Lost rivers of South London cycling tour
Sat 14 Oct, 2:00PM – 5:00PM
There are just two remaining open rivers in inner South London: the River Wandle in Wandsworth to the west; and the Ravensbourne in Lewisham to the east. Yet between these two, there are a cluster of long-vanished smaller streams: the Falcon Brook, the Heathwall, the Effra, the Earl’s Sluice, each with their own smaller tributaries, which disappeared from view into sewers in the 1860s as part of Joseph Bazalgette’s London Main Drainage scheme.
It is these absences that provide the focus for an unusual cycling tour led by Jon Newman: archivist, tour guide and self-appointed historian of their vanishings.
Meet: Falcon Glade Park, 119 Falcon Rd SW11 2PE
End: River Thames at Vauxhall Tower
Event Address
start: Falcon Glade Park, 119 Falcon Rd SW11 2PE, End Nine Elms