Easnor two

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This route avoids the busy roads used by EasNor 1. From East Ham to the A13 is mostly along quiet residential roads, there may be some undropped kerbs here. After the A13 footbridge (with ramp) it cuts through a retail part to join a network of joint foot/cycle ways alongside some very big roads but set back into ribbons of woodland, which makes a big difference although there is still traffic noise and in unfavourable weather maybe fumes. These end a little way north of a large junction at Gallions Roundabout. From here the Slow Way joins the Jubilee Greenway and the Capital Ring - two well established walking routes with signs. There is road walking on pavements but this starts with a bridge over the docks and across to London City Airport. Walk on the western side for the best views. Turning off at Fishguard Way through the fairly new Galleons Estate and onto the path alongside the River Thames. Stick right beside the river, pressing a buzzer to get through a gate at one point. The route turns off through Royal Victoria Gardens to use a safe road crossing of Pier Road, it can be busy with traffic queueing for the Woolwich Ferry. But you could also stay beside the Thames until the exit just after the park if you are willing to negotiate the traffic and a flight of steps.

Royal Victoria Gardens and two gates on the Thames side path will be locked after dark. Instead stay on Albert Way then Pier Road, which is very clear on any map.

There are public toilets in Gooseley Playing Fields and Royal Victoria Gardens and "community toilets" with free public access in Sainsburys in the retail park next to the A13. There are places to eat in that retail park and a Co-op on Gallions Reach Roundabout.

I think this route will probably be accessible for wheelchairs as there are dropped steps, and ramps, no flights of steps but there is at least one point north of Barking Road where the dropped kerbs aren't dropped all the way down.

There is a long section of the Thames Path which could have been on this route but is closed for a year or more due to large building works. The Inner London Ramblers would put any news about that on their website - Capital Ring updates - section 15. Although this route does have more road walking it avoids a narrow footbridge and doesn't have the views down the length of two docks towards the setting sun and London City Airport. Time it right and you'll get a treat as planes come into land. https://innerlondonramblers.org.uk/

Uploaded on 31 Jul 2023. Edited on 2 Dec 2023 after completing the full walk

This route avoids the busy roads used by EasNor 1. From East Ham to the A13 is mostly along quiet residential roads, there may be some undropped kerbs here. After the A13 footbridge (with ramp) it cuts through a retail part to join a network of joint foot/cycle ways alongside some very big roads but set back into ribbons of woodland, which makes a big difference although there is still traffic noise and in unfavourable weather maybe fumes. These end a little way north of a large junction at Gallions Roundabout. From here the Slow Way joins the Jubilee Greenway and the Capital Ring - two well established walking routes with signs. There is road walking on pavements but this starts with a bridge over the docks and across to London City Airport. Walk on the western side for the best views. Turning off at Fishguard Way through the fairly new Galleons Estate and onto the path alongside the River Thames. Stick right beside the river, pressing a buzzer to get through a gate at one point. The route turns off through Royal Victoria Gardens to use a safe road crossing of Pier Road, it can be busy with traffic queueing for the Woolwich Ferry. But you could also stay beside the Thames until the exit just after the park if you are willing to negotiate the traffic and a flight of steps.

Royal Victoria Gardens and two gates on the Thames side path will be locked after dark. Instead stay on Albert Way then Pier Road, which is very clear on any map.

There are public toilets in Gooseley Playing Fields and Royal Victoria Gardens and "community toilets" with free public access in Sainsburys in the retail park next to the A13. There are places to eat in that retail park and a Co-op on Gallions Reach Roundabout.

I think this route will probably be accessible for wheelchairs as there are dropped steps, and ramps, no flights of steps but there is at least one point north of Barking Road where the dropped kerbs aren't dropped all the way down.

There is a long section of the Thames Path which could have been on this route but is closed for a year or more due to large building works. The Inner London Ramblers would put any news about that on their website - Capital Ring updates - section 15. Although this route does have more road walking it avoids a narrow footbridge and doesn't have the views down the length of two docks towards the setting sun and London City Airport. Time it right and you'll get a treat as planes come into land. https://innerlondonramblers.org.uk/

Uploaded on 31 Jul 2023. Edited on 2 Dec 2023 after completing the full walk