Wapping: the riverside village
Five-hundred-year-old pubs, converted warehouses, and a stretch of Thames path nobody queues for. Walked and written by the editor. https://walkwalk.org/london/walks/wapping-riverside

1. Wapping station
Come out onto Wapping High Street, which is nearly all converted Victorian warehouse. Walk east along the river side.

2. Wapping High Street
Victorian tea warehouses turned into flats, with the Thames glimpsed between buildings. The river is always just out of sight and then suddenly visible.

3. The Prospect of Whitby
A riverside pub since 1520, rebuilt after several fires. The pewter bar, the gallows replica over the terrace, the river view: all worth twenty minutes.

4. Wapping Wall
Follow east along the wall and watch the Thames. At low tide the beach appears; the mudlarkers are often out.

5. King Edward VII Memorial Park
A small riverside park with a ventilation shaft for the Rotherhithe Tunnel below. The Thames view here is east toward Limehouse Reach.

Wapping: the riverside village