Walk: Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich (pt 1)
An westerly walk along the Thames Path
(Photos © urban75, Saturday 28th June 2008)
After taking a quick peek around the the Millennium Dome/O2, we took the Thames Path into Greenwich.
The walk takes you through an area in rapid change, past vast empty spaces awaiting development, remnants of the once-thriving docks and past a few remaining industrial areas.
It's a very interesting walk but one that seems strangely little-known: despite it being a glorious day, we passed less than ten people over the entire length into Greenwich.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-01.jpg) Old and new. A boarded up house contrasts with Canary Wharf across the Thames.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-02.jpg) Old dock wall with the towers of Canary Wharf in the background.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-03.jpg) Disused barrier building, with the ventilation structures of the Dome behind.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-05.jpg) Button inside the abandoned cabin.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-04.jpg) Wasteland on the Greenwich Peninsula. This is a scene set to change rapidly, with huge residential and commercial developments on their way.
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![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-06.jpg) This scene really reminded me of Williamsburg in Brooklyn.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-07.jpg) Abandoned building.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-08.jpg) Flowers amongst the rubble.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-09.jpg) Looking north across the Thames to Canary Wharf.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-10.jpg) Canary Wharf with passing 'Clipper' boat in the foreground. We tried to get one of these back into central London but the queues stretched for a loooong way.
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![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-11.jpg) Groovy new buildings on the north bank of the Thames.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-12.jpg) Old tyre in the Thames.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-13.jpg) Millennium Dome towers and remains of old quay.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-14.jpg) Across the river.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-15.jpg) Low tide.
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![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-16.jpg) Thames Path signpost.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-17.jpg) There's a huge tract of empty, cleared land to the west of the Dome.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-17a.jpg) Abandoned house in a sea of concrete.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-18.jpg) Pier.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-19.jpg) Delta Wharf, one of the few buildings left standing along this stretch of the walk.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-20.jpg) Floating dock thing.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-20a.jpg) Detail.
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![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-21.jpg) Old dock.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-22.jpg) The big cranes are long gone, but you can still see the embedded rails that they used to run along.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-23.jpg) Concrete blocks outside the works of Stema Shipping, 'suppliers of high quality aggregates.'
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-24.jpg)
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-25.jpg) Cheerful graffiti.
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![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-26.jpg) Railings, old sleepers and sand.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-27.jpg) Quayside detail.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-28.jpg) Looking north east along the quayside.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-29.jpg) Greenwich old power station in the distance.
![Riverside walk from the Millennium Dome (The O2) to Greenwich and Greenwich Park along the River Thames, south east London, 2008](images/north-greenwich-30.jpg) Old dock workings.
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