please empty your brain below
22) From Stratford High Street via Blaker Road
I looked at this during the Games, and it looked pretty well concreted in from the other side, so I assumed it wasn't going to re-open. But they can always dig it out again.
I remember that tunnel with particular dread after rain, when you had to stick to the side to avoid paddling though sewer leakages. Felt sorry for dogs that were led though it all, although they'd been contributing to what must have been the most dog-messy footpath I've ever seen, but which became the prettiest wildflower walks in the park, up to the turquoise bridge.

martxw | 08.04.14 - 3:41 a.m. | #

14) You can now enter the Park from the Lea Towpath here either via steps or a slope for bikes.

kissenme | 08.04.14 - 8:28 a.m. | #

16) Monier Bridge is weird. They built the bridge but failed to connect it at either end. Which is a shame as it would directly link the tow path and Park with the Counter Cafe and Muff Customs cafe.

Julian Bond | Homepage | 08.04.14 - 8:34 a.m. | #

Good update - from the blaker rd end you can see right into the tunnel (there's a metal wire barrier with Thames water works sign on it) but the other side looks pretty closed off. I hope they do re open it as it was a nice way into the park/area pre games and is the most direct way into the South of the Park. Plus it's Victorian heritage (albeit not listed) - this tunnel has been here since the sewer was constructed (you can see it on the 1800s google map).

Also - If they were able to link it to the three mills bit better - this would be a wonderful walk down to the Cody Dock direction or the lime house cut direction. My understanding was that the fatwalk was meant to continue up towards city mill river but plans changed..

PML | 08.04.14 - 9:03 a.m. | #

(11) was open on Sunday, although with a 6-foot gap of (flat) earth between two parts of the path, so may have been an unofficial opening.

Ollie | Homepage | 08.04.14 - 9:45 a.m. | #

So it's all a bit of a mess then really isn't it? They never report that on the BeeB do they?

Agent Z | 08.04.14 - 9:45 a.m. | #

They'll need more drones to cover that many entrances...

Greg | 08.04.14 - 10:55 a.m. | #

This is a really useful post - until now I had no idea of the locations of the entrances and exits apart from the main Westfield one. Thanks DG!

James Armitage | Homepage | 08.04.14 - 10:59 a.m. | #

Knit the park into the community? I'll go get my needles and some yarn then.

Bronchitikat | 08.04.14 - 11:09 a.m. | #

Once the so-called "affordable housing" arrives then it will be knit into the community. Why, I wonder, is the park called QEOP not QEIIOP?

Grumpy Anon | 08.04.14 - 12:06 p.m. | #

What is the idea of QEOP volunteers aka Park Champions? Surely people who work hard should be paid? These are positions that could be jobs for locals who may not be currently employed, finding it difficult to find work and would perhaps like to learn a skill or trade.

Grumpy Anon | 08.04.14 - 12:31 p.m. | #

I've not been to the park yet, DG, but you're so enthusiastic and your reports so encouraging that I'd like to try. The trouble is I can't use public transport (mobility difficulties). OK so they're trying to encourage people not to drive there, I can understand that, but I need to park up somewhere and get my mobility scooter out of my car boot. The website is a bit coy about disabled parking and I hate having to mess around booking a disabled parking bay. So can you give me any pointers where would be best to park - doesn't have to be in the QEOP itself, just nearby with level access. Thanks !!

Caroline | 08.04.14 - 1:19 p.m. | #

The Warton Road entrance is a joke - I live on Warton Road and for them not to provide stairs to make it easier for people to enter rather than a scramble up a muddy bank is very poor planning - especially when up to last week there was a staircase at this location for the park workers!

I imagine it'll be like the north park where they will have to provide stairs due to pedestrians 'desire paths'

Jack Dougherty | 08.04.14 - 2:24 p.m. | #

Caroline - there is now blue badge parking across the Park that doesn't require booking, see http://queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/the-park/plan-your-visit/accessibility-and-inclusion for more details.

There's also a Mobility Service with mobility scooters for hire from the Information Point - see http://queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/the-park/plan-your-visit/park-mobility-service.

LukeLLDC | Homepage | 08.04.14 - 4:48 p.m. | #

I read somewhere (a planning application, possibly?) that North Park was getting a perimiter fence, and would be open dawn-to-dusk - it cited Victoria Park and the Royal Parks as similar examples.

martin | 08.04.14 - 5:15 p.m. | #

Also, from Pudding Mill Lane, is it perhaps quicker to go under the Greenway, rather than over it? It's a bit of a dogleg either way, admittedly.

I was tickled to find a bit of graffiti there which has been there since before Carpenter's Road closed in 2007: https://www.flickr.com/photos/teflon/13644283443/

martin | 08.04.14 - 5:17 p.m. | #

thanks Luke ... I hadn't found that map so thanks for the link

now all I've got to do is figure out how to get to Carpenters Road, which won't be too difficult I hope!!

Caroline | 08.04.14 - 5:38 p.m. | #

Regarding Warton Road, the lack of a proper link to the park will be remedied in due course:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/pqx364s

They'll install a sloped dogleg path, some stairs and a pedestrian crossing.

Edvid | 08.04.14 - 7:30 p.m. | #

11) I'm not sure I fully understand your map, but I followed the cycle path on west side of the Lea north out of the park yesterday (comes out at busy junction on A106, with option to cross at lights and proceed into Hackney Marshes), so that is de facto open.
There is another route (cycle path on east of the Lea, looks like this includes an option to overpass the A106 and continue straight, then cross the river into hackney marshes. I plan to try this tomorrow, but it looked like there were cyclists doing this.

Really excited. I cyclo-commute through hackney marshes into docklands, so this gives me a lot more (and more interesting) options. plan to explore in much more detail over the coming days/weeks.

ed | 09.04.14 - 11:18 a.m. | #

Entrance 17 is now open, quick access from the towpath to the Great British Garden.

Ollie | Homepage | 28.04.14 - 12:13 p.m. | #

I had a look at 11 yesterday. The path from the A106 southwards into the park is open. A spur of the path goes N towards the bridge under the A106, but although you can squeeze between concrete and then climb over a fence on the other side, its never going to be official. The N side of the A106 is all fenced off so there's no way to get from the cycle path on the E of the old river in Hackney marshes to the Park. If you do get in there, the footbridge is also closed off at each end.

Just another example of apparently completed infrastructure that just hasn't been released into public access yet.

Meanwhile the City Mill River seems to have been dammed under the railway tracks. Getting to Blaker Rd is going to take a lot of work yet. You can walk down a bank on the East side of the Loop road to have a look or just slip past a barrier from the tow path.

The Loop rd west of the main stadium is still closed and access only.

And one last note. All the many traffic lights seem to have very slow phasing. Especially given the very light traffic.

Julian Bond | Homepage | 29.04.14 - 9:16 a.m. | #











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