View looking from the bridge at West Brompton to Earls Court exhibition centre two. The interesting aspect of this picture is the railway boundary as…
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- Canal tunnel
- Canalised river
- Croydon Canal
- Feature
- Grand Surrey Canal
- Grand Union Canal
- Historical
- Lee Navigation
- Little Venice
- Minor Canal
- Paddington
- Paddington Arm
- Railway
- Regent's Canal
- River
- Romford Canal
- Royal Arsenal
- Towpath
The Kensington Canal – Lots Road to West Brompton
The council highways depot off Lots Road, built on the canal’s former alignment. The space between warehouses and railway (on far left) was the full…
Continue ReadingThe Kensington Canal – West London's navigation
The opening of the Regents Canal in 1820 and its success led the way for a canal to be built in Kensington. Lord Kensington desired…
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The canal by where Canary Wharf now stands The Isle of Dogs canal as it was popularly known, was the third canal to be built…
Continue ReadingThe Hertford Union (or Ducketts) Canal
A short-cut from the Regent’s to the Lea/Lee Also known as Ducketts Canal as the main text will explain. The Hertford Union is the shortest…
Continue ReadingThe Grosvenor Canal
The former canal route from the Thames to Victoria The Grosvenor Canal was the shortest canal built in London. Its no longer in use, simply…
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