Greenway, London

The Greenway is a footpath and cycleway in east London constructed on the embankment containing the Northern Outfall Sewer. The path runs from Wick Lane in Bow through Stratford, Plaistow and Newham to Royal Docks Road in Beckton. It was known locally as sewerbank before a full renovation in the mid-nineties. Much of the route had once again fallen into disrepair with pot holes and broken gates but work has begun (and is completed in some sections) to resurface and renovate the route - especially around the Olympic Park.

Until late 2014 a section of the Greenway is closed between Marshgate Lane and Stratford High Street due to Crossrail and the 2012 Olympic building work.^[1] As part of this there is now a temporary observation, information, education, cycle hire and cafe building (called View Tube) located on the Greenway near Pudding Mill Lane DLR station.

The Capital Ring Walk (section 14) follows the Greenway for most of its distance. The point where the Greenway runs above the former Marshgate Lane in Hackney Wick is the closest the public can view the London Olympic Stadium currently under construction.

External links

• The Northern Outfall Sewer east of Stratford
• Capital Ring Walk 14 from TFL website
• Olympic walkway comp won by Adams and Sutherland
• The Road to 2012
• Images of The Greenway by Peter Spurgeon
• View Tube
• Route plot (.kml)

Locations

The route's start point 
The route's end point

See also

• High Line (New York City) (in USA)
• Maidashi ryokuchi (in Japan)

References