Walking the River Roding from Barking to Creekmouth (4K)
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2021
- A walk from Barking to Creekmouth along west bank of the River Roding
Picking up the west side of the River Roding following my previous walk with Paul Powlesland of the River Roding Trust (and Friends of the River Roding). This river walk starts at Barking Town Centre and continues through Town Quay and Fresh Wharf to Hand Trough Creek. From here the route takes us through Wall End and beneath Alfred's Way on the A13 to the Creekmouth Nature Reserve and Jenkins Lane Sewage Treatment works - the end of the Northern Outfall Sewer. The walk ends next to the confluence of the River Roding and River Thames.
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Superb walk and massive congratulations to Paul and Jenny on completing the River Roding walk.
Nice one John. You’re videos are synonymous with cosy Sunday evenings to me now! Keep up the good work.
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What an incredible and quite beautiful landscape. Who'd have thought an effluent outfall would seem so sacred, crowned by a barrier like a giant's guillotine. Top walking John.
The red and white string on the tree is a symbol of Martisor (without the accents!) - Romanian celebration of spring on 1 March
Good video!
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When I was living in Plaistow five years ago, I would bike along the greenway to get to Beckton. I always wondered what the large structure was in the distance!
And top of the bill this Sunday evening is Mr John Rogers and his famous walks!!
"Hang about a minute, he was top of the bill last week?"
Quite so Mr Kibby, he's been top of the bill for years, and long may it be so!
Great job as always John. AAA+++
Thanks so much Michael
Great walk. How about doing the Isle of Dogs. I lived there in the 80's before the Canary Wharf development. It has changed a lot since then. Foot tunnel to Greenwich is interesting.
I would second that - so many contrasts there and a 4k walk is easily doable in a walk around it.
ace mate ... and current. Thank you.
Beautiful weather and looks bracing . Thank you more honours to the River Spirits xxx see you next walk wherever it will be xxx
Thank you John. My dad worked on the construction of the Barking flood barrier in the early 80’s. He recalls the freezing winds up at the top and throwing disused blocks from the top into the river to make an almighty splash! Health & safety not as prevalent back then! Cycled from Horncurch to the barrier last year.
The river Rom would be a good walk John and along the Havering part of the Thames by the concrete WW2 barges. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
Thank you for another great video! I used to walk the east bank between barking and near showcase cinemas
How nice that you ran in to Paul and Jenny after all.
It was a real treat- I thought they’d already finished so it was a great surprise
I used to race for Barking and Dagenham canoe club and the headquarters were on the Roding. I use to know this stretch of river very well but with all the new developments, this just looks unrecognisable now.
I can even remember playing over on Jenkins Lane on our bikes. Can't believe how much it's all changed.
My home town of Thamesmead right at the end of your video, must have a look around your side of the river very soon... Amazing feat by your friends.. ATB Chris.
The sewage treatment works is a highlight. The industrial desolation and abandonment of all hope is somewhat gratifying in its authenticity. Great walk, thanks John, Paul and Jenny.
In regards to Paul's walk along the Roding and the section at Loughton behind the Roding Valley Lake. Many many happy childhood memories. Seen the Roding in all its glories and failures from sewage and bad floods to glorious summer walks and picnics with family.
Hi John me and husband went to that barking place to see a film so many years ago thanks John for showing that 💯👍👍👍😊
Never seen Barking look so beautiful 😂
East? West? My wife Sheryl is delighted to find that you, of all people, has got the same satnav as hers 👍
When I moved to East Ham in 1975 I walked all around Barking and Creekmouth as I missed walking in Epping Forest as I had lived off Bushwood and at Barking Mill there was derelict Barge and Barge blocks in the river bed the mill and Derricks presume all swept away by development.. like huge Gas Dock and Gas Works in little Ilford area with a dock and gas lit wharves.
Loving Paul's very individual leggings. Looking forward to seeing what the next pair will be.
Interesting to get your perspective on routes along the river in Barking (my home town) that I have walked countless times and which are very familiar to me.
I was just thinking that this walk meanders through the essence of Edgeland - and you said it!
This river has enormous charm John I'm particularly taken by all the Reed beds which are prominent on both walks must be a great haven for wildlife I assume they are because of little river traffic I can see why Paul has fallen for this river and I like the idea of him being nominated the genius loci...perhaps he qualifies for a blue plaque on his boat.....and votive offerings from enthusiastic ramblers .
I love the corrective dialogue with yourself in the editing..bloody funny that.
Ha, you should hear me tutting as I edit
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Effluent Outfall was a great 70s prog album.
ha, that was so cool meeting with paul and jenny at the end! wait - they're not stalking you, are they? haha! looking forward to the next adventure, john! 😊
Very good video, John!
I lived in Barking for many years and never experienced any scenic river walks. Thanks for sharing this video.
Great vid as always John. I know how Paul and Jenny felt after their accomplishment as I have walked the river Boyne from source to sea (69 miles) on four occasions. It's a wonderful feeling at the end, and like them I made sure to go to the most extreme spot.
Hi, the custody Centre was opened in 2012, barking police station closed. Although it is large 30 cells, its only a small part of the building . It houses a patrol base for officers, numerous different policing teams. It was a warehouse before and part of the fresh wharf industrial estate.
Somewhat orwellian that we warehouse people in a warehouse.
As always John great entertainment and the added bonus of Paul & Jenny turning up.
Cheers Kev .
thanks Kev
Again, thank you for these wonderful videos. Beauty is everywhere!
Great walk John. Always amazed how the hustle and bustle of London disappears at the Edgelands which in many ways are more interesting than the roads and buildings.
The large still water /settlement tanks at the end of the sweage works is the desalination plant, which sucks water out the Thames (in droughts) and sits there before if is treated.
So enjoyable so much being built.but plenty open spaces left ..thank you that was a good walk
A great East London walk around Barking and Dagenham. 👍
John, thankyou for another great video. You could walk the Mayes Brook. You may know more than me but I think it rises in the Spring Close area off Freshwater Road, then down Burnside and Mayfield Road into Goodmayes Park. Then you could follow it to its confluence with the Roding.
Thanks John, Keep safe . 👍 home sick Dave in Yorkshire
Cheers Dave
Great walk. Love that you bumped in to Paul & Jenny
Neil Young recorded 'A Man Needs a Maid' and 'There's a World' from Harvest at The Broadway Theatre (erroneously named as 'Barking Town Hall' on the sleeve) in Barking in 1971. In the '90s, some local councillor and NY fan had a plaque put up to commemorate his visit. I had a good look, but I couldn't find it.
Beautiful. Thanks. I too refuse to acknowledge the horror of a Travelodge/detention centre/ring-road confluence
brilliant five minutes where i live from tescos just love these local ones to me keep up these fantastic walks you do for all john steve
Another great video about a part of the world I know very well. Thanks for your sympathetic, passionate presentation. Much appreciated. 👍
These walks are all so very different John but yet they have one thing in common: it never seems like we're in the huge metropolis of London. While I didn't 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 agree with your "beautiful" description, it was still a million miles from what I picture when someone mentions "Barking".👍👌😁
The Roding flood barrier appears as an aquatic guillotine, sluicing off the head of the river.
Top marks again. I find it so interesting when you walk the areas that I think I know well, and you turn up some surprises. Go to get my boots on and investigate.
Enjoyable as always. Many thanks
Thanks you always brighten up my sundays 👍🏼👏🏼
I'll have to add this to my walking list! Thank you so much for this video and gorgeous shots!
Another evocative Sunday evening walk - superb as ever - thanks John keep them coming 👍
Thanks Luke - just filmed the next one
most enjoyable. thank you John
Magic, John. Great work!
It's quite a challenging walk best done over a couple of days however I would highly recommend walking the darent valley trail along the River Darent from its mouth on the Thames near Dartford to Sevenoaks. Lots of incredible natural scenery as well as many historical sites. Thanks for another enjoyable video John!
What a great walk John. If Paul and Jenny can walk the source of the Roding at Molehill Green then so can you! 🙂 I am still patiently waiting for that video!
Love it. Thanks John. Love the Edgelands.
Lovely walk along the Roding, what an amazing place is the confluence with Thames, that barrier looks like some surreal alien gateway, well done Paul & Jenny on that epic oddessey, bless you all ♥
Yet again, another great watch. Thank you John. My Sunday is complete! ;)
Wonderful to hear Rob
Another great walk John - I did not think I would be so excited to see the Northern Outfall Sewer!....
John I done my work experience in barking tescos when I was 15 years old 💯👍👍👍👍⭐⭐⭐
Another wonderful video. Thanks 😊
Once again great walk. My Sunday night treat😉Thank you John
This is one of my favourite walks around the area, glad you enjoyed it John. The sewage works is actually strangely magnificent
My dad, Bob SAVILL, grew up in a prefab next to the site of Barking Town Hall. A bricklayer, he did his apprenticeship building the town hall and the now barely visible, black bricks, that mark the minutes on the clock faces, was his work. These videos are a precious link to social history. Thank you John.
Such a problem with vids, first to view, or leave it and get some really interesting comments from others
Thanks for sharing that Colin - great bit of history to record
Back in the late 1960s and early 70s, I worked in a building that was later demolished to make way for that Barking-Ilford road you see at 3'44" - \i worked at an engineering company, there was a real "Steptoe & Son" scrapyard next door )and we used to get the rats in our factory!), there were all manner of manufacturing companies along the Barking Road/London Road 0Now it is supermarkets and "budget" hotels - manufacturing completely gone. It was a happy time for me (Adams & Hann Ltd) but very sad to see it now.
The tree in bloom is our native cherry - Prunus avium; one of the most attractive of our woodland trees. Common names, "Wild Cherry" "Gean" or "Mazard". Grown in an open area or parkland, it forms a fairly low wide spreading domed crown but within woodland with tall growing native trees it may reach 25-30m. There is a cultivated, grafted form with double flowers Prunus avium 'Plena'.
thanks for the info - my Dad is a big fan of the Mazard Cherry
Great video, thanks
We certainly do have some beautiful rivers in London, thanks for a great video john 😀
Good vid John, always interesting
Great video John, and huge congratulations to Paul and Jenny on their hike
Interesting as ever John, Thankyou
great walk enjoyed very much good to see you link up with paul and jenny
Even though i live Oop North i love London and it’s old history. I and my late boyfriend used to book a weeks holiday every year and we loved it. There are so many happy memories.
Thanks John. Another fantastic video. I work away most of the year, but I’m a barking lad, and this quenched my home sickness. Cheers
Your lovely voice has a hypnotic effect on me and half way through I usually fall asleep. Lovely to watch , thanks for posting these interesting places.
Thanks John...crazy walk..
Another great video thank you John. Well done to Paul and Jenny for completing the River Roding walk,45 miles fare play. I reckon you could definitely cover that walk in 2 days John.
So beautiful.
A fine example of how when walking beginnings in adversity - a building site - can bring forth a happy serendipity...the confluence of your trek & Paul's...good stuff as ever, sir!
It’s a gift that few have, the ability to see the beauty in landscapes that combine nature and industry. It’s the coming together of bucolic and man made terrains that give these videos their immense appeal.
Excellent!
Hi John. Whilst you were walking one end of the Roding I was at the other end, at Berners Roding to be precise. The Roding there is about 1.5 metres across and not a building in site other than a long abandoned church. Its a shame I can't attach a photo as its certainly a river of amazing contrasts.
can't wait to get out there Richard
Just a perfect vlog... what a landscape. Thanks for taking us.
thanks Lulu
Elephant & Castle is no more. Thanks John your relaxed & honest style reminds me alot of old Queensland Bushies back in the 60's when I was a boy... look forward to your next...
Thank you, John. Another great walk 👍
Thanks Scott
Lovely end to the weekend
Very good film
And so lovely to see the blossom, spring and summer is just round the corner!
Thanks Terry
Beautiful landscape and another perfect Sunday supper video, thank you. Can confirm those tree flowers are cherry blossoms. The four-petaled white flowers spotted among the edgelands bit- right before Paul & Jenny showed up- those were dogwoods.
Nice one John, what a lovely treat I'm so fascinated with rivers really enjoyed this
Thanks Darren
I love the way you start your videos, John, with your purposeful waving index finger. Absorbing content as ever. These London locations are always intriguing and make food for thought for the brain. Love it.🇯🇪
thanks Ivan
amazing john, thanks for another great video
My pleasure- glad you enjoyed it
Very good John
Have you thought about doing a video in the Westcliff/Southend area? The Prittle Brook/Prittlewell Brook that I believe rises near Belfairs Park goes to Prittlewell Priory, close to the site of the discovery of the Prince of Prittlewell and St Mary's with a 6th Century Saxon door.
Fabulous walk today for us. Very beautiful river.
Glad you enjoyed it Ben
Always wondered what the path was like to the Barking Creek Barrier. Always have a look at the entrance when I pass on the 366 bus! Really enjoyed that.
Thanks - it’s a great walk
thank you for another wonderful video John. As you asked,I would like to see you walk towards Gravesend and Tilbury please.
That’s certainly on the list
Good choice my friend. Walk the hard route and you'll be rewarded.
Living in Barking for over 40 years, still feel like I have not ventured enough. WOW! what a great video! p.s I was rescued from the River Roding when a tree rope snapped in my child hood, Near the Moorings :D
The sewage treatment plant used to give off a very foul stench, especially during the summer. My neighbours, a couple who'd been here since the 50s, lobbied to get the treatment plant covered to contain the smell.
Good one john nice interesting walk doing the north circular would be great cheers
Brilliant vid John so informative.
I walked the Turkey Brook today loved it even found Aquaduct from 1698
That sounds fantastic Stephen