London Fields and ‘Albert Square’

This is an interesting Hackney walk of under an hour through London Fields and ‘Albert Square’. The walk passes through Graham Road and the Mapledene Conservation Area. It visits London Fields and, on the return, finds connections with music hall singer Marie Lloyd, a historic Germanic legacy around the German Hospital and the inspiration for the famous Albert Square in the BBC soap Eastenders. London Fields Park contains tennis courts, paddling pool, café, toilets and the London Fields Lido. This Lido (1932) is London’s only 50-metre heated outdoor pool and is generally open whatever the weather!

Distance: 2 miles / 3.2 km
Time: 45 mins
Type: Easy
Where: Hackney
Start: Alevi Cultural Centre & Cem-Evi, 89 Ridley Road, London, E8 2NH
Terrain: Pavements, footpaths and park paths
Route Developed by: Brian Hunt
Route Checked by:
Photo by: Brian Hunt

< Back to Walking Routes homepage

Rate this walk

Click on the stars below to tell us what you thought of this walk.

(No Ratings Yet)

Loading ...

Filed under: London Walking Routes, Walking Routes
Tagged: East London Walking Route, Eastenders, London Fields, London Fields Park, ‘Albert Square’
Comments: You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

No comments

Nobody has posted a comment yet, why not be the first?

Complete your 12 week walking programme online with My Get Walking

Schedule walks
Set personal goals
Save your favourite walks from across the web
Keep track of how many steps you have
walked so far

FIND OUT MORE

Join the Ramblers today!

The Ramblers is Britain's Walking Charity with 500 local Groups. As well as promoting walking, we protect and enhance the places you walk and offer over 30,000 walks a year.

Walking in your area

Looking for ideas and inspiration to help you start walking in your area? Click here to search for short led walks and information about walking near you.

Walking Information

'Why Walk', the Ramblers' free online resource of informaton specially written for people new to walking.

Walking Routes & Maps

Discover the hidden gems of your local community on one of our high quality walking routes, with free printable a4 route cards.

Get Walking Keep Walking is a Ramblers project funded by the Big Lottery Fund through the Active Travel Consortium of leading walking, cycling and health organisations, and supported by councils, NHS trusts and the Ramblers Holidays Charitable Trust. Copyright © 2009 Get Walking Keep Walking. All Rights Reserved.