The Thames Path between the Albert Embankment and St George Wharf at Vauxhall has reopened.
The lengthy closure with a diversion along the main road had been to allow work on the Thames Tideway, or ‘Super Sewer’, tunnel.
Behind Tintagel House the path passes over a line marked Effra Quay where a new wide platform reaches into the River Thames.
Alongside upstream is Lack’s Dock.
Immediately upstream the riverside path behind Vauxhall Cross, the MI6 building, has also reopened. At the far end next to Vauxhall Bridge there is another platform, being called the Isle of Effra, reaching out into the Thames.
The former Effra Creek has long been covered by St George Wharf and the River Effra now enters the Thames on each side of Vauxhall Bridge.
The new Isle of Effra viewpoint affords a close view of one of Vauxhall Bridge’s little seen statues by Alfred Drury RA.
The pedestrian tunnel taking the Thames Path under Vauxhall Bridge to reach St George Wharf has also now reopened.
