The River Lea continues from Springfield Park past moored boats belonging to the local marina and the remnants of industry that gave the navigation some…
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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 Lee Navigation – Hackney Canal & Springfield
The River Lea leaves the navigation at this point. As one’s boat enters Old Ford locks, technically they are on a canal. This was known…
Continue ReadingThe Kensington Canal – West Brompton to Olympia
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…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingThe Isle Of Dogs (or City) Canal
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…
Continue ReadingThe Grand Surrey – The Peckham branch & canal wharves
The route to Peckham was added as an afterthought, and was the last bit of the Surrey Canal ever to be built. Its probably the…
Continue ReadingThe Grand Surrey Canal – It's bridges and buildings
Oxestall Road bridge. The last bridge ever to be built over the Grand Surrey Canal. The bridge and surrounding estate were built in the 1960’s,…
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