Greenway, London

The Greenway is a footpath and cycleway in east London (mainly London Borough of Newham) constructed on the embankment containing the Northern Outfall Sewer.^[1] The western end of the path is at Wick Lane in Old Ford (Bow) but The Greenway actually continues a bit further north to Victoria Park, London alongside Wick Lane underpass on pavement under the East Cross Route in London Borough of Tower Hamlets and it crosses Stratford, West Ham and Plaistow. The eastern end is at Royal Docks Road in Beckton. It was known locally as Sewerbank before a full renovation in the mid-nineties. Work has taken place to resurface and renovate the route - especially around the Olympic Park.

Until late 2014 a section of the Greenway was closed between Marshgate Lane and Stratford High Street due to Crossrail building work.^[2] The section of the Greenway between the Hackney Cut canal and the observation, information, education, cycle hire and cafe building (called View Tube) near Pudding Mill Lane DLR station was closed until December 2012 due to Olympic legacy building work. The section between West Ham station and Stratford High Street was closed in 2015. The Greenway reopened in April 2016. Newham Council is also lighting part of the Greenway as part of a pilot project. If successful, lighting will be extended to the whole Greenway. Finally, negotiations are underway for 24-hour access.^[3][4]

The Capital Ring Walk (section 14) follows the Greenway for most of its distance.

Start and end points

• 51°32′15″N 0°01′29″W / 51.53750°N 0.02472°W / 51.53750; -0.02472 The route's start point
• 51°31′08″N 0°04′21″E / 51.51889°N 0.07250°E / 51.51889; 0.07250 The route's end point

See also

• Greenway (landscape)
• Linear Park
• Trail
• Walking in London

References

Parks and open spaces in London
Royal parks	Bushy Green Greenwich Hyde Kensington Regent's Richmond St James's
Large urban parks	Alexandra Arnos Barking Barra Hall Battersea Blackheath Brockwell Burgess Clissold Crystal Palace Dulwich Enfield Town Finsbury Forster Memorial Hampstead Heath Hanworth Holland Mayesbrook Mountsfield Old Deer Parsloes Primrose Hill Pymmes Queen's Park Ravenscourt Ruskin Southwark Valentines Victoria Wandsworth Wanstead West Ham Wimbledon
Country parks	Bayhurst Wood Bedfont Lakes Belhus Woods Eastbrookend Fairlop Waters Fryent Hainault Forest Havering High Elms Hornchurch Lee Valley South Norwood Stanmore Stockley Trent
Commons	Barnes Blackheath Bostall Heath Clapham Ealing East Sheen Hackney Marsh Hainault Forest Ham Hampstead Heath Hayes Keston Mitcham Monken Hadley Peckham Rye Plumstead Stanmore Streatham Tooting Tylers Wandsworth Wimbledon and Putney Winn's Woolwich Wormwood Scrubs
Marshes & Wetlands	Aveley Crayford Erith Hackney Hornchurch Ickenham Ingrebourne Leyton Rainham Tottenham Walthamstow Wennington Woodberry Wetlands WWT London Wetland Centre
Woodland	Bostall Coldfall Copse Dulwich Epping Forest Grangewood Park Highgate Lesnes Abbey Mad Bess Old Park Oxleas Park Petts Queen's Russia Dock Sydenham Hill
House gardens	Belair Park Boston Manor Park Broomfield House Cannizaro Park Chiswick House Danson Park Grovelands Park Grove Park Gunnersbury Park Hampton Court Park Hillingdon Court Kenwood House Langtons Manor House Gardens Marble Hill Park Morden Hall Park Morden Park Osterley Park Syon House Valence House Museum Walpole Park
Entry-fee charging	Kew Gardens London Wetland Centre
Community gardens	Phoenix Garden Calthorpe Project

External links

• The Northern Outfall Sewer east of Stratford
• Olympic walkway comp won by Adams and Sutherland
• The Road to 2012
• View Tube
• Route plot (.kml)
• https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/ServiceChild/Cycling-routes-consultation.aspx

Coordinates: 51°31′19″N 0°02′58″E / 51.52194°N 0.04944°E / 51.52194; 0.04944