Author Iain Sinclair reveals to us his Thames by walking from the Millennium Dome to the Thames barrier. The river to him is a landscape of reclamation and regeneration, a discussion of past and future as well as a source of inspiration and respite.
This section of the river has always been an area of industry and we hear stories of residents and workers. Beachcomber Rich Sylvestor scavenges for driftwood, Joyce Lowman tells us of her fascination with the river as she gazes at the boats and birds that pass her riverside home, we venture off the path into Cory's barge yard to hear about the language of the river men, writer Owen Hatherley wonders at the success of the Millennium Village, artist Peter Kent tells us about the unstable marshy ground that lies under the buildings of the peninsula and Joanne Smith gives us a tour around the Greenwich Ecology park.
You can enjoy this documentary at home by listening here or you can download it on to your phone or mp3 player and take it out as a walking tour on the Thames. Click here for the chapterised enhanced version.
And there is a map to go with the audio too.
Many thanks to:
Visit London for sponsoring the series
Composer Andrew Pekler
Actors Tom Micklem and Jonathan Brittan
Archive audio from Curious Guides
Field recordings by Pascal Wyse
