Tower Hamlets

Riverfronts, Parks, Waterways, and Historic Routes

From the Thames waterfront and Limehouse Basin to Victoria Park, Regent's Canal, and the historic streets of the East End, Tower Hamlets contains a diverse network of routes, landscapes, and places shaped by waterways, trade, and centuries of movement through the capital. Trails such as the Thames Path, Lea Valley Walk, Regent's Canal Towpath, and Jubilee Greenway reveal many of these environments, while landscapes including Victoria Park, Mile End Park, the River Lea, and the Thames corridor showcase some of the borough's most distinctive natural and urban environments.

Long-distance routes pass through riverside landscapes, canals, parks, historic neighbourhoods, and regenerated docklands, linking places that have shaped the character of Tower Hamlets for generations. Together, these routes and landscapes reveal a different side of London while providing opportunities to explore at a slower pace through self-guided travel and independent exploration.