I'm now working in E14, at the very mouth of the river Lea. The nearest
DLR station is East India, but Canning Town is very little further and,
of course, is served by the Jubilee line. I've been walking up the Lea
to East India Dock road and crossing there to get to Canning Town
station (there is supposed to be a footpath crossing the Lea there, but
it is out of use, being reconstructed, I think).

Today at Canning Town (I shouldn't have gone home that way; the
expletive deleted Jubilee Line STOPPED at Canary Wharf due to signal
failures in the Waterloo area, so I went home via Lewisham which took
ages), I noticed a map of the area which seems to show that if I crossed
the Lea via the pedestrian/cycle path on the Lower Lea crossing, there
is a pedestrian/cycle path up that side of the Lea towards Canning Town.
This looks as though it would be a shorter walk for me.

Does anybody know whether this path is currently in use, or if it, too,
is being reconstructed. I should hate to go all that way up that side
of the Lea only to find I couldn't get any further and had to go sadly
back again....
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 8 March 2004

I have looked on a map and it would appear that the area is within L B Tower
Hamlets.

If you go to this link:

http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/templ...l.cfm?sid=2234

Its the contact page for the Highways Department who have formal
responsibility for Rights of Way (though another department (if any) may do
the repairs etc. Give them a call they SHOULD know!

Good luck,

Steve
"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
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I'm now working in E14, at the very mouth of the river Lea. The nearest
DLR station is East India, but Canning Town is very little further and,
of course, is served by the Jubilee line. I've been walking up the Lea
to East India Dock road and crossing there to get to Canning Town
station (there is supposed to be a footpath crossing the Lea there, but
it is out of use, being reconstructed, I think).

Today at Canning Town (I shouldn't have gone home that way; the
expletive deleted Jubilee Line STOPPED at Canary Wharf due to signal
failures in the Waterloo area, so I went home via Lewisham which took
ages), I noticed a map of the area which seems to show that if I crossed
the Lea via the pedestrian/cycle path on the Lower Lea crossing, there
is a pedestrian/cycle path up that side of the Lea towards Canning Town.
This looks as though it would be a shorter walk for me.

Does anybody know whether this path is currently in use, or if it, too,
is being reconstructed. I should hate to go all that way up that side
of the Lea only to find I couldn't get any further and had to go sadly
back again....
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 8 March 2004

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:47:22 +0100, Annabel Smyth wrote:

This path would run through the park beside Bow Creek,
which has a direct access to the station and never seems
to have opened.
You can see the park and the walkways from the DLR platforms.

Anyone know if/when the park will open?

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:47:22 +0100, Annabel Smyth wrote:

A quick Google turned this up:
http://www.leamouthbridge.com/index.htm

John Hearns wrote the following in:
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On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:47:22 +0100, Annabel Smyth wrote:

This path would run through the park beside Bow Creek,
which has a direct access to the station and never seems
to have opened.
You can see the park and the walkways from the DLR platforms.

Anyone know if/when the park will open?

I was cycling there quite recently and came across someone who told me
it was planned to open later this year (September of November I think,
but can't quite remember).

--
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On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 at 20:19:39, Robin May
wrote:

I was cycling there quite recently and came across someone who told me
it was planned to open later this year (September of November I think,
but can't quite remember).

They are certainly working on the footpaths in the area; the footbridge
over the Lea is nearly ready, I think, but marred by not-quite-ready
footpaths on the Canning Town side, and you still have to walk over the
road bridge to get to the station. I don't think the footpath I
mentioned earlier is in use - I had a fairly thorough look this morning,
but there seems to be no way to get across the tracks!

Thanks for your answers, anyway! Maybe one day the paths and park will
open and we'll all have a pleasant surprise.
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 8 March 2004

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 at 12:07:00, John Hearns wrote:

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:47:22 +0100, Annabel Smyth wrote:

A quick Google turned this up:
http://www.leamouthbridge.com/index.htm

Now, that will be seriously magic if it ever comes off - cut the walk up
to Canning Town Station in half, that will (mind you, the walk to East
India, the alternative, could be cut in half if you didn't have to go
the long way round to avoid a building site! When it opens.....). Only
thing is, the walk won't go past the bird sanctuary any more.... and
that's the best bit!
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 8 March 2004

"John Hearns" wrote in message
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A quick Google turned this up:
http://www.leamouthbridge.com/index.htm

I see you can suggest a name for the new bridge.

I've heard that a town in Australia held a public competition for naming
their new bridge, and the public voted for "Bob", so the bridge is now
called Bob.

I think we should all suggest that this new bridge be called Bob as well.

--
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That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes