By Chris Guy posted on 9 Feb 2014 in Urban
Wet multi-lane urban dual carridgeway with traffic heading over a bridge towards London, lit streetlights, a blue cycle lane and an overcast sky.

A13 (Trunk Road to the Sea)

Black car on a multi-lane roundabout under a dramatic cloudy sky; road arrows and markings visible, with trees, a wind turbine and industrial buildings beyond.

Beckton Roundabout – intersection of the A13 and A406

The A13 meets the North Circular Road at Beckton – this is not a pedestrain-friendly area. I began my walk at the Beckon Triangle retail park which was still recovering from the December storms with plenty of scaffolding in evidence around the shop front canopies that had come down in the high winds.

There is a litter strewn footpath / cycleway which runs past the Jenkins Lane refuse and recycling centre and up to the roundabout. I clambered up the bank and onto the limited footpath on the roundabout itself where I have a good view of the newly built wind turbine at Beckton Sewage Treatment Works.

A solitary wind turbine stands among electricity pylons and power lines above an industrial landscape under a moody, overcast sky.

The wind turbine at Beckton Sewage Treatment Works

(The image above was actually taken from the North Circular road at the end of my previous walk on 26 January – it’s the best shot I have of the wind turbine.)

Dual carriageway approach to London with overhead signs for Central London and Blackwall Tunnel, cars passing under gantries towards Canary Wharf’s skyline under a grey sky.

The A13 Alfreds Way at Becton Roundabout

As I can’t really walk any further along the North Circular from here – pedestrians are forbidden – I opt to walk back down to the footpath / cycleway any head east along the A13. At this point it is quite a grey morning, but that seems to suit the location.

Roadside sign reading 'SHOWCASE CINEMAS' on metal posts, framed by bare winter trees beneath a cloudy, overcast sky.

Showcase Cinemas signage on the A13

Colourful modern apartment block with blue and orange panels and balconies, crane behind, bus shelter and bare trees in foreground under an overcast sky.

New development on the A13

Cars cross a bridge before rows of brick apartment blocks under a heavy, overcast sky; a 50 limit sign on a lamppost.

The A13 passes by the Gascoigne Estate, Barking

Empty deserted car park with weeds and lamp posts, bordered by a metal fence and distant block flats under a grey overcast sky.

Jenkins Lane car park (closed)

Tall electricity pylons and power lines loom above silhouetted trees beneath a stormy twilight sky, a single streetlamp casting a faint yellow glow.

Rain and pylons on Jenkins Lane, Barking

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