Three Mills Loop
The Three Mills Loop is a circular walk around the towpaths of the the River Lea Navigation and the Hertford Union Canal. After a short stop at the edge of Victoria Park, the walk goes past Roman Road towards Bow Quarter and Kingsley Hall. It takes place on the first Sunday of the month, unless the weather is too severe. First walk was 1st June 2008.
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The walks have been featured in The Stratford Grapevine, East London Advertiser and My London Diary
Starting at 1.00 pm (13:00) from Three Mill Lane; the walk is likely to last three hours (depending on the group). This is a circular walk, and hence we aim to return to Three Mill Lane (by about 4pm).
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Weather
These walks will take place in all weathers.
The Route
The route has been planned with safety in mind. All major road crossing points are pedestrian controlled lights, or subways. There may be crossings on minor roads that are not controlled by lights or have a zebra crossing etc. The towpath and Greenway paths can present some problems. There are steep steps up and down to the Greenway, with inclines as alternatives in most cases.
Along the towpaths, there is one pub on the route. We usually stop at "Growing Concerns" or the corner shop in Parnell Road. There are other shops and pubs as we walk past Roman Road towards Bow Chuch and Kingsley Hall.
Note that this walk is expected to last three hours, and there will be more walking than talking. There are "break points" such as High Street Statford, where a return to the House Mill is possible or to take a bus onwards or homewards.
The full walk in about 7.5 kilometers long (about 4.5 miles).
Points of Interest
- House Mill
- Three Mills Green, Three Mills Lock (Prescott Channel)
- Abbey Mills Pumping Stations
- Abbey Gardens
- Greenway - crossing High Street at the lights at the junction with Abbey Lane
- Lea Navigation - Lock Keeper's Cottages
- Hertford Union Canal (stop off for refreshments at corner shop)
- Bow Quarter
- Grove Hall Park
- Bow Church
- Gladstone's Statue
- Stroudley Walk
- Kingsley Hall
- House Mill (ends)
Previous Walks on FLICKR
Some images from previous walks: please add the tag threemillsloop to your images.
- 6th April 2008
- 4th May 2008
- 11th May 2008
- 1st June 2008
- 6th July 2008
- 3rd August 2008
- 7th September 2008
- 2nd November
- 7th December 2008
- 18th January 2009
- 1st March 2009
- 29th March 2009
- 5th April 2009
- 3rd May 2009
- 7th June 2009
- 5th July 2009
- 2nd August 2009
- 16th August 2009
- 6th September 2009
- 4th October 2009
- 1st November 2009
- 6th December 2009
- 3rd January 2010
- 7th February 2010
- 7th March 2010
- 4th April 2010
- 2nd May 2010
- 6th June 2010
- 4th July 2010
- 1st August 2010
- 22nd August 2010
- 5th September 2010
- 3rd October 2010
- 7th November 2010
- 5th December 2010
- 2nd January 2011
- 6th February 2011
- 6th March 2011
- 1st May 2011
- 5th June 2011
- 3rd July 2011
- 7th August 2011
- 4th September 2011
- 2nd October 2011
- 6th November 2011
- 4th December 2011
- 1st January 2012
- 5th February 2012
Related sites and links
- House Mill
- Walking Artists Network
- Talking Walking
- Malinky
- Nina, Somewhere
- WalkingTheOlympicSacrificeZone
- http://locative.us/photo/sacrifice/
- Mike Stevens' map of the Bow Back Rivers
- Friends of Abbey Gardens
- walk walk walk
Contact
Gordon Joly, gordon.joly@pobox.com
