A Soundmap Of London’s Waterways
Rivers and canals shown like a Tube map, with embedded sound files.
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Book Review: London’s Lost Rivers, A Walker’s Guide
An oft-trodden topic gets a fresh new treatment.
Treasures Of London’s Waterways
A new map of London’s waterways to unearth gems and help save our rivers and canals.
Book Review: London’s Lost Rivers By Paul Talling
A much-covered subject gets a fresh treatment.
Book Review: Rivers Of London By Ben Aaronovitch
A new novel weaves London folklore and Metropolitan Police procedure in a bewildering tale of magical mayhem.
Welcome Little Fishes In
The Environment Agency are releasing 750 fish into south-east London rivers today and tomorrow (we do hope they’ve got scarves and little flipper mittens on). Chub and dace are going into the Pool and Ravensbourne, and crucian carp and tench are finding a new home …
Help Clean Up London’s ‘Secret’ Rivers
River Pool, by DICKSDAILY London’s smaller rivers are an endlessly fascinating yet little-appreciated feature of the London topography. Boris wants to bring them back. Londonist wants to track them. Thames21 wants to clean them up…and they need your help. From 30 May to 7 June, …
Lost Rivers from Above: The Peck
Helping you find the sights, sounds, and occasional smells of our buried waterways. The Peck is just one of many small streams draining the swampy flood plain that is South London, but it’s an important and a fascinating one. Together with its northern branch, known …
Lost Rivers from Above: The Tyburn Part III
Helping you find the sights, sounds, and occasional smells of our buried waterways. Part I brought us from the slopes of Hampstead to the ponds of Regents Park, and Part II led us across Oxford Street, but the Tyburn still has a lot of ground …
Lost Rivers from Above: The Tyburn Part II
Helping you find the sights, sounds, and occasional smells of our buried waterways. The above plan is of a location not far south of the Regents Park ponds, where we left off in Part I. This is in fact Baker Street station, as it looked …
Lost Rivers from Above: The Tyburn Part I
The majority of London’s Thames tributaries now lie beneath the urban crust, and there’s more than just the Fleet down there. Think more along the lines of fifteen-odd waterways, each shaping the city in its own way. Though most are well concealed, if you want …
