Harold Wood to Rainham following the River Ingrebourne | London Loop Sections 22 & 23 (4K)
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- Harold Wood to Rainham following the River Ingrebourne | London Loop Sections 22 & 23
A London River walk following the River Ingrebourne through the London Borough of Havering. This walk also follows Sections 22 and 23 of the London Loop. We start at Harold Wood Station then turn into Oak Road which leads us to Harold Wood Park and Pages Wood where we get our first sighting of the Ingrebourne River. The Ingrebourne rises on South Weald Common and flows through Havering to the Thames at Rainham.
The Romford Recorder reports that the "earliest mention comes in a charter of the boundaries of Upminster Hall manor from 1062, four years before William the Conqueror. There it’s called “Ingceburne” - probably the river of somebody called “Inga”.
The route takes into the beautiful Ingrebourne Valley through Upminster to the site of RAF Hornchurch. There are still a number of WW2 pillboxes and Tet Turrets in Hornchurch Country Park. Numerous birds can be seen around Ingrebourne Marshes. A cow tries to eat my camera. We get a glorious sunset in Hornchurch Country Park.
The walk ends at sunset at Rainham Station.
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How does this delightful channel only have 12.7K subscribers? Entirely deserving of 1.27 million! “Thank you for joining me”. No, John - thank *you* for taking us along!
100% agree!!
Another good 'un, John!
You have probably read this week of the saddening report from the Environment Agency stating that ALL English rivers have failed to meet quality tests in regards to pollution - with sewerage discharge being a main culprit and also no improvement since the last data was published in 2016!
It really is time for us to clean up our act!
Ok
The friendly cow made me jump! What a wonderful walk, and what a serene and beautiful sunset, thank you John
it was a friendly cow but it made me jump too and licked my arm! thanks for watching Lois
Absolutely great walk John. Harold wood was where I lived as a kid and my mum still lives around the corner from Archibald Road. I’ve spent many an hour in and playing around the fields that surround the Ingrebourne River and even floated down it as a kid on a block of polystyrene one school holiday all the way to Rainham. One of those adventures you do as a kid of 13. Looking forward to your next walk.
that sounds like a great river journey James
Hi James myself and mates used to do the same, back then the Ingrebourne was still tidal near Rainham and you could float down to the Thames unhindered.
Ahh thanks John for the mention .... I ride my bike along the Ingrebourne River so many times and it never gets boring .. also ride the horses in Pages woods .. it’s been a haven in lockdown 🙏🏽 and I’m so glad you experienced it too amazing videos, they got me through lockdown ☺️
Once again John fabulous thankyou
Wonderful walk and commentary .Brings me back to my childhood ,growing up in .Harold Wood and going to school in Upminster during the late 1950’s ,60’s and early 79’s ,I would love to do this walk .
Loved your walk today, you were standing outside Upminster Bridge station, I lived just around the corner during the war when I was a kid and as kids we were always playing down by the Ingrebourne river, Hornchurch RAF station was a hive of activity then during the war and many a German Doodlebug V1 would come across the top of our house on it's way to London. By the way regarding the river, me and my friends carved out a model road along the bank of the Ingrebourne and called it "The Burma Road" after the one that the Allied POW's built under the Japanese.
My father used to bring live shells home ..from the Airfield
My Grandfather used to make him take them back ....
What were the 80s like?
What a brilliant walk!
Haha great video John! Great to meet you on the day. You proved me wrong and made it! Pages Wood is great. I’m gonna have to walk it now, down to Rainham, there’s some places you’ve filmed that I don’t recognise. As always, a great video John. 👏🏻👏🏻👍
Great to meet you too Steve
Hi John thanks for taking me back to Rainham the place of my birth! Its 11 years that my mum passed tomrrow so felt a chill when I saw you walk my manor! Such happy memories of my childhood. That Rainham church is Norman, and you passed Rainham Hall which was recently used in the latestest adaptin of scrooge on tv last christmas - cheers John!
Glad I could take you back home Stuart. Sorry to hear about your Mum. I really want to go back for a good look around Rainham during the day
Hi John! Yes please visit Rainham in the day when you have some time! Rainham was in the Doomsday book and many of the buildings in Rainham village are quite old. I love looking at the old pics of Rainham, and browsing through the history. Of course my 63 years of Rainham saw it under the banner of Essex not London ;0) my family arrived in Rainham in 1927 with country lanes and duck ponds!
Hi Stuart, I grew up in Rainham too in the 50s 60, great memories, bit older than than you though 😀
@@wilko330 Hi! Yes went to Lambs Lane secondary Modern as they used to call it under Headmaster Brett! My Brother Ian Rogers is 10 years older than me born in 46, you may know him. My Gran had a bungalow just across Lambs Lane from the School. Happy days when Gran & Gramps were the hub of the family (oh happy days) I actually used to live on the corner of Grangewood Avenue Upminster road south near traffic light for A13 outside the Electric sub station lol. Live in Frinton on sea now, love it!
@@stuartrogers621 Ah yes Grangewood ave, there was a police station on the A13 back then. I lived on Evansdale on the Dovers corner near the Albion pub. As a lad we used to enjoy going to Lambs lane park and spent much time fishing at Berwick ponds, Ah! Memories
i nearly jumped out of my chair when that cow came along! hahaha
Lovely.
The early Autumn sun is more welcome than any other, well captured and enjoyed, thank you
Missed you again, due to just coming home from a week camping in Somerset. Pages Wood is a new Wood, my family help plant some of the trees around 18/20 years ago and the land is leased by the Woodlands Trust and Havering for the next 280 years. Havering may be the greenish borough but it’s a constant battle with central London who are trying to build on it.
My favorite season. Looks beautiful.
Thank you so much, this film covers many areas important to me and the lovely landscape I was lucky to grow up in. Back in the area again, south of the Borough nearer the Thames. Lovely film, commentary and music, enjoyed all the films I've seen so far.
Great video. I live in Harold Wood and walk my dogs over the park there quite a lot. It's nice to see it through fresh eyes 🙂. Thank you for your videos 😎.
Lovely John, and the crunch of feet walking on a path is a wonderful sound.
What a brilliant walk...thank you!
The Ingrebourne Marshes were such an unexpected treat when I walked from Upminister down to Rainham Marshes last year. It's such a beautiful and vast landscape. I couldn't believe i was still in London. Reminded me of the marshland on the east coast of Romania.
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Thanks John.
Thank you John, we really enjoy your walks and feel that we are there with you even though we are 12000 miles apart. We remember the Albion as we have met up with friends and had a meal in there. We used to live in Romford and parents lived in Harold wood.
Wonderful ,thankyou!
Lovely walk as always thank you for taking us with you...perhaps the cow was the genus loci in disguise wanting to say hello
fantastic - that makes sense now Richard - the cow was answering my call to identify the genus loci
So glad to see you back on the London loop, Great walk as always. See you on the next one, wherever that maybe
Great walk 👍 loved that sunset 🌞
Hi John...I just logged in & what do I see is a new video from one of my favourite youtuber!s 😊 I'm just going to sit back and enjoy! Hope you are well! Take care! 💖
Been looking forward to this video all week. Cheers John.
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Wow. Found this channel not too long ago and watching your films really helps me to relax with my insomnia. Lovely to watch you walk the same way I walk my dogs every day, from upminster bridge (i live just around the corner) to hacton park and to hornchurch country park if i'm up for it! Keep up the good work, John, love the videos.
Only found you’re channel a few myths ago ,so I. Am making my way through past walks absolutely brilliant love it 👍
Beautiful John, one more time such calming vibes. The cow was so cute and really interesting to see the pill boxes. Thanks to you John! Have a nice week!
Great stuff John, my great grand parents lived in Harold wood. I remember seeing Water voles on the banks of the Ingrebourne in the early 80's, yet another one of your walks has been added to my must do list!
One of the best things of my sundays is watching your videos John. It would be great if you upload 2 a week.
thanks Leoncio - I'd love to be able to do 2 a week if I can manage it
there is something about the light in Autumn , it has a golden hue and unlike the sun in the height of summer the light in Autumn doesnt wash out the colours of nature. And how fortunate we have been this September.
Nice one john interesting place hornchurch with those pillboxes and airfield memorial thanks for posting atb
I born in Romford and know this whole area well. Really great to see you do a video of such a great part of a really lovely Borough. I live in London now but miss the place so much. Planning on doing the route from Havering Country Park through to hainault over Xmas.
Hey, you know this is filmed in London?
Great walk John. Rainham village is an interesting place.
Thanks Tim - I really want to go back for a walk around Rainham
Cheers John. I worked at Harold Wood hospital until it closed in 2007 and there was a country park about a quarter of a mile away but obviously not the one where you were . I must check that out sometime. Bob.
Even the local livestock watch your videos John, probably wanted your autograph😂👍👍Great video as always.
it nearly got a very special souvenir (my camera) - thanks wombat
When I lived in Dagenham I would frequent Rainham as there was a reptile shop called Cold Blooded where I used to purchase all my feed products so my frogs did not go hungry.
Also my parents lived there for a while, I did not however...
I did Harold Wood to Purfleet on Saturday, completing my LOOP journey, and it's all down to your good self. I thank you for the inspiration and your incredible videos. I did PM you on Facebook offering an invite to join my on my last section but sadly you must not have seen it. Capital Ring for sure next year! Can't wait.
Delightful walk John ending in the early evening after giving a friendly cow the brush-off.. thanks.
Such a beautifull walk on the edgelands.
Another topic for you, " The Missing Bridges of London", Start with the railway bridge at Blackfriars, the remains of Westminster Bridge in Victoria Park. The entrance to the old London Bridge by the Monument. The Becton Bridge to no where. The old Hungerford bridge at Charing Cross.
I have lived 50 feet from the river about 10 minutes walk North of the park for 25 years and thankfully, I can't recall any obnoxious smells. Had a resident Egret for the past few years so it can't be that bad. Harold park is a great setting during the summer where one can relax on the patio outside the bar with a bottle of wine, or two, watching the cricket and football.
Thanks John. That section through RAF Hornchurch with the herons and the jolly cow was almost like watching Attenborough on the Serengeti. Brilliant.
Great video. My Mum's aunty was based at RAF Hornchurch during the war. Fascinating to see the area as it is now. Keep well.
There is a visual beauty in the health walking tour
Thanks for another lovely, calming walk. You picked a lovely afternoon for it.
Great video, interesting commentary on the landscape. Finding your videos really good content
Many thanks indeed
Another classic John, thank you so much. I did this walk with a mate yesterday (24th September) and it was a revelation to me, especially the Ingrebourne Valley Park. I lived and grew up in Ardleigh Green and Harold Wood Park was my local 'rec' as we used to called it, 'Ingrebourne' was the prefix to our telephone number back in the 60's! Also the landscape west of Hornchurch Stadium in the 70's was a desolate and scruffy place, very overgrown and the Ingrebourne barely flowed as I recall, how wonderful to see its wildlife and integrity being conserved and restored for the future. Let's hope the Environment Agency can encourage us all to clean up our act, I believe that that there are legal moves afoot to help this happen.
Thanks Jonathan- great place to grow up and explore as a kid. Good to hear that something is going to be done to protect the rivers
Oh, it is great to see John stumble upon Harold Wood Park
Beautiful. Thanks John. Dave 🙏
Every time I hear "Rainham" I hear in my head the great Bill Bailey lovingly taking off the legendary Billy Bragg with the lyric "an if I 'ad tigers I'd train 'em".
They did "Unisex Chipshop" together at Glastonbury one year and it's on TH-cam to!
Absolutely worth your while finding that rendition of a great anthem. Ever popular especially 'round the forests of Rainham! 🤠
Hi John. Further to my previous comment, I looked up Harold Wood park and it was the park I had visited except I didn't go to the same part as yourself. Bob.
Thank you John my legand. May I please get a signed mug from you please. I love this walk as again as my mum's sister also lives in Rainham. So its lovely seeing someone actually walk this distance.
Thank you so much just perfect for this evening . Many thanks xxx
Very peaceful,loved the cow😅
Yep loved it John, i often ride the Ingrebourne valley on my bike, careful of pedestrians of course👍👍👍
Beautiful - Rare action sequence - you got hit by a cow! Glad you're getting the sweet last drops of summer. This is our 'little winter' in Mexico City, overcast/rain at 7500 ft but our twin summers are spring and fall
Great Walk John, Cheers mate.
We knew you'd make it to Rainham!
Your right John, these last days of summer are a gift, perfect walking weather. Great video, you must of been out for a while as got dark. That cow was ace!
The whole Havering area is really lovely 😊 It must be the greenest London borough at 50% along with Bromley
Another great walk John. I have to say I love the music you choose for these walks.
I used to be a green keeper at Upminster golf club. Where you passed the school and the field beyond, I believe the golf club would have been on your left through the trees. It meandered through the bottom of the course so I used to see it every day whilst cutting the greens and fairways.
You'd like Rainham Hall, I reckon John. Really liked the last stretch of this vid.
I must go back in daylight Alex for a proper look around Rainham
Amazingly entertaining videos. Since recently discovering them, I'm been hooked, they're so interesting! Please keep them coming John, just brilliant👍👏👏
Thanks John brilliant as always .
thanks Barry
Tremendous vistas you captured in the evening light John - a lovely late summer stroll enjoyed immensely - Jeremy
Thanks Jeremy
In my manor today , know this walk very well ...
Last outpost from the hoards of Mordor
Awe-inspiring and thought-provoking. Your river walks are inspiring essays, today though..”holy cow” !
A lot my my dog walks in one video. I really enjoyed this, many thanks. James
Hi John, I recently discovered your channel and am enjoying your videos, particularly this one as I used to live in Rainham. The buidling you spot at the end of the video next to the Church (which incidentally is Norman, dating from 1174) is Rainham Hall, and actually has a connection to the Ingrebourne River. It was built in 1729 by John Harle, a sea captain and merchant, who had the Ingrebourne dredged in order to bring barges carrying goods up from the Thames right into Rainham. Hope you'll be able to go back soon.
loved that buddy! i hail from not far from there in Orsett, just found your channel, have a new subscriber 👍🏼😊😉
Just half a mile from Upminster Bridge Station is the fine Upminster windmill. One of the very few left in London. Undergoing repairs the cap is currently on the ground waiting to be able to go back atop the mill.
Wow i say no more 15:59 thanks John :)
Thanks John. Great walk
Thanks Alan
Its amazing, but I did that walk as part of the London Loop earlier in the summer! Your video of the walk is fantastic. I haven't posted my videos yet (I split the walk at Upminster Bridge, and on the second walk went on past Rainham to the end of the London Loop at Purfleet). I very much doubt that my videos will get 4 thousand views! I will upload them in the next few weeks Once again, loved reliving the walk in your exceptional video.
Thanks john nice one Keep safe. Dave in Yorkshire 👍
Hey! John Thanks for this video and the others. I spent a lot of my childhood playing on the Ingerbourne River, fishing on Berwick Pond and playing around RAF Hornchurch buildings. I live in Canada now, so not being able to travel due to COVID and watching your videos makes it a little bitter sweet to watch.
Keep up the good work.
John (Toronto Canada)
Great walk, john,, thats got to be the best football team nickname ever! That cow wasnt shy was he! cheers john.
Great stuff John. Please keep on walking, I am watching!
Hi John. Have loved watching your walks and the informative comments. You have completed some walks around havering but can I suggest you consider the Havering loop walk which is about 10kms. You could star/finish at Thames Chase where in normal times a cup of tea and a sausage roll can be enjoyed. Too muddy to attempt currently. You will be impressed by the recently renovated Upminster windmill which is superb.
274 likes and not a single dislike that’s how it should be. John I’d love to come on a nice long walk with you, I’d learn so much. ☺️
thanks for that Michael - every walk is part of a learning experience for me
Evening John, great video! You’ve got to come back soon and do some more walks this end of the city, would be great to see that as I live in the Rainham area myself. Looking forward to your next upload! :)
Thanks John Fantastic as always, have you read the latest Rivers of London Book, I'm going too soon,see you next walk wherever that may be, stay well, stay safe .....
That building at the end in rainham village is rainham house
What a delightful walk/film. I think I heard a parakeet at approx 07:10 minutes in. We have about half a dozen in our neighbourhood but I know there are thousands down at your end of the country! Cheers 👍🏽
they're almost as common as sparrows round here now Mick
Wonderful video John I know the area like the back of my hand and your right it is a stunning walk some magical spots along the route well done excellent video
thanks Brian
Looking forward to this one Johnny boy 👍👍👍
hope you enjoy it H man
John I am with you on Havering being the greenest London Borough however Richmond was voted a few years ago as the greenest
A pedant notes: the correct term is *genius loci*. That tiny cavil aside, this is a great video!
Nice to see John in Hornchurch country park.
What a great green area that is. Second only to Harrow Lodge park.😀
What a lovely area John. Harold Wood is an intriguing name may be something to do with the king buried at Waltham Abbey, who knows.
I think you could be right John - this is from Wikipedia:
'The name Harold Wood was recorded in about 1237, when it was shown as Horalds Wood. It was named after King Harold Godwinson, who was defeated by William the Conqueror in 1066. He held the surrounding manor of Havering-atte-Bower.[2] Some of the original roads are named after Anglo-Saxon kings such as Æthelstan and Alfred the Great.'
My mum was an auxiliary at Hornchurch Hospital during the war ,I still have her badge .....
Thanks John - another interesting walk.
Coincidentally I thought about you this afternoon when I was walking on Millfields E5 and I passed the big electricity station by the Lea where one of the pylon chains end!
As always great entertainment John...............Cheers Kev
Cheers Kev
looked like Rainham Hall at the end ..
Petrol was £1.10 only a year ago now £1.50/60 crazy, love your videos keep it up, God bless