Month: November 2016

Low tide at Greenwich is revealing the remains of a Tudor pier in front of the Naval College buildings. Piles show the outline of a jetty just yards to the west of the Palace of Placentia site. Henry VIII was born there as were his daughters Mary and Elizabeth. As King, he spent much time there […]

There is a temporary towpath closure for works between Barnes Railway Bridge and The White Hart at the start of Mortlake High Street in London. Walkers must follow the road as far as the pub. The path improvement is just one of many planned changes in the area. There is a scheme to turn the upstream […]

The tomb of St Edmund d’Abingdon is a dominant feature at Pontigny Abbey in Burgundy where he is called St Edme. As the name suggests, St Edmund of Abingdon was born in Abingdon. This was about 1175 when he was known simply as Edmund Rich and lived with his parents near today’s St Edmund’s Lane off West St Helen Street. […]

A diversion from the river in Rotherhithe might be about to become redundant. At present upstream walkers, having crossed Greenland Dock, must suddenly turn inland down narrow Randall Rents because, although New Caledonian Wharf ahead has a good path, there is no walkway further on. At the end of Randall Rents, the diversion continues past […]