Bethnal Green and new bridge over Regents Canal to Mile End Park
Meath Gardens Bridge was officially opened in October 2009 and is the centrepiece of this Sustrans' Connect2 scheme, spanning the Regents Canal in London and forming the centrepiece of a route connecting Bethnal Green Gardens to Meath Gardens, Mile End Park and Victoria Park. The new bridge weighing more than 65 tonnes, has already made huge improvements to the local area by enabling pedestrians and cyclists to make local journeys in a pleasant traffic-free environment for the first time, between residential areas, local parks, schools and hospitals, avoiding the notoriously busy Mile End Road and Roman Road.
Several schools along the route and further afield including Old Ford Primary School and Bangahangia Infant School will also benefit from this scheme. Members of the local community and students at the University of London campus will have improved access to the green spaces and an attractive route to the Olympic Games.
The route crosses National Cycle Network Route 1 in Mile End Park and terminates in Victoria Park close to the route allowing good connections to a much wider area.
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Grand unveiling of the Tower Hamlets Portrait Bench, 15th August 2011, 3.30pm, Meath Bridge, East London
Come along, see the bench and hear more about the characters, special guests will be on hand to say a few words about all three of the portrait bench figures, Ledley King, Spurs and England defender, Sylvia Pankhurst leading suffragette and a canal towpath horse. There will be free family friendly rides on the day too, for more information visit our events pages.
The Portrait Bench is a simple bench with three life-size effigies of local heroes chosen by the local community to represent their culture and history.
Download an information leaflet and use our online mapping facility to find the bench.
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