A strange idea to think of a sewage works as a highlight but this is a great example of brutalist architecture. Jutting out from the river, I can think of no building more visually suited to its job! Well worth a stop off.

MGNoda

January 25, 2021

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Strangely compelling sludge incinerator on the Thames Path!

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