middlesex filter beds, capital ring
I thought I would take a moment to big up the Middlesex filter beds in NE London. Near Hackney Marshes/Clapton kind of way.
Because its made of regular shaped, stone walkways, with a big circle in the middle and iron pump switches at regular places on the edge of the circle, it looks like a video game level. Very mysterious and cool. The kind of game where you run around big stone levels, pressing switches to make stone blocks move and water flow. Which is in fact what those switches used to do when the filter beds were operational.
I highly recommend checking them out if you're in East London. There a big route you can follow called the Capital Ring - which is a walking/cycling route all the way around zone 3ish London - about 105 miles in all.
I find this sign really inspiring. Crystal Palace all the way to Richmond on one footpath.
Because its made of regular shaped, stone walkways, with a big circle in the middle and iron pump switches at regular places on the edge of the circle, it looks like a video game level. Very mysterious and cool. The kind of game where you run around big stone levels, pressing switches to make stone blocks move and water flow. Which is in fact what those switches used to do when the filter beds were operational.
I highly recommend checking them out if you're in East London. There a big route you can follow called the Capital Ring - which is a walking/cycling route all the way around zone 3ish London - about 105 miles in all.
I find this sign really inspiring. Crystal Palace all the way to Richmond on one footpath.
Labels: capital ring, east london, filter beds, london, middlesex filter beds, walking
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