Places to explore near Lea Bridge StationLea Bridge

London's first public park, opened in 1845 and long known as the People's Park.

3.3 km S

The river from its Cotswold trickle to the Thames Barrier — the gentlest long walk in Britain.

6.3 km S · spans 7 counties

Planting threaded through brutalist walkways on the site of London's first public park.

6.6 km SW

William the Conqueror's Thames fortress, home of the Crown Jewels.

7 km SW

Victorian bascule bridge beside the Tower of London, opened in 1894, with glass-floored high walkways and steam-age engine rooms.

7.3 km S

Wren's domed cathedral on Ludgate Hill, finished in 1710 after the Great Fire, with its Whispering Gallery and the tombs of Nelson and Wellington.

7.3 km SW

A Victorian burial ground of 1839 where Karl Marx and George Eliot lie.

7.6 km W

Nelson's Column and the National Gallery at the heart of London.

9.1 km SW

London's flood defence across the tideway at Woolwich — ten steel gates that rise from the riverbed when a surge threatens the city.

9.2 km SE

Barry and Pugin's Gothic home of Parliament, rebuilt after the 1834 fire around medieval Westminster Hall, with Big Ben in the Elizabeth Tower.

9.6 km SW

London's oldest royal park, enclosed by Henry VIII, with pelicans kept here since 1664.

9.6 km SW

Coronation church of England’s monarchs since 1066.

9.8 km SW

The Lea made navigable — from Hertford through the Lee Valley's reservoirs and marshes to Bow Locks on the edge of the Thames.

0.2 km SW · London, Hertfordshire & Essex

London's inner orbital walk, stringing together 78 miles of parks, canals and viewpoints through the middle suburbs.

0.7 km W · London

Down the Lea from its source at Leagrave to the Thames at Limehouse — flat towpath walking through Hertford and the Olympic Park.

0.7 km W · spans 4 counties

A National Trust place in London.

2.2 km SW

London's canal — from Little Venice round Regent's Park and through Camden Town to the Thames at Limehouse.

3.7 km S · London

The surviving lakes and grotto of a grand Georgian mansion demolished by a gambling owner.

4.8 km E

A Nonconformist burial ground where Blake, Bunyan and Defoe lie among plane trees.

6 km SW

An Inn of Court whose garden, The Walks, was laid out partly under Francis Bacon.

7.4 km SW