New Images Of London River Park

By · September 12, 2011 at 9:43 am · 8 Comments · Latest News · Report an error ·

Via BBC London: A series of new images showing the revised design for the London River Park, a floating walkway between the Tower of London and and Blackfriars, will look.

Gone are the bubble shapes seen in earlier proposals, replaced by larger, but sleeker and lower, pavilions. The park is around a kilometre in length and split into two sections, one running 420m between the Millennium Bridge and Southwark Bridge, the other stretching from Waterman’s Walk (just east of Cannon Street station) and reaching 540m in length, ending near Tower Bridge. It includes docking stations for boats, eight pavilions, viewing platforms to illustrate lesser-known parts of the capital’s Thameside history such as Queenhithe, and a swimming pool (for those inspired by David Walliams this week).

Planning for the riverine attraction were submitted to the City of London last month, and should it be granted approval, it will be completed in time for the Olympics and have a projected lifespan of five years although, much like that other ‘temporary’ structure, the London Eye, its popularity will decide whether it stays longer.

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  • http://twitter.com/zefrog Nicolas Chinardet

    surely they’ve missed a trick with the swimming pool. they would have made it some sort of infinity pool, with glass walls or something to give the impression you are swimming in the river.

  • http://twitter.com/jonnelledge Jonn Elledge

    “Oh look, there goes David Walliams.”

  • http://www.tubehack.co.uk TubeHack

    Wow, looks amazing, will definitely be visiting upon completion.

  • Anonymous

    As Ian Visits points out, the images only show the walkway at low tide, when its profile is less intrusive on riverside buildings. http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2011/09/12/architects-drawings-overlook-the-tidal-aspect-of-the-thames/

  • http://jobs.londonlovesbusiness.com/ Sophie Hobson

    The Olympics is having such a positive impact on London. It
    will be great to see everything on the opening day of the games. Hopefully most
    of the new structures will remain for years after to commemorate the legacy of
    the games.
    Sophie Hobson, Deputy Editor,
    LondonLovesBusiness 

  • Sue

    The impact of the metal walkway (misleadingly described as a ‘park’) will irrevocably destroy the historic Thames riverside.  It is already possible to walk along the riverside so this intrusive structure brings no additional benefits to public mobility. There will be no cafes or trees on the walkway (although trees were misleadingly included in the original designs). The original design was for a single run up to Tower Bridge but  this has been changed to two shortened sections, resulting in more ugly entry and exit gangways.

    It is being presented as a facility for ordinary people but the reality is that the pontoon will be privately owned and run.  The only way London River Park (aka Venus Group) can recoup investment costs will be to rent out pavilions for commercial hire.  It is unlikely that these costs will be covered within five years, or indeed ever.  So Boris Johnson’s 30% cut for charity is but a hope.  The Memorandum of Agreement signed by Boris Johnson allows a huge range of commercial uses.
    The area around the Millennium Bridge and St Pauls will be cluttered with huge entry/exit gangways and two giant pavilions (light and noise pollution).  It will no longer be possible to take those iconic photos of the bridge and St Pauls.  At high tide the view to St Pauls from the south riverside will be dominated by two pavilions, brightly lit at night, with no restrictions on noise.I agree with previous comments about the misleading nature of the photographs published here.  At high water the whole walkway will visually dominate the riverside.  Take a look at the detailed plans to see the real visual impact.  All the photos sent to newspapers cunningly minimize the visual impact.

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    Ha ha love the David Walliams comment

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    I like the floating walk way

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