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We pass under the River Thames via the Blackwall Tunnel - the northbound side dates from the 1890s, an early project of the LCC, which was established in 1888.

On the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, barges carried timber and coals.

On the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, barges carried timber and coals.

Here is a vanished sight - a freight barge towed by a horse along the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation, a scene not dissimilar to those painted by Constable on the Stour Navigation.

The wooded valley of Crimdon Dene is an unspoilt area close to Blackhall, where the beach is not polluted with coal spoil.

This was the main road through the village, before the advent of by-passes; we are looking back in the direction of Blackwater.

This delightful mill is to be found on the River Blackwater.

At the bottom of Vicarage Lane we come to London Road, Blackwater.

The rivers Chelmer and Blackwater meet in Maldon; this cut, with Beeleigh Flood Lock in the background, was built in 1797 to enable ships to reach Chelmsford.

Now being gradually subsumed into Aldershot's 21st-century sprawl, Tongham was once an important part of the brewing business in the Blackwater Valley, as the chimney of the oast house at this crossroads

Mayland is a flat marshy area on Mayland Creek, which empties into the River Blackwater.

This is part of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.

Two of Oxford's most famous colleges, Trinity and Balliol, stand on the left side of Broad Street, famous for its bookshops, among which is Blackwell's.

Here the ferryman at Blackwater pulls the ferry across the water using a rope as propulsion.

Of the 11 locks on the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, this is something of a halfway house.

Again, the flint walls remain, and the brick pavings on the right survive, but the pillar box on the corner of Blackwater Road has been replaced by a modern one.

Blackwater, which shares its name with that of the river, lies just to the south of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.

Blackwater, which shares its name with that of the river, lies just to the south of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.

In 1793 the Basin at Heybridge was dug out to provide access from the Chelmer and Blackwater Canal to the sea via the sea lock.

Here we see the ferryman at Blackwater pulling the ferry across the water by the very ancient method of using a rope as a means of propulsion.

The village takes its name from a farm which stood near broad stepping stones across the Blackwater stream.

having stopped at Shinfield, Arborfield, Eversley and Yateley, a Thorneycroft J Type bus operated by the Thames Valley Traction Company has yet to make a pick up in Derby Green before continuing through Blackwater

This famous and picturesque town is situated on a hill above the River Blackwater.

This famous and picturesque town is situated on a hill above the River Blackwater.