Rotherhithe Short Walk
Parks and waterways on the Rotherhithe peninsula
History
This is a list of previous times this walk has been done by the club (since Jan 2010). For more recent events (since April 2015), full details are shown.
Date | Option | Post | # | Weather |
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Fri, 29-Nov-24 | a | Evening Walk - Xmas has come early...The brand-new Canada Water Boardwalk, 2 Scandinavian Xmas Markets and a riverside pub crawl to the Winter by the River festivities: Canada Water to London Bridge (or Rotherhithe or Bermondsey) | 9 | dry and clear |
Thu, 22-Feb-24 | Evening Walk: Rotherhithe Walk (in reverse) omitting Southwark Park | 3 | dry after a wet day | |
Thu, 21-Sep-23 | Evening Walk - Rotherhithe (Southwark Park, Russia Docks Woodland, Stave Hill viewpoint and much else) | 5 | blue skies with distant rolling thunder | |
Fri, 25-Nov-22 | Friday Special: Rotherhithe, Finnish Christmas Fair and Beermondsey | 15 | initially bright sunshine followed by clear night skies | |
Thu, 30-Jun-22 | Evening Walk - Rotherhithe (away from the river) [New Walk] | 16 | warm and windy with occasional spittle |
Friday 29-Nov-24
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Fri, 29-Nov-24
7 walkers met at the library exit as posted, although as the walk poster I have to admit that it isn't actually signed as such when emerging from the station (mea culpa). Those 7 included 1 early-days-of-the-SWC walker that hadn't been on a group walk for a very long time.
After the usual 5 minutes grace period we got started across the rather magnificent 'boardwalk' over Canada Water (well done, British Land and Southwark Council), where we were caught up by an 8th walker.
At the Norwegian Xmas market we met number 9 who had gotten delayed en route by troubles on the 'Windrush Line' (formerly known as the Overground).
Here and at the subsequent Finnish Xmas Fair, we purchased this and that and consumed this and that, before moving on through Rotherhithe Village. 1 had to leave though for a pre-booked evening entertainment.
We did stop at The Angel for a drink on the terrace overhanging The Thames. 2 then left to go home (the SWC Rotherhithe couple).
The remaining 6 strode on through Bermondsey and Shad Thames to 'More London' as we are supposed to call it these days, where dozens of huts selling street food or Xmas knick-knacks were lined up, accompanied by a glasshouse or two, one a drink and music establishment, the other a curling pitch (!).
2 then departed home, while the remaining 4 headed for The Market Porter in Borough Market, partly in memoriam of a recently departed SWC walker.
dry and clear
Thursday 22-Feb-24
Distance: Approximately 3 miles or 5 km for those more metrically minded
Difficulty: 1 out of 10
Meet: Exit of Bermondsey Tube Station (Jubilee Line) at 18:30.
End: Surrey Quays (London Overground) or a short walk back to Canada Water (Jubilee Line)
We are doing this fascinating walk through Rotherhithe in reverse because Southwark Park closes at dusk at this time of year.....The route will initially follow the Thames before turning inland exploring various interesting features of Rotherhithe, including historic docklands and Stave Hill, one of the finest low high points in SE London!
More information about the walk route can be found here.
Enjoy the walk!
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Thu, 22-Feb-24
The constant rain of the day only stopped about 15 minutes before the start of the walk, maybe that is why only 3 turned up for it? We proceeded at a fair pace as 1 of us had a ticket for a concert and wasn't going to linger for drinks or other stops en route. The moon was kind of out, fighting to be seen through the last of the cloud remnants drifting across, views were good and crystal clear, with all dust having been thoroughly washed out of the air.
To Stave Hill then, and as much as one can be critical of the boom in high rises going up everywhere in London, on a clear evening with all the lights on, it is a magnificent sight from any highpoint such as Stave Hill.
At Greenland Dock, 2 then stopped at The Moby Dick (Fuller's) for a meal before walking on to Surrey Docks (aka Quays) while the concert goer marched on immediately. dry after a wet day
Thursday 21-Sep-23
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Thu, 21-Sep-23
Plenty of rain had been falling in SE1 and SE 16 all afternoon, but on approach to the meeting time, it seemed to have subsided. I arrived early at the meet to then witness an almighty thunderstorm moving across from North of the river, dropping enormous amounts of rain right on cue at 18.30, the meeting time. Unable to move out of the station for fear of being washed away, the two of us waited. 2 others arrived and we decided to 'walk' the route in reverse once the heaviest rain had stopped and stop at the first pub, a full 3 minutes away and call it a day.
Then the rain stopped, and stopped completely. And we started to walk, in the prescribed direction. And the sky turned blue. And no more rain fell.
We got to Stave Hill at 19.30, ie in the last twitchings of dusk, and all the high buildings of London looked magnificent. On then along the route, but when we hit the Thames, we shunned the left turn to The Mayflower, as it's always full, and turned right to check out The Salt Quay. A large GK pub, it was busy and getting busier. Only a table outside was available and there was no heater, and the food took some time to arrive (but was pretty good when it did arrive).
A 5th walker in the meantime had done a mini-pub crawl and was awaiting us at The Mayflower, but was buzzed to decamp to The Salt Quay.
4 then walked to Rotherhithe Station, 1 took the bus from around the corner.
5 blue skies with distant rolling thunder
Friday 25-Nov-22
Distance: Approximately 4.5 miles or 7.3 km for those more metrically minded
Difficulty: 1 out of 10
Meet: Exit of Bermondsey Tube Station (Jubilee Line) at 3:00pm sharp!
End: Bermondsey Tube or London Bridge
This is a special combination outing to take advantage of the seasonal Finnish Church Christmas Fair in Rotherhithe. We will set off on the Rotherhithe walk in reverse which will soon bring us within a stone's throw of the Finnish Church where we will make a diversion and explore the Christmas fair. We will then continue following the walk route in reverse eventually coming to Southwark Park -- hopefully before 5pm when it closes!
In the southwest corner of the park, for those who wish, we will make another diversion to Fourpure located near the South Bermondsey Rail station. This coincidently is the start/end of the Bermondsey Beer Mile and we will spend the evening exploring craft ales....
For anyone unable to join us in the afternoon on the walk, please meet us at Fourpure. We will aim to stay there until about 18:15 before moving on to another venue on the beer mile route.
More information about the walk route can be found here.
Enjoy the walk and the beer...am already getting thirsty just thinking about it!
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Sun, 27-Nov-22
As it happens, 9 people promptly met at Bermondsey tube on Friday afternoon (I guess Friday is the new Saturday for some anyway) for this seasonal special. We were fortunate to have the walk author with us, so doing the route in reverse was not a problem. Shortly after passing the Mayflower pub, we made a short diversion to the Finnish Church where we had a 15 minute stop to explore the goods available. I think most bought something...mulled wine, licorice, open face salmon sandwich, biscuits.....After pulling ourselves away, we continued the route enjoying a nice sunset view from Stave Hill. We managed to make it to Southwark Park before it closed and had a nice stroll in it in the dark..One peeled off at Surrey Quays and 3 took the main route through the park to the Angel pub on the Thames -- leaving 5 to make the diversion to Fourpure, the first stop on the Bermondsey Beer Mile, to quench their thirst. Arriving about 17:15, we spent some time sampling their craft ales while waiting for others to meet us...we were eventually joined by another 6 people, making for a total of 15 for some portion of this outing. Eventually, we managed to pull people away from our comfortable spot and headed to Partizan the next craft brewery for a brief visit before heading on to the Outback where we ended up settling in for the night with 2 generously going out to get us pizza while we rest of us sampled some interesting craft ales while watching a football game from a cozy couch...A fun afternoon and evening in initially bright sunshine followed by clear night skies .
Thursday 30-Jun-22
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Thu, 30-Jun-22
14 met up on time, with 1 latecomer catching up quickly and 1 other joining at Surrey Quays Overground, so we were 16 on a warm and windy with occasional spittle evening. A handful of locals amongst the group kind of knew most/all of the route, but for the others it was all terra incognita. Info panels were studied, vistas enjoyed. All in, it took us 2 hours to get around.
4 peeled off at Canada Water for a meal or the tube back home, 1 other turned back home once we got through Rotherhithe Village, and the rest walked past The Mayflower to have a meal at The Angel, only to realise that they had stopped taking food orders.
On then to Bermondsey tube, where most headed to The Gregorian for a drink, and 4 others to Maltby Street for a meal at Bar Tozino.