London’s High Line
In the early years of this decade, I always wanted to try and walk along the disused railway line from Dalston towards Broad Street. The old bridges dominate the eastern end of what was the the Shoreditch one-way triangle, and the arches form a line of spaces parallel to the High Street, and further north, on the other side of Kingsland Road. However, I never bothered spending enough time to figure out how to get onto it, and I was worried the various bridges would never be safe.
I’ve definitely lost my chance now; the northernmost three quarters of the track bed are currently in the last year or so of the work required to convert them back into a railway line, this time under the auspices of London Overground.
I’ve wanted to walk along that railway line since I moved to London last summer. I figure there’s a year left until construction is finished and they don’t seem to do construction work on weekends. Time to break in..
Perhaps this wheat field being grown on an old railway line in Dalston is worth visiting.
