Tour of Abbey Mills Pumping station

Thames Water’s iconic Abbey Mills pumping station was completed in 1865 and still provides essential waste services to London’s homes, over 150 years later.

Designed by renowned engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette as part of his landmark project to create a sewer system that would clean up the capital, the “cathedral of sewage” remains a spectacular example of Victorian engineering.

You can view this iconic Newham Grade II listed building from the raised walkway, known as the Greenway, which is the grass covered cycle and walkway atop the Bazalgette sewage pipes that run from Wick Lane, 7km to Beckton.