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Elmley Cement Works and a lost village on the Isle of Sheppey

by Ian Tokelove August 4, 2020

August 4, 2020

Elmley Island is nestled within the belly of the Isle of Sheppey, an island within an isle. Although no longer a …

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Walking the wild side of Canvey Island

by Ian Tokelove May 27, 2019

May 27, 2019

Canvey Island offers a remote, wild walk, an easy 45 minutes away from London by rail. The top, western half of …

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Remote London

Remote London is a website dedicated to the quieter, wilder side of Greater London and beyond. Places away from the crowds, where nature can flourish undisturbed. Places where you can walk and see few others.

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Walking the River Roach: Rochford to Barling Ness
From the Swale to Bedlams Bottom, a Medway Marshes walk
Walking the River Roding, from Redbridge to the Barking Creek Barrier & the Thames
Walking the River Ebbsfleet, from Northfleet Harbour to its Springhead source
Yantlet Creek: a short walk between two estuaries, the Thames & Medway
Walking the River Crouch: Burnham on Crouch to North Fambridge
Walking MOD Shoeburyness and the Wakering creeks
Exploring Milton Creek, from Sittingbourne to the Swale
Walking the Broomway, Britain’s deadliest footpath
Walking the Mardyke and the lost fens of Essex

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You could pass these two timber piles without noti

You could pass these two timber piles without noticing them. And soon, they’ll be gone. Driven into the Thames foreshore, this is where the iconic and much-loved Greenwich Book Boat once moored, close to the Cutty Sark.
Deserted for more than 30 years, home to moss & lichen, they’re now due for removal, coming out in mid-November.
The Book Boat’s founder, Bob Cattell, died last year. His boat, a Humber-Keel barge named Hegaro, specialised in children’s books. Looking back, Greenwich still retained an industrial, gritty vibe, very different from today. More on Bob here:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/01/bob-cattell-obituary
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An edgeland escape, roaming the paths towards Cory

An edgeland escape, roaming the paths towards Coryton and into the Fobbing Marshes on Sunday. The cattle don't always welcome unexpected visitors, crowding in close, before they spook, turn tail and run, their hind legs kicking in defence #ThamesEstuary #Essex
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Deptford foreshore. The occasional Clipper pulling

Deptford foreshore. The occasional Clipper pulling the tide in its wake, sucking black water from the shore.
On the old Convoys Wharf jetty, a new marketing suite is taking shape, preparing for the 3,500 apartments about to rise from this former Royal Dockyard #Thames
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One of two Bascule Chambers below @TowerBridge. Wh

One of two Bascule Chambers below @TowerBridge. When the bridge rises into the air, this is where the massive counterweights see-saw down, taking up most (but not quite all) of this buttressed arena. The cool air smells of damp brick and dark oil. It’s magnificent!
The Bascule Chambers are a working environment & not open to the general public (this was a work visit) but #TowerBridge makes up for that with its wider visitor experience – especially the glass-floored, panoramic Walkways.

The Engine Rooms at @TowerBridge. Chunky, Victoria

The Engine Rooms at @TowerBridge. Chunky, Victorian engineering and stunning colours! The real power is elsewhere, electricity replacing steam, but these powerful engines still impress

Probably the last warm, October sunshine these Gre

Probably the last warm, October sunshine these Greenwich Peninsula willows will ever see. The riverwall needs work & the path widening, so they’re coming out. Works start in May. The jetty will also close to public use, reverting to industrial use. I’m going to miss this offbeat spot.
On the plus side, the project should deliver positive ecological gains, even with the loss of the trees.
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Following the flow, along the Thames and then the

Following the flow, along the Thames and then the Darent #ThamesEstuary
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Deptford Creek, low tide, peace - - - #Deptford #D

Deptford Creek, low tide, peace
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Rust and mud. Thames Estuary #Erith - - - #RemoteL

Rust and mud. Thames Estuary #Erith
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Sunday bike ride along the Thames. Greenwich Yacht

Sunday bike ride along the Thames. Greenwich Yacht Club, high on its repurposed pier & ready for the rising tide. Crossness Sludge Treatment Works, distant Purfleet and the always stunning Thames Barrier. The bird hide views are at Crossness.
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A few more shots of the walk between Purfleet and

A few more shots of the walk between Purfleet and Grays, tracing Essex’s Thames Estuary coastline, and passing below the QEII Bridge.
The path passes pill boxes near Stone Ness, which have been guarding the river for more than 75 years. They seem to get a fresh spray job every year, there's lots of graffiti art along this route.
Downriver, at Grays, the hulk of the Gull Lightship, dating back to 1860, slumbers in the thick, Thames mud. And, beyond, where the path ends, the huge gantries of Tilbury Grain Terminal reach out over the river.
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Thames Board Mills wharf at Purfleet, accessible i

Thames Board Mills wharf at Purfleet, accessible if you’re nimble. A couple of ghost machines still lurk in small, concrete huts, their purpose lost and eroding in time.
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