Thamesmead's Lost Landscapes | Open House London 2021

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We will be launching the 2022 programme in mid-August

Thamesmead's Lost Landscapes

Dr Phil Askew

Meet at: Outside The Nest

2 Cygnet Sqaure, SE2 9UJ

Refreshments, Toilets

Travel Information

Nearest train: Abbey Wood

Bus routes: 472, 244, B11

A walk through Thamesmead's landscapes, including some less well-known hidden spaces. Led by Peabody's Director of Landscape, Dr Phil Askew.

Events

Saturday 11th September: Walking Tour of Thamesmead's Lost Landscape

Time: 11am to 1pm

Capacity: 20

Join Phil Askew as he takes you on a walking tour through some of Thamesmead's lesser known and sometimes forgotten landscapes. Meeting in Cygnet Square, this tour takes between 90 and 120 mins.

Walking Tour of Thamesmead's Lost Landscape

Time: 2pm to 4pm

Capacity: 30

Join Phil Askew as he takes you on a walking tour through some of Thamesmead's lesser known and sometimes forgotten landscapes. Meeting in Cygnet Square, this tour takes between 90 and 120 mins.

Design

Original design: Unknown, 1960
Landscape design: Dr Phil Askew, 2017

Type: walk/tour
Period: Post-war

Thamesmead's Lost Landscapes

Thamesmead is unusual within London in having an extensive 20th century planned landscape. It is one of the strongest remnants of the towns original Greater London Council (GLC) led masterplan and their planning for a new town within London in the 1960s.

Today one of Thamesmead's most loved features is its extensive landscape of parks and waterways including 5 lakes, 7km canals and over 150ha of greenspace – together these contribute to make Thamesmead unique.

Peabody is intent on improving the quality of Thamesmead's landscape and making it fit for the future.

Phil will take you on a tour of some of those lesser known landscapes and explain how Peabody is working to improve those spaces, encourage more people to visit and increase bio-diversity.