North Greenwich, via Blackwall Point Draw Dock

By
Zoë
Published
5 May 2026 21:35
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report greenwich se london

Another trip down the nicely accessible draw dock to the North Greenwich foreshore, a spot I'm becoming rather fond of. This is a familiar area to me since the Millennium Dome days and one of my favourite spots for poking about in old maps.

Although the access is easy the actual foreshore can be muddy and tricky in places, and there's sometimes sharp metal and always canisters of nitrous oxide. Apparently balloons of laughing gas are openly sold to queueing gig-goers at the O2, so it appears the dealers are using this as their disposal area.

Nothing exciting found, but I did have a lovely walk and gather some glass and ceramic. And a pipe stem, of course. No photos, as I was filming and seem to have forgotten!