{"id":3029,"date":"2011-01-04T13:19:04","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T13:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=3029"},"modified":"2011-01-04T13:21:56","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T13:21:56","slug":"walking-the-london-loop-rainham-to-purfleet-essex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/walking-the-london-loop-rainham-to-purfleet-essex\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking the London Loop &#8211; Rainham to Purfleet, Essex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/rainham-purfleet-essex-walk-03.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Walking the London Loop, section 24, Rainham to Purfleet,Essex, Sunday 2nd January, 2011\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, a hardy gang of urban75 walkers set off to walk the last section of the London Loop, a trip that took us into deepest, darkest Essex.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, Rainham station is a real looker.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/rainham-purfleet-essex-walk-10.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Walking the London Loop, section 24, Rainham to Purfleet, Essex, Sunday 2nd January, 2011\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It had to be said that it wasn&#8217;t the most scenic of routes, with the walk passing under motorways and then running along a huge landfill site along the banks of the Thames (tip: don&#8217;t do this walk in the summer).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/rainham-purfleet-essex-walk-20.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Walking the London Loop, section 24, Rainham to Purfleet, Essex, Sunday 2nd January, 2011\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The walk wasn&#8217;t without interest though, as we passed these abandoned ferro-concrete barges used during the D-Day Landings of the Second World War.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/rainham-purfleet-essex-walk-29.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Walking the London Loop, section 24, Rainham to Purfleet, Essex, Sunday 2nd January, 2011\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/rainham-purfleet-essex-walk-34.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Walking the London Loop, section 24, Rainham to Purfleet, Essex, Sunday 2nd January, 2011\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We walked through Rainham Marshes, one of very few ancient landscapes remaining in London and teeming with wildlife.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/rainham-purfleet-essex-walk-41.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Walking the London Loop, section 24, Rainham to Purfleet, Essex, Sunday 2nd January, 2011\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a RSPB centre near the end of the walk, and we popped in for a lovely cuppa and cake.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/rainham-purfleet-essex-walk-59.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Walking the London Loop, section 24, Rainham to Purfleet, Essex, Sunday 2nd January, 2011\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back in London!<\/p>\n<p>Lots more photos here: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/rainham-purfleet-walk-london-loop-section-24.html\" target=\"_blank\">Walking the London Loop into Essex<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, a hardy gang of urban75 walkers set off to walk the last section of the London Loop, a trip that took us into deepest, darkest Essex. 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