I‘ve written before about there being ‘no roads in The City’, and recently I’ve found that one examiner could ask Knowledge students: “Take me from Victoria Station to Chelsea Football Club, without going through any traffic lights”.

Well, cobbling together these two concepts, and including a project from Victor Keegan, a serious walker who has plotted a walk from Trafalgar Square to Greenwich, without crossing over a single road, I’ve come up with this project.

Is it possible to go from Charing Cross (the epicentre for The Knowledge) and get to Greenwich (home of the Meridian Line which started modern navigation), without crossing a single road?

Starting on Charing Cross, the road, not the station, which is at the western end of Northumberland Avenue turn right into Strand and head down for 100 yards. Turn right and go through Charing Cross Station (passing another Charing Cross in the station’s forecourt) and across Hungerford Bridge until you are on the South Bank. Turn left and continue the riverside walk until reaching Tower Bridge. Cross the bridge and hug the river around St Katharine Docks carry walking on further until you come to Island Gardens at the tip of the Isle of Dogs. This last stretch was the most tricky. Officially you’re on the Thames Path when you cross Wynan Road. The Thames Path leads you on to the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, then using the King William Walk, footpaths take you to the Meridian Line and your destination.

Featured image: Northumberland Avenue Looking west towards Trafalgar Square by Chris Downer (CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED)