The Princess of Wales pub at Lea Bridge near Clapton is reopening on Friday 26 May at the start of Spring Bank Holiday weekend.

The riverside pub has been closed since the start of May for refurbishment.

Despite closure The Princess of Wales was still the gathering point on Rogation Sunday for Beating the Bounds of the Leyton and Walthamstow Marshes. Willows for beating the boundary markers were prepared on the outside tables.

This year’s walk, revived by the Lammas Lands Defence Committee, was organised by the Save Lea Marshes campaign.