Greenwich Foot Tunnel

A pedestrian tunnel connecting two London boroughs: Greenwich and Tower Hamlets. The uniqueness of the tunnel is that it is located under the Thames. Entrances to the facility on both sides of the river are decorated with glass domes. Greenwich Foot Tunnel was founded in 1902.

Once the connection between Greenwich and Tower Hamlets was uncertain - travel was only by expensive ferry trips. It was decided to facilitate the crossing of dock and shipyard workers and plans were made to create a passage. The author of the project was Sir Alexander Binnie. Construction of the tunnel began in 1899, and the task was undertaken by John Cochrane & Co.

Interestingly, the over 370-meter tunnel has the status of a public road and thanks to this it is open twenty-four hours a day. It is also part of the national bicycle route, although cyclists must get off the vehicles to pass them through the tunnel.