#London Walk of the Week: Building the Victoria Embankment - An #UrbanGeology Walk with @R_Siddall

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Every Sunday we’ll pluck just one walk from the vast London Walks

repertoire and put it centre stage.

You can check out the full schedule at www.walks.com.

But if you only take one walking tour this week, why not make it…

Building the Victoria Embankment – A Story in Stone

Saturday 25th march 2017 2.30pm

Embankment Tube, Villiers Street exit

Guided by Ruth

The construction of the Victoria Embankment is one of London’s greatest engineering projects. This walk will reveal the history of embanking the Thames, reveal important engineering considerations such as accommodating the River Fleet and the Metropolitan Line and tell the complex story of procuring the 500,000 cubic metres of granite required to embank the Thames. We will also look at the stones of Cleopatra’s Needle, Somerset House and Blackfriars Bridge. Guided by University College London Geologist Ruth – it all comes down to the guiding! N.B. The walk takes about two hours and will end at Blackfriars Station.

To go on the Building the Victoria Embankment Geology walk meet Ruth at 2.30 pm on March 25. The meeting point is just outside the Villiers Street exit of Embankment Tube.

Building the Victoria Embankment – A Story in Stone

Saturday 25th march 2017 2.30pm

Embankment Tube, Villiers Street exit

About Your Guide…

Ruth

Ruth is a geologist at University College London. She researches geological materials used in art, architecture and archaeology. She is interested in the natural history of cities and this includes the fossils and crystals that we walk past every day. Ruth has appeared on the BBC World Service programme Science Now and regularly writes and blogs on building stones.

A London Walk costs £10 – £8 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.