The first canal scheme in London: The Limehouse Cut was the first navigable artifical waterway (the much earlier New River was built as a water…
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Lee Navigation – the old order at Waltham
The Lee Navigation once connected into the actual River Lea for a short distance from a point just above the M25 at Rammey Marsh as…
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The 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…
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The 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…
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The 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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The 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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