Three Mills Loop
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The Three Mills Loop is a circular walk around the towpaths of the the River Lea Navigation and the Hertford Union Canal. After a short stop at the edge of Victoria Park, the walk goes past Roman Road towards Bow Quarter and Kingsley Hall. It takes place normally on the first Sunday of the month, from March until December.
Walks in 2008 1st June, 6th July, 3rd August, 7th September, 2nd November, 7th December
Walks in 2009 18th January, 1st March, 29th March, 5th April, 3rd May, 7th June, 5th July, 2nd August, 6th September, 4th October, 1st November, 6th December
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The walks have been featured in The Stratford Grapevine, East London Advertiser and My London Diary
Starting at 1.00 pm (13:00) from House Mill; the walk is likely to last three hours (depending on the group). This is a circular walk, and hence we aim to return to Three Mill Lane (by about 4pm). The complete walk is unsuitable for children under 10 although they would enjoy the shorter versions of the walk. We meet at House Mill which is near Tesco at Bromley By Bow Tube Station (Three Mill Lane, London E3 3DU)
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Transport
Transport: by car to Bow Interchange, and then South on the slip road (Hancock Road, alongside the A12) to the Tesco car park where you should be able to park for up to two hours. Alternatively on a single yellow line nearby. Tower Hamlets Parking Zone B2.
Bromley by Bow Tube, Bow Road DLR (or Devons Road DLR) and then a ten minute walk. Buses 25, D8, 276, 425 (High Street, Stratford) or 108, 488 (Hancock Road, Tesco). The S2 has been replaced by two buses: 425 and 488 (as of July 5th 2008).
Map coordinates: 51.527294,-0.007898
Meeting Point
Meet inside the House Mill cafe (open March to December) or outside in Three Mill Lane (at Bow Creek). The walk is free of charge, but donations to the House Mill would be welcomed. You can buy something to eat or drink in the cafe before the walk. The Miller's House Cafe is next to the House Mill and closes at 4pm approximately on Sundays.
Weather
These walks will take place in all weathers. May 3rd looks like being dry, temperature 14 C. Gordo 11:13, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
OpenStreetMap
The meeting point is at the centre of this map
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The Route
The route has been planned with safety in mind. All major road crossing points are pedestrian controlled lights, or subways. There may be crossings on minor roads that are not controlled by lights or have a zebra crossing etc. The towpath and Greenway paths can present some problems. There are steep steps up and down to the Greenway, with inclines as alternatives in most cases.
Along the towpaths, there is one pub on the route The Top Of The Morning, Victoria Park. Just after the pub we stop at a corner shop in Parnell Road, where there is a brief scheduled stop. There are other shops and pubs as we walk past Roman Road towards Bow Chuch and Kingsley Hall.
Note that this walk is expected to last three hours, and there will be more walking than talking. There are "break points" such as High Street Statford, where a return to the House Mill is possible or to take a bus onwards or homewards.
The full walk in about 7.5 kilometers long (about 4.5 miles).
Points of Interest
- House Mill
- Three Mills Green, Three Mills Wall River, the new lock (Prescott Channel)
- Abbey Mills Pumping Stations
- Greenway - crossing High Street at the lights at the junction with Abbey Lane
- Lea Navigation - Lock Keeper's Cottages
- Hertford Union Canal (stop off for refreshments at corner shop)
- Bow Quarter
- Grove Hall Park
- Bow Church
- Gladstone's Statue
- Stroudley Walk
- Kingsley Hall
- House Mill (ends)
Previous Walks on FLICKR
Some images from previous walks: please add the tag threemillsloop to your images.
- 6th April 2008
- 4th May 2008
- 11th May 2008
- 1st June 2008
- 6th July 2008
- 3rd August 2008
- 7th September 2008
- 2nd November
- 7th December 2008
- 18th January 2009
- 1st March 2009
- 29th March 2009
- 5th April 2009
- 3rd May 2009
- 7th June 2009
- 5th July 2009
Related sites and links
- House Mill
- Walking Artists Network
- Talking Walking
- Malinky
- Nina, Somewhere
- WalkingTheOlympicSacrificeZone
- http://locative.us/photo/sacrifice/
- Mike Stevens' map of the Bow Back Rivers
- Friends of Abbey Gardens
- walk walk walk
Contact
Gordon Joly, gordon.joly@pobox.com 020 7515 4964
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Website address: http://bit.ly/three_mills_loop
