Take me to the river

art and archaeology in North Woolwich

School children at Drew Primary School spent several days digging with a professional archaeologist on the Thames foreshore before working with an artist to create artwork based on their finds for public exhibition.

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The West Silvertown trail

gunpowder, flour and flood

This audio trail includes the beauty of Barrier Park, the horror of the biggest explosion ever to rock London and first hand accounts of working life in the riverside factories and dockside flour mills as well as a vision of how this area could change in the very near future. Composed by Jo Thomas.

The Asta Trail, Silvertown

trains, planes and graffiti walls

An audio trail of Silvertown, created by teenagers at the Asta Centre and professional composer, Jo Thomas featuring original music and interviews with local residents. See City Airport, the biggest sugar refinery in the world and discover what it is like to live in their shadow.

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The North Woolwich trail

deep water

This trail features the sounds and voices of the river and docklands at the far end of the docks. Walk the Thames path along wild stretches of river that may soon be overshadowed by a new Thames road bridge; cross the locks used by some of the biggest ocean liners in the world; discover the ultra-modern dockside campus of the University of East London and follow the trail to North Woolwich, its free ferry and the last traditional dockers pubs in London. Composed by Mark Hunter.

Precious Places

A set of commemorative plaques, designed by artist Loraine Leeson, identify places that hold special meaning to residents of North Woolwich and West Silvertown. These plaques provide the basis for a walking trail and create a unique insight into the area through the eyes of its residents. The plaques are sited at places of personal significance – waiting rooms, shops, parks and even inside a passenger ferry – and each is an interesting artwork in its own right.

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Memoryscape

If you would like to try other trails involving oral history in London
there are more online and walking experiences at Hampton Court,
East Molesey and Greenwich available at our sister site, memoryscape