the lost bywayperambulations around london ( .. and beyond)

the lost byway
  • podcasts
  • films
  • this other london
    • sample chapter
  • about
  • interviews & talks
  • contact
  • Shop
  • Patreon
  • YouTube
  • Welcome to New London – book

Walking plans for 2025

  • 27. Jan. 2025
  • /
  • video, walking
  • /
  • 1 Comment

Talking about my walking plans for 2025 while walking over Wanstead Flats. So many great walks in the year ahead!

  • news, wanstead flats

John Rogers

writer and film-maker. author of This Other London - adventures in the overlooked city fugueur99@gmail.com

Welcome to New London
Available from
Newham Bookshop
Wanstead Bookshop
Phlox
Hatchards
Foyles
Waterstones
Blackwells
The Bookseller Crow
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
Booktopia (Aus)
Feltrinelli (It)
The Lost Byway (UK only)
E-book
Become a Patron!

Visit my online Shop

Sacred River Lea t-shirt

available from my store

https://teespring.com/sacred-river-lea

This Other London – adventures in the overlooked city

Join John Rogers as he ventures out into an uncharted London like a redbrick Indiana Jones in search of the lost meaning of our metropolitan existence. Nursing two reluctant knees and a can of Stella, he perambulates through the seasons seeking adventure in our city’s remote and forgotten reaches. Reviews ‘We’d rather think of him...
Continue reading...

Buy Now

Buy This Book Online

amazon
audible
barnes_noble
booksamillion
indiebound
itunes
kobo

Find A Local Bookstore

,

Read More

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

This Other London

Thanks to everyone who came on the walks as part of Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture 2019.

Talking to Arthur Smith about This Other London BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Posts
  • Comments
  • Tags
  • Welcome to New London talk with John Rogers & Travis Elborough 18 April, 2025
  • Record Store Day 2025 wander 13 April, 2025
  • The Dead Wait – Andrew Kötting & Iain Sinclair at the Wanstead Tap 8 April, 2025
  • Fifty questions about London, Walking and more 6 April, 2025
  • Walking North London’s Lost River Moselle 28 March, 2025
  • Carole
    How much has Walthamstow changed. I lived there m...
  • Phill Clarkin
    Hi John just finished andrews the dead wait. Very...
  • JohnR
    Thanks so much Alistair
  • JohnR
    Thanks Charlie- I post any news of forthcoming tal...
  • Charlie Telfer
    Do you have any dates scheduled for talks? Would l...
leytonstonepsychogeographywalkingiain sinclairtopographicsislingtonleytonepping forestwalthamstowcity of londonlea valleymobloghackneystratfordbob and roberta smithwanstead flatslondonsouth londondocumentarydeep topographyriver walksriver leawansteadkings crossfilm

audiobook extract

My article in the NewStatesman

Why is the act of urban walking so revolutionary?

Read here

Los Angeles Review of Books

Hidden Histories

Dave Mandl on This Other London : Adventures in the Overlooked City

Click here for free sample chapter

Recommendations

posts calendar

January 2025
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
« Dec   Feb »

soundcloud

archives

Categories

  • architecture 29
  • art 25
  • articles 11
  • audio 33
  • bob and roberta smith 32
  • books 80
  • drift report 43
  • film 87
  • Iain Sinclair 69
  • interesting 46
  • Islington 30
  • Leyton 46
  • leytonstone 154
  • london 396
  • London Overground 16
  • make your own damn art 5
  • maps 11
  • photo 84
  • quote 28
  • this other london 41
  • travel 49
  • tube 5
  • Ventures & Adventures in Topography 20
  • video 462
  • video blog 69
  • walking 430
  • Welcome to New London 12

links

  • Resonance fm
  • Video Notes
  • Housmans bookshop
  • Leyton History Society
  • Lost Byway Shop
  • Leytonstone Pop-Up Cinema
  • Close Up Film Centre
  • London Overground
  • Newham Bookshop
  • Urban Adventure in Rotterdam
  • Drift Report
  • Make Your Own Damn Film
  • The London Perambulator
  • Ventures & Adventures in Topography
  • Remapping High Wycombe
  • Andrew Kotting
  • Text und Töne
  • Londonist
  • WFMU Radio
  • The Wanstead Tap
  • East End Film Festival
  • Lost::MikeGTN

Videos of Leytonstone & Leyton

lomographs of leytonstone

m11-lores.jpg
matalan-lores
wanstead flat towers=lores
tesco-lores.jpg
building-near-tubelores.jpg
wildflowers-on-wanstead-flatslores.jpg
e11houseslores.jpg

Tags

andrew kotting bob and roberta smith books chingford city of london deep topography documentary east london epping forest epping forest walks Essex film hackney high wycombe housing iain sinclair interview islington kings cross lea valley leyton leytonstone london london on film london parks london perambulator lost rivers moblog nick papadimitriou olympic park pleasure gardens psychogeography pubs redbridge river lea river walks south london stratford topographics urbanism ventures and adventures in topography walking walthamstow wanstead wanstead flats

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 11.6K other subscribers

Top Posts & Pages

Found Memories
A note on psychogeography and the dérive
2021 - A Year of Great Walks
Walking the Dengie Peninsula
Somers Town - around Chalton Street
The Nathan Barley Trail #1 - Nailgun Arms

Recent Posts

  • Welcome to New London talk with John Rogers & Travis Elborough
  • Record Store Day 2025 wander
  • The Dead Wait – Andrew Kötting & Iain Sinclair at the Wanstead Tap
  • Fifty questions about London, Walking and more
  • Walking North London’s Lost River Moselle
  • RSS - Posts
  • RSS - Comments

Social

  • View thisotherlondon’s profile on Facebook
  • View fugueur’s profile on Twitter
  • View thelostbyway’s profile on Instagram
  • View UCk1qvhkPMbF703QHR8qj8og’s profile on YouTube
Copyright © 2025 the lost byway/ John Rogers · Theme design by the Bluth Company · www.bluth.is