Fish Island Riviera, Hackney Wick
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Fish Island Riviera, Hackney Wick by David Anstiss as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Fish Island Riviera, Hackney Wick
Image: © David Anstiss Taken: 31 Mar 2013
As seen from the path beside the River Lee Navigational Cut. Part of Forman's Fish Island. This large warehouse/club, for the duration of the London 2012 Olympic Games created a Riviera-themed hospitality area and beach, complete with palm trees, on the banks of the River Lee. It had a pop-up beach bar, run by Maddox Club, serving cocktails. In the foreground, is one of the many canal boats that were running along the River Lea during the games.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.539017
Longitude
-0.021505