London's Lost Rivers - Book and Walking Tours by Paul Talling
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  • London's Lost Rivers
    • River Peck
    • River Effra
    • River Moselle
    • The Black Ditch
    • Bollo Brook
    • The Cock & Pye Ditch
    • Counter's Creek
    • Earl's Sluice
    • Falcon Brook
    • Carbuncle Ditch
    • River Fleet
    • River Neckinger
    • Parr's Ditch
    • Hackney Brook
    • Pudding Mill River
    • Rotherhithe Mill Streams
    • Stamford Brook
    • River Tyburn
    • Tyburn Brook
    • River Walbrook
    • Muswell Stream
    • River Westbourne
  • London's Lost Canals
    • City Canal
    • Croydon Canal
    • Cumberland Arm
    • Grand Surrey Canal
    • Grosvenor Canal
    • Kensington Canal
    • Romford Canal
    • Royal Arsenal Canal
    • The Royal Gunpowder Mills Canals
  • Author's Guided Walks
    • River Fleet Walk
    • River Westbourne Walk
    • River Tyburn Walk
    • Lost Rivers of Hampstead Walk
    • Lost Docks of Wapping Walk
    • Grand Surrey Canal Walk
    • Woolwich - Dockyard & Royal Arsenal Canal Walk
    • Isle of Dogs Canal and Millwall Docks Walk
    • Derelict Limehouse & Poplar Walk
    • Derelict Silvertown walk
    • River Peck/Earl's Sluice
    • Bow Creek
    • River Neckinger walk
    • Croydon Canal Walk
    • Hammersmith Walk
    • East Finchley to Gospel Oak
    • Whitechapel and Bethnal Green walk
    • Minories to Poplar
  • London's Lesser Known Rivers
    • Beverley Brook
    • Bow Backs Rivers
    • River Brent
    • River Ching
    • River Crane
    • River Cray
    • River Darent
    • Dead River
    • Dollis Brook
    • Duke of Northumberland's River
    • River Ember
    • Hogsmill River
    • River Lea
    • River Mole
    • The New River
    • River Pool
    • River Ravensbourne
    • River Roding
    • The Silk Stream
    • River Wandle
    • Yeading Brook
  • Buy The Book Here
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London's Lost Rivers - Book and Walking Tours by Paul Talling

Bow Creek:
 The River Lea from Bromley-by-Bow to Leamouth via Canning Town Guided Walk 
with Derelict London & London's Lost Rivers Author Paul Talling
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Picture of street art on derelict wall in Leamouth on Bow Creek walking tour with Paul Talling
Picture of Bow Creek aka Lower Lea in Canning Town on London's  Lost Rivers tour from Bromley by Bow to East India Dock
The Lea, not a lost river as such ... This  walk explores the dereliction, lost docks, lost pubs and social history along the Lower Lea Valley.

Starting off opposite the recently demolished derelict office block of Brown & Tawse we then walk past the disused Bromley-by-Bow gasholders, some modern art installations along the River Lea, Cody Dock (part of the old Imperial Gas and Chemical Works), tales of boxing, murders & snakes at some former pubs including the Anchor, the Royal Oak & the Ordnance Arms, the site of the Bridge House one of East London's most popular music pubs who helped launch the careers of Depeche Mode & Iron Maiden, remains of disused bridges across Bow Creek, the site of the Thames Ironworks who formed a works football team later to become West Ham United F.C., the lost industries of Leamouth and Trinity Buoy Wharf which contains London's only lighthouse. Finishing up at what is left of the East India Docks. Once famous for it's trade in commodities such as tea, spices, indigo, silk and Persian carpets. Now the remains are used as a wildlife refuge

​Rendezvous at Bromley By-Bow tube station
District and Hammersmith & City Lines
Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach
E3 3JJ

Buses 108, 488 & 323

The lasts approx 4- 4 1/2 hours and finishes at East India  DLR. There is an old school pub called the Hope & Anchor for those of you who enjoy some post walk banter over a reasonably priced beer.
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Picture of derelict buildings in Orchard Place,Leamouth, East London
Old picture of Cody Dock on Bow Creek
Picture of shopping trolley modern art by the River Lea on Paul Talling's guided walk
Picture of decaying gas holders at Bromley By Bow gas holders on Bow Creek walking tour with Paul Talling
Picture of derelict offices bu Blackwall Tunnel Norther Approach Road on guided walking tour
Picture of mud flats along Bow Creek on walking tour of Canning Town
Picture of old industrial chimney in Leamouth
Picture of disused and derelict railway bridge in Canning Town by the River Lea
London's Lost Rivers by Paul Talling. All images are copyright.