This is one of the walks in the book 'Exploring the Elizabeth Line' by Jeff Lock and is a walk between Canary Wharf and Greenwich.
The walk starts at Canary Wharf Elizabeth Line station right by the big HSBC tower block and is in the heart of London's business area.
Through Adams Plaza then along to Canada Square and Jubilee Park which because of confusing instructions I entered at the wrong end and had to walk through twice. All pleasant stuff but very 21st century.
The Fortuna sculpture then the entrance to the Jubilee line at the opposite end of the park.
The instructions told me to head to 35 Bank Street and go through its foyer, incredibly this is a public path with a cafe and other things inside rather than just for the bankers. The other side leads to South Quay.
South Quay and its footbridge which was crossed.
A walk along South Quay brought me to Millwall Inner Dock which was followed for a while. A couple of boats were moored alongside, one being worked on.
The lower section of Millwall Inner Dock.
Crossing Glengall Bridge, a dutch style bridge which replaces the original, brought me to Millwall Outer Dock.
Boats moored in Millwall Outer Lock then after walking along it for a while the end is reached at a patch of grass.
A path with some very steep steps leads underneath the Docklands Light Railway into Mudchute Park, an extensive area of parkland.
At the end of Mudchute Park more steps lead to Millwall Park, the home of Millwall football club until 1910, now parkland and sports facilities.
Dominating the park is Millwall Viaduct. This originally carried the Millwall Extension Railway down to Island Gardens but when Millwall FC moved it dramatically reduced demand and the branch line closed in 1926. It remained unused until the DLR was built in 1987 when the new light railway ran over the viaduct to the then end station, Island Gardens. But when the DLR was extended to Lewisham in 1999 the line had to go underground so the viaduct again went dormant. Today the arches are largely used by the sporting facilities and judging by the shouts of the children the other side they are being well used. At the other end is the current Island Gardens DLR station where the line is already underground.
So reaching the end of the peninsular I came to Island Gardens and crossed to the other side via the Greenwich Foot Tunnel. The section shown here was damaged by bombs in WW2 and has been repaired with new steel rings which reduce the diameter of the tunnel somewhat. The tunnel seemed very busy with lots of people using it.
Arriving in Greenwich by the Cutty Sark I decided to end my walk there as I had already explored Greenwich Park, the next section. But first I popped into Greenwich Market, very busy, and decided to lunch there.
A quick walk along the river and through the Royal Naval College then made my way to Greenwich Station (Cutty Sark DLR station is currently closed) where I went back to Waterloo and then home.