked Private Surrey Water. Turn right and go over the bridge. Near here, but not visible Road – but it is OK for walkers and cyclists to go down here. There are on the route, is the Rotherhithe Tunnel, opened in 1908. Look for the round smart houses (Pennington Court), an anchor and later an obelisk. building of the ventilation shaft of the tunnel on the right.
Pass some steps (Pageant Stairs) down to the Thames. This is a smarter About 60m after the splendid red lifting bridge, find an open paved area on part of the route, with more expensive residences such as Sovereign the right with young trees and a Thames Path signpost. Turn sharp right Crescent. Cross a black bridge made by the E housebuilders here and go up a wide flight of nine steps and along, passing a jetty. There Barratts, and veer right. There is a view of the Lavender Pumphouse – now are more smart apartments here, as well as a zig-zag ramp and then a a museum – to the left when crossing the bridge. statue: The Sunshine Weekly & The Pilgrim’s Pocket by Peter McLean 1991. About 130m after the ramp, find Cumberland Wharf. Go through a
garden area on the left, rejoin Rotherhithe Road again, looking out for the On the opposite side of the river, Canary Wharf has gone out of view. This is Thames Path signpost near some trees and ivy – as it is not easy to spot. Limehouse Reach, and directly opposite is the entrance to the Limehouse
Basin Marina, and thus to the Grand Union Canal, leading to the Regent’s Canal. Continue once more along Rotherhithe Street for about 200m, with Brandrams Wharf and Tunnel Wharf on the right. Pass the Mayflower Pub
on the right – just past a covered walkway between buildings overhead The Gherkin can be seen ahead now. Pass Helena Square and then decked with climbing plants. The road here is cobbled. Keep going straight Frederick Square on the left. At the end of Sovereign Crescent, turn left ahead on the narrow cobbled street, following signs for The Thames Path, down a ramp towards the pub, The Deal Porter, then right back onto St Saviour’s Dock and Tower Bridge. Rotherhithe Street for about 70m.
In front of Lavender House on the left, find a Thames Path sign pointing Jubilee Greenway back towards the river; turn right down the passage with King & Queen Section 7 (Greenwich to Tower Bridge) Wharf on the left. The passage is marked with silver bollards, to find the page 3 Thames in about 50m. Turn left at the Thames once more, going upstream. www.walklondon.org.uk About 50m after the pub, carry straight ahead once more into a narrow with parked cars. This leads to St Saviour’s Dock. Cyclists will have to alleyway near houses, marked by a single black bollard. There are more dismount briefly here. walkways between the buildings overhead. Come out 100m later on to Elephant Lane, and 40m later, look on the right for a Thames Path signpost Be aware that this passageway to St Saviour’s Dock opens from 7am to near some trees pointing back towards the river. Turn left at the Thames to 11pm from March to September and from 7am to 10pm from October to walk upstream for about 60m. February. When closed, continue along Mill Street, take the first available right turn and then turn right again. Presently there is a stretch of garden – and a plinth celebrating the Silver and Golden Jubilees. There are gardens to the left leading to Southwark The passageway passes New Concordia Wharf on the left and leads to St Park. F At the end of a row of houses, go up three shallow broad steps and Saviour’s Dock Bridge, crossing St Saviour’s Dock on an award-winning turn left to join a green space, then turn right along here so the Thames still bridge which still opens from time to time to admit vessels. This leads to the runs parallel to the path. Riverside Walkway. Here there are a number of celebrated restaurants facing the Thames, and the Design Museum, opposite which is a large Walk past the end of Fulford Street, always following signs for the Thames bronze sculpture, Head of Invention by Eduardo Paolozzi. More restaurants Path. Go past a pub called The Angel on the right hand side, at the end of follow in Shad Thames, all in the great buildings of Butler’s Wharf. Passing Cathay Street. Just after here, at the end of an open area on the right, look these on your left, turn left into Maggie Blake’s Cause (a small covered for a statue of a man sitting on a bench; this is Dr Salter’s Daydream Statue passageway) and then immediately right into Shad Thames, passing the (update 2012, the statue has been stolen!). Anchor Brewhouse.
Keep going in a straight line from here along Bermondsey Wall East for This leads to Tower Bridge, which has been in sight for some time. This is about 120m. Opposite the junction with West Lane, find an open plaza with where section 7 ends. The next section (section 8 - Tower Bridge to trees on the right and a Thames Path signpost. Go up the ramp here to the Westminster Bridge) continues under Tower Bridge and along The Queen’s riverside and Cherry Garden Pier or carry straight on another 30m to find Walk beside the river. another signpost at the corner with Cherry Garden Street, towards the river. From here cross the Thames for the tube from Tower Hill or the clipper from Turn left to follow the Thames for another 150m. At Fountain Garden Square St Katherine Pier. Otherwise continue on the route to get to London Bridge there are some curvy metal benches. The path has to turn back to streets tube station. once more here. Behind the square, turn right along Bermondsey Wall East again, then after about 50m, left into Loftie Street. At the end of Loftie Street, turn right into Chambers Street, with Chambers Wharf on the right. Go along Chambers Street for about 150m, and then turn right into East Lane, near a new development with weathered wood boarding on the outside.
Turn left at the end of East Lane into a narrow passageway which soon opens out again. This is now Bermondsey Wall West. Carry on down here for nearly 250m, until it turns sharply to the left and becomes Mill Street. Walkers shouldn’t turn left here, but instead, just after the sharp bend, turn Jubilee Greenway right, following signs for the Thames Path attached to the wall, near an area Section 7 (Greenwich to Tower Bridge) page 4 www.walklondon.org.uk