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Dist:0.3km north<br/>Usually referred to as West Ham Church although the correct name is All Saint's, West Ham.
©Kathy Taylor
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The day after this photo was taken would have been recyclables collection day. Many householders have already put their bags out.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This is the Plaistow terminus for the Hammersmith & City Line. A couple of years back when some underground trains were fitted with automatic station announcement equipment, they pronounced this station as “Playstow”. The locals vented their collective spleen at London Underground and soon the computers were taught to speak proper an’ call the place “Plarstow” like wot it should be. If you want it posh you can push off to [[TQ4070]]!
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.5km north<br/>This is a District line train.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.5km north<br/>A permissive path built on top of an embankment which contains the Northern Outfall Sewer. There is an access from Manor Road close to here. There are fences each side which are intended to control access, but there are various paths up and down the side of the embankments from the nearby residential areas which suggest that local children get in without having to go the long way round.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.5km north<br/>Looking towards Stratford, from the bridge that carries The Greenway and the Northern Outfall Sewer. The yellow pendulums are to stop overheight vehicles getting close enough to the bridge to hit it.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.5km east<br/>The station is on High Street. The road eventually ends up in Stratford.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.6km north<br/>West Ham is a complicated station. On the high level, shown here, are the District Line tracks, with a Wimbledon train ready to depart, and the ex-London, Tilbury and Southend platforms, from which this photograph was taken. Down below, but still above ground here, are the Jubilee Line tracks, and also the currently-disused trackbed of the North London Line, soon to be re-used for another Docklands Light Railway line which will serve Stratford and also Stratford International, on the Channel Tunnel route.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.6km north<br/>The photo was taken underneath this bridge [[445402]] . Much of London's sewage that originated north of the Thames is passing through the pipes overhead, at a rate of thousands of litres a minute. It is flowing towards Beckton Sewage Works. Fortunately there are no leaks from the pipes above me! Here are links that have more information on the Northern Outfall Sewer and the sewerage system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Outfall_Sewer http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.153/chapterId/3178/Bazalgette-and-Londons-sewage.html
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.6km north<br/>Manor Road goes from the Canning Town Flyover to Stratford. Here it is crossing the Northern Outfall Sewer which is on the bridge. The Greenway, a permissive path, runs along the top of the sewer (the sewer is enclosed, so you are not at risk of falling in). Pedestrians and others going underneath the bridge will be reassured to know that there are no leaks from the pipes above. Here is a view of the underside of the bridge [[448165]] . Here are links that have more information on the Northern Outfall Sewer and the sewerage system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Outfall_Sewer http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.153/chapterId/3178/Bazalgette-and-Londons-sewage.html
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.6km north<br/>West Ham Park, 77 acres, has been owned and managed by the Corporation of the City of London, whose the arms are proudly borne on the litter bins, since 1874. The park is listed as a Grade II site on the English Heritage Register of parks and gardens of specific historic interest.
©John Davies
Dist:0.6km west<br/>One of the two Lilleshall beam pumping engines in this sewage pumping station. One wonders whether the proximity of the Olympics will result in enhanced preservation and public display.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km west<br/>The depot for Jubilee Line trains.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.6km south<br/>Taken from the west end of the ex-L.T.S. platform, the Down L.T.S. line lies straight ahead. To its right are the London Transport District Line tracks with their fourth-rail electrification.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.6km south<br/>
©Stacey Harris

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