The Greenway was created as a footpath and cycle route along the top of the Northern Outfall Sewer. This was built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette in 1858 in a massive engineering feat taking sewage from all over north London for disposal at the Thames in Beckton. There is free public access.Most of the site lies in adjacent Newham borough and is described as The Greenway and Old Ford Nature Reserve. The London Wildlife Trust’s Greenway Project runs volunteer workdays every Tuesday, 10am-3pm, meeting at West Ham tube station (see link for details).
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
The Greenway in Tower Hamlets
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Grade: Borough Grade I
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 0.76 ha
Description
Wildlife
A rich and varied vegetation adorns the Greenway embankment on either side of the footpath. The mixture of sycamore trees, scrub, tall wildflowers and grassland is a haven for small mammals and insects, including the Roesel's bush-cricket.Colourful flowers include viper's bugloss, yarrow, bird's-foot-trefoil and white melilot. The rare naturalised plant warty cabbage is also here.Facilities
The Capital Ring follows The Greenway.
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