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Charity urges mayor to back plans for signage and maps to guide walkers around lost waterways
Hampstead Heath with the London skyline in the background. The ridge of Hampstead Heath contains the headwaters of four rivers â the Brent, the Westbourne, the Tyburn and the Fleet. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images
Hampstead Heath with the London skyline in the background. The ridge of Hampstead Heath contains the headwaters of four rivers â the Brent, the Westbourne, the Tyburn and the Fleet. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images
Tue 4 May 2021 01.00 EDT
There are clues to their existence in street names, in the winding of lanes and in the rushing sound of water deep in the capitalâs drains. For centuries London has been sculpted by its rivers. Today, though, while vestiges of some remain visible, most lie buried beneath pavements and submerged in the sewage system.
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