Liverpool Street Station — Canary Wharf
Livcan three
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By Daisy C on 11 Dec 2024
Description
A new version which fits geographically and conceptually between the earlier two routes. It is broadly similar to LivCan 2, longer by 700m and so 1.8km shorter than LivCan 1. I had planned to review LivCan 2 but, on my journey there, I realised it was snailed two days earlier. This was in my back pocket (from before David S pipped me by uploading LivCan 2) so I just made a few adjustments, per the reviews, plus a few more along the way. Hopefully this compromise will satisfy others too.
Unique to this route are: lanes and quieter roads south of Aldgate; two green spaces with benches (a Hawksmoor churchyard and an unlikely woodland); dockside pathways (Tobacco Dock and Shadwell Basin); a historic pub filling the midway gap (Prospect of Whitby, look it up), plus two twiddly (but easily ignored) Thames-view detours near Limehouse Basin. Once in ‘Docklands’ proper the route includes both a public toilet and an abundance of public art. Add even more with a detour onto the pontoon over Middle Dock but it does closes at dusk. (My review has a bit more detail about the non unique sections.)
https://canarywharf.com/see-do/art-on-the-wharf/
The line of this route was definitely open to the public 24/7 in December 2024. But public access to the Thames (i.e. the Thames Path) seems quite changeable, fingerposts were contradicted by padlocks and neither maps nor LivCan 1 or 2 were truly reliable. The small King Edward Memorial Park diversion isn't shown though. Signs were very clear and the infrastructure work is (now) due to end in summer 2025 by when the way through may be changed again and possibly some foreshore path reopened, who knows.
There are plenty of transport links (DLR, Windrush Overground, buses and river ferries) plus many small shops and places to eat
A new version which fits geographically and conceptually between the earlier two routes. It is broadly similar to LivCan 2, longer by 700m and so 1.8km shorter than LivCan 1. I had planned to review LivCan 2 but, on my journey there, I realised it was snailed two days earlier. This was in my back pocket (from before David S pipped me by uploading LivCan 2) so I just made a few adjustments, per the reviews, plus a few more along the way. Hopefully this compromise will satisfy others too.
Unique to this route are: lanes and quieter roads south of Aldgate; two green spaces with benches (a Hawksmoor churchyard and an unlikely woodland); dockside pathways (Tobacco Dock and Shadwell Basin); a historic pub filling the midway gap (Prospect of Whitby, look it up), plus two twiddly (but easily ignored) Thames-view detours near Limehouse Basin. Once in ‘Docklands’ proper the route includes both a public toilet and an abundance of public art. Add even more with a detour onto the pontoon over Middle Dock but it does closes at dusk. (My review has a bit more detail about the non unique sections.)
https://canarywharf.com/see-do/art-on-the-wharf/
The line of this route was definitely open to the public 24/7 in December 2024. But public access to the Thames (i.e. the Thames Path) seems quite changeable, fingerposts were contradicted by padlocks and neither maps nor LivCan 1 or 2 were truly reliable. The small King Edward Memorial Park diversion isn't shown though. Signs were very clear and the infrastructure work is (now) due to end in summer 2025 by when the way through may be changed again and possibly some foreshore path reopened, who knows.
There are plenty of transport links (DLR, Windrush Overground, buses and river ferries) plus many small shops and places to eat
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Geography information system (GIS) data
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Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Liverpool Street Station
Grid Ref
TQ3318481606
Lat / Lon
51.51768° / -0.08187°
Easting / Northing
533,184E / 181,606N
What3Words
action.pure.fines
Canary Wharf
Grid Ref
TQ3752480161
Lat / Lon
51.50366° / -0.01993°
Easting / Northing
537,524E / 180,161N
What3Words
opens.body.stove
Liverpool Street Station | |
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Grid Ref | TQ3318481606 |
Lat / Lon | 51.51768° / -0.08187° |
Easting / Northing | 533,184E / 181,606N |
What3Words | action.pure.fines |
Canary Wharf | |
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Grid Ref | TQ3752480161 |
Lat / Lon | 51.50366° / -0.01993° |
Easting / Northing | 537,524E / 180,161N |
What3Words | opens.body.stove |
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review
Daisy C
10 Dec 2024A very enjoyable walk from Liverpool Street station to Canary Wharf tube. I'm going to stick my neck out and say it's the best option of the 3 versions. I did decide it was worth designing, testing and uploading so I might may be biased!
Bits in common other routes (not in route description):
Interesting contrast of historical vs glass and steel towers in the City (which might mess up GPS signals, ditto for Docklands). Route passes a handful of tiny pocket parks here.
After Aldgate the route slides into a salubrious but equally historical area including the worst bits of road walking, Cable Street (blue plaques, mural and info board), 70's council estates, but also as you approach the river, gated 90s dockside housing and luxury converted original warehouses and occasionally other surviving buildings of a bygone age.
This grades slowly into the shiny new apartment blocks surrounding the Canary Wharf area proper. Before turning inland along an imposing avenue framing the original central tower (widely known as but not actually named Canary Wharf). And lastly dropping down to a dockside walkway beside expensive bars and oat-milk coffee vans.
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