Thamesmead — Abbey Wood
Thaabb two
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By Daisy C on 22 Feb 2023
Description
This is a very green and off-road route for urban London. North Thamesmead was developed with pedestrian/cycle routes in mind and on this route the only road section is 700m of older streets just before Abbey Wood station, you don't even need to cross. The footpaths mostly follow small canals (whole area is reclaimed marshland) through a chain of small parks with Southmere Lake as the central point (where there is an arts centre/studios with a cafe). All the roads are crossed by footbridge or underpass. On the far side of Southmere Lake is the location for Clockwork Orange, but some of the brutalist architecture has been redeveloped, although the large towers remain.
Compared to ThaAbb 1 it's shorter, avoids the wide faster roads, and the northern section uses more green links and less paths between housing than ThaAbb 1 (second half is the same). ThaAbb 1 does use the waymarked Green Chain Walk, but I've found some of that signage ambiguous or hard to see
This is a very green and off-road route for urban London. North Thamesmead was developed with pedestrian/cycle routes in mind and on this route the only road section is 700m of older streets just before Abbey Wood station, you don't even need to cross. The footpaths mostly follow small canals (whole area is reclaimed marshland) through a chain of small parks with Southmere Lake as the central point (where there is an arts centre/studios with a cafe). All the roads are crossed by footbridge or underpass. On the far side of Southmere Lake is the location for Clockwork Orange, but some of the brutalist architecture has been redeveloped, although the large towers remain.
Compared to ThaAbb 1 it's shorter, avoids the wide faster roads, and the northern section uses more green links and less paths between housing than ThaAbb 1 (second half is the same). ThaAbb 1 does use the waymarked Green Chain Walk, but I've found some of that signage ambiguous or hard to see
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Geography information system (GIS) data
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Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Thamesmead
Grid Ref
TQ4637780781
Lat / Lon
51.50701° / 0.10780°
Easting / Northing
546,377E / 180,781N
What3Words
online.spill.poet
Abbey Wood
Grid Ref
TQ4738479026
Lat / Lon
51.49098° / 0.12157°
Easting / Northing
547,385E / 179,026N
What3Words
mixer.swift.palace
Thamesmead | |
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Grid Ref | TQ4637780781 |
Lat / Lon | 51.50701° / 0.10780° |
Easting / Northing | 546,377E / 180,781N |
What3Words | online.spill.poet |
Abbey Wood | |
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Grid Ref | TQ4738479026 |
Lat / Lon | 51.49098° / 0.12157° |
Easting / Northing | 547,385E / 179,026N |
What3Words | mixer.swift.palace |
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review
Daisy C
12 Nov 2022 (edited 22 Feb 2023)I designed the route and was still pleasantly surprised. Follows small canals, small parks and round Southmere Lake, which was beautiful at sunset. The area is designed with pedestrians in mind and I barely saw a road until a few hundred metres before Abbey Wood station.
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