This website has been created to promote the book of London's Lost Rivers (contrary to my Derelict London book which was created to follow on from the website of the same name).

Recently added to this site are chapters on London's Lesser Known Rivers such as the Hogsmill, the Cray, the New River,the Darent & the Ravensbourne. Many more to follow over the summer including the Pool , the Beck and the Duke of Northumberland River to name but a few. I have a 2012 programme of  guided walking tours of some of London's Lost Rivers which you can join me on (see the Guided Walks page for more info).

London's Lost Rivers is the latest book by Paul Talling
 Available in all bookshops or  to  order online via Foyles, Waterstones, Amazon and WH Smith
Here is a summary of the 22 rivers/streams/ditches, 8 canals and 8 docks/wharves that the 192 page book covers

Major Rivers
River Westbourne - (Hampstead to Chelsea Bridge via Kilburn, Bayswater,Hyde Park, Knightsbridge & Sloane Square)River Tyburn -   (Hampstead to Pimlico & Westminster via Regents Park, Marylebone, Mayfair & Buckingham Palace)
River Fleet - (Hampstead & Highgate Ponds to Blackfriars Bridge via Camden Town, Kings Cross, Clerkenwell & Smithfield)
River Walbrook - (Shoreditch to Cannon Street via the Bank of England)
River Effra - (Upper Norwood to Vauxhall via West Norwood Cemetery, Tulse Hill, Herne Hill, Brixton & Kennington Oval)

Waterways of West London
Bollo Brook
Stamford Brook
Parr's Ditch
Counter's Creek
Waterways of  Central London 
Grosvenor Canal
The Cumberland Arm
Tyburn Brook
The Cock and Pye Ditch
Waterways of  South London
Falcon Broo
kRiver Neckinger
The Rotherhithe Mill Streams
Earl's Sluice
River Peck
The Grand Surrey Canal
Croydon Canal 

Waterways of  East London
 The Black DitchCity Canal
The Royal Arsenal Canal
Romford Canal

Tributaries of the River Lea
The Royal Gunpowder Mills Canals
Muswell Stream
River Moselle
Carbuncle Ditch
Hackney Brook
Pudding Mill River

Docks and Wharves
The London Docks (Wapping)
The Surrey Commercial Docks
Millwall Dock
Deptford Dockyard
The West India Docks
The East India Docks
The Royal Docks
Woolwich Dockyard

Following the success of my 2011 walking tours to promote London's Lost Rivers  I have organised  some more guided walking tours of these lost rivers, canals and docks in 2012 - see Guided Walks page for what is planned so far and join the mailing list at info@londonslostrivers.com

Here via  You Tube is a short item about Paul Talling's  Lost Rivers on BBC1