London walk: St Katharine Docks, Tower Bridge and Wapping via Thames Path & Tobacco Dock - Narrated
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- Опубліковано 23 жов 2021
- Wapping is a hidden corner of London steeped in maritime history, pirates, warehouse districts and wharves, all just minutes from Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. Starting at chic St Katharine Docks, full of yachts and eateries, this narrated walk follows the Thames Path and Wapping High Street, ending at Tobacco Dock and the Ornamental Canal - a filming location for James Bond - and onto Spirit Quay before returning to St Katharine Docks. On the way, we find the infamous Wapping Steps right on the Thames next to the Town of Ramsgate pub before uncovering the history of the Turks Head pub on Wapping Gardens. All of this in less than an hour:)
Walk duration: 55 minutes
Route timestamps:
00:25 Tower Bridge and the Tower of London
02:08 Girl With A Dolphin sculpture by David Wynne
03:28 St Katharine's Way
04:09 The Timepiece Sundial
07:32 St Katharine Docks Marina
09:15 The Dickens Inn
10:18 Mews Street
11:04 Returning to St Katharine's Way
12:26 Alderman Stairs
13:44 Thames Path
15:42 Wapping High Street
16:15 Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden
16:38 Blitz Memorial
18:32 Hermitage Community Moorings
18:45 Returning to the Thames Path
18:53 Smith's Restaurant
22:49 Returning to Wapping High Street
23:03 Pier Head
24:21 Town of Ramsgate pub
24:34 Wapping Old Stairs
27:30 Scandrett Street
28:55 The Turk's Head pub
30:07 Wapping Gardens
31:30 Watts Street
32:22 Turner's Old Star pub
33:02 Wapping Green
33:27 Wapping Lane
My equipment:
DJI Osmo Pocket
34:16 Crossing Chandler Street
34:56 Crossing Reardon Street
35:51 Tobacco Dock
37:07 Discovery Walk
37:20 Tobacco Quay
39:28 Ornamental Canal
40:55 Spirit Quay
44:43 Hermitage Basin
46:12 Wapping High Street
46:41 St Katharine's Way
46:58 Thames Path
48:58 Returning to St Katharine's Way
51:23 St Katharine Docks Marina
Beautiful walk on a lovely sunny day, great job Angela 👍
Thank you so much Watched Walker, much appreciated. It was SO hot! All the best, Angela
Like to watch people walking and talking. Greetings from Mallorca🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
Thank you:)
Thank you so much for a lovely informative walk Angela and l will watch the video again.l did not know how the layout of the docks and of course the gardens are beautiful.Take care and l am looking forward to your future walks from Val
Thank you so much as always for your support Val. I must say, as with so many walks, it was all quite a surprise to me and I really enjoyed this one. I hope all is well with you. All the best, Angela
Fabulous walk Angela...even as a born and bred Londoner, I’m learning so much from your informative channel!
I have indeed seen Tower Bridge raised, both as a car passenger and on foot...It really is an amazing site and makes you appreciate both the engineering and architecture of our beautiful bridge.
I haven’t been around St Katharine docks for a good few years and it’s incredible at the changes, for the better, we now see.
I am going to do this walk and it’s so easy to take my phone and walk in your steps...so much to see!
Thank you for teaching me so much about my City!
Better get my walking boots out! :)
Thank you so much Sandra for your lovely comment:) Seeing it raised as a car passenger might be a smidge inconvenient I imagine! And someone just left a comment saying Helen Mirren has her pad around there, plus some friends of ours bumped into Grahame Norton walking their dog in the area, so who knew it could be a star-spotting opportunity too. All the best, Angela
Will keep my eyes peeled when I do this walk...always up for a photo opportunity with a famous person :)
@@sandrastephens4245 Barging everyone aside and saying 'oy, can I have a picture mate/love'? ;)
:)
That made me chuckle!
Very nice walk Angela...thank you :)
You are very welcome, glad you enjoyed it:) All the best, Angela
Hello Angela
Love the walk. Sandra and I have seen the bridge up on our visit in September of 2016. We where standing by the Dolphin statue. You can plan to see it up by going to tower bridge website it tells you it's rising times. We just got lucky that day. In front of the Dickens inn is a VR red mail box, very rare. There was a wedding reception at the Inn when we walked by. Love that Dove statue it made a beautiful picture. There was a super yellow Ferrari parked there. Love the cobbles but at our age riding a bike on them might be a bit hard on our backsides. LOL Katherine Docks is one of our favorites, we went a midevial banquet in Irvory house. Looking forward to your next walk. Take Care Chris and Sandra of Canada.
Excellent that you have seen the bridge up - I'll check the website to see if I can coincide with it one day. Wow, a Medieval banquet in Ivory House sounds amazing. And yes, I agree, I think it's a fantastic part of London and so close to 'old London' and all that it brings. All the best, Angela
Hi Angela,
On a further note,I would say when I first explored this area nearly fifty years ago now, everywhere was virtually derelict, but it did have a lot of character and atmosphere, which I think has largely disappeared with the sanitising and gentrification of the area. There really was no better alternative, but to develop the area, but I’m just glad I’ve got my memories of how it once was. I feel the same way about Covent Garden.
I’ll send a more detailed reply later. However I’m just off to do a ‘spooky’ Halloween walk around Covent Garden. Is there anything you think would be good to know from your recollections? All the best and so good to have you back, Angela
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela Atmosphere! It’s that intangible thing that you can’t see, you have to sense it. When I walk around London I literally allow myself to soak up the atmosphere, whilst most people are busily and purposefully rushing from A to B. Sometimes it’s necessary to have purpose, but I’ve never really needed it while walking around London!
You’re back! Although I see you’ve been back for a month. I suppose that makes me the one missing in action! Darn real life keeping me away. Lovely to see (hear) you again. I like the new name, Chatty Walks with Angela is perfect. I really enjoyed the walk and the information. I hope you and Dedicated Helper had a drink of water after that trek in the heat! You mentioned Tower Bridge raised. Now there’s a little project for you. Catching it on video as it is being raised!
I’m off to watch your Halloween video. I love a spooky tale!
Well, I think the fact I was MIA for several months means I win the who was away longest competition;) And it's great to have you back, I've missed your positive comments. That's a great idea, to find the times the bridge is raised and film it, thank you. And yes, we were well thirsty after that one and the lad was none too pleased.... I hope you enjoy the Halloween spooky tales video, my personal favourite is the Bob Hoskins one.... I'm saying no more;) All the best, Angela
Hi Angela how are you doing Thank you so much for this beautiful walk around the St. Katherine's docks and all the great canals and basins etc. Beautiful parts of London where I never been really enjoyed this walk😊. Been busy working and haven't had much time for YT so very sorry for being late in responding as always great filming and Narration Angela.🙂🤗
Just notice you just posted your Halloween video going to watch that now 🙂
Michelle Gray
Calgary Alberta Canada.
Good morning Michelle, and please, never apologise, we all have very busy lives and I'm just happy to know you are around, no hurry:) And I agree, it's not a place people would necessarily think to visit yet is just meters from one of the world's top tourist attractions. I hope you are well. All the best, Angela
Had never realized how close it is too Tower Bridge... Would love to live there in the Residential area.... 🙏Hope ALL is good... Would love to see Canary Wharf... With Christmas decorations.... 🙋♀️🇬🇷
Hey there Tina, great to hear from you:) You can tell I was really surprised and impressed with the area in a good way. Yes, I can't wait to do the Canary Wharf video and Christmas is definitely coming. Do you have your winter boots out yet in Rhodes?! All the best, Angela
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela... Not yet... Still sunbathing... 24 degrees here in Rhodes still🌞a bit of sprinkles of rain last night.. After MONTHS.. but still great weather.. 😘
Hey Angela,
Sorry it's taken me so long to watch your new vlog. The radiation and chemo has been making me really tired. But thank you again, for making great content something I want to watch while going in and out of sleeping lol. Stay safe!
Sorry to hear that, and of course you are getting tired, this is a tough treatment regime; I do hope you get through it as soon as possible, but of course it can't be rushed. And yes, me chatting away has been known to send people to sleep;) (I kid you not, many of my students nod off in class!) All the best, Angela
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela hey Angela,
Thank you for being so kind. I didn't mean your talking put me to sleep lol. I could walk and listen cause I love to learn so I don't want to miss anything. Yes, the treatments I'm doing now is tiring but at least I'm not doing thw chemo I did a few months ago, I wasn't able to move around much. Anyway, I'll get through this ans come out cancer free in the end. Have a great day!
Frank
Nice video
Thank you:)
Hi Angela,
This was a very good video, and worth all the effort, and no doubt sweat entailed to produce it 😓 If your future planned videos are as good as this one, they will be a treat.
Helen Mirren has a home on Wapping High street near The Prospect of Whitby pub.
Good morning John, really lovely to hear from you again, I had been wondering how you are getting on. I agree with your other comment about the loss of atmosphere, despite the obvious benefits of regeneration. I used to be an editor and went down to Wapping to visit the print works - it felt SO different, almost like a different place entirely, not even London, with a strong pride in the location. Filming yesterday in Covent Garden was so crowded too, all the eateries packed, but good to see the market thriving again. All the best, Angela
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela Good morning Angela, Large swathes of London have now been effectively given a giant makeover, and in the process the original character and identity of the areas have disappeared. This applies especially to the river locations from Canary Wharf to Battersea and beyond. Period properties have been gutted and refitted with all shiny mod cons, which is all very lovely, but it lacks individual character.
Covent Garden, Soho, Oxford Street, Leicester Square etc, have all become essentially areas for the predominantly young to ‘hangout’ and by that I mean aimlessly walking around eating, drinking, shopping and watching street entertainment, in fact giant recreational areas, with seemingly little other purpose. I’m not against recreational areas, it’s just the number of bars, food outlets etc has gone through the roof, and now it’s spreading all over the pavement. Haha 😂
As I’ve got older my favourite parts of London are now the Royal Parks, where I tend to find a few more people of my generation!
KEEP OUT KEEP AWAY from my wappin', - its all MINE, - its my MANOR, KEEP OUT !
Alright, you've convinced me:)
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela well, I had a quick look around last friday, 6th may, ua-cam.com/video/_h8fXyvwFJg/v-deo.html -ua-cam.com/video/_h8fXyvwFJg/v-deo.html?t=2 - regards...tom