Three Hidden Gems

Distance	2.5 miles
Terrain	Surfaced paths including roadside pavements, steps and a road to cross.
Starting Point	Canning Town Tube Station
Quick guide
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 Route

• From Canning Town Tube Station, turn left along Victoria Dock Road, and proceed up onto the  A13 slip road.
• Follow the road and turn left down a set of steps and right onto the Bow Creek Ecology Park Road.
• Follow the road, passing a blue bridge on the right and enter Bow Creek Ecology Park through the multi-coloured gates.
• Continue through the Park along the surfaced pathway to the gate on the River Lea. 
• Retrace the route back to the blue bridge and cross over the River Lea.
• Follow the pavement, bearing to the left.
• Turn left onto the riverside pathway, keeping the river on the left.
•  At the round-about, cross over the road and turn left along the pavement following the Lower Lee Crossing slip road.
• Turn right onto Orchard Place, passing the entrance to East India Dock Basin on the right and proceed along the road to Trinity Buoy Wharf.
• Retrace the route back to the entrance of East India Dock Basin and turn left through the brown gates.   
• Follow the pathway to the jetty on the River Thames.
• Cross over the dock gates and follow the path around the woodland, turning right back towards the Basin.
• Continue along the pathway to the left of the Basin to the gate on the north-west corner of the site.
• Cross over the road at the mini round-about and continue along Blackwall Way to East India DLR station on the right. 

Toilets

• Canning Town Station
• Trinity Buoy Wharf

Refreshments

• Canning Town Station
• Trinity Buoy Wharf