Youngs Ram Brewery in Wandsworth, closed in 2006. The canal basin was sited just behind the works’ iconic chimney. Site of the canal basin within…
Continue ReadingThe Wandsworth or McMurrays Canal
Allegedly claimed to be the shortest canal in London, but debatable especially with the modernised Grosvenor canal near Victoria, The sole reason for the existence…
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 Fleet's former route from Blackfriars to Farringdon
New Bridge Road and Farringdon Road are the main throroughfare here and the Fleet River was arched over with substantial stone blocks. Later it was…
Continue ReadingThe Cumberland Arm
The Regents Canal’s long lost branch to the Euston/Great Portland Street area View of the entrance to the Cumberland Arm, with the chinese restaurant visible…
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King Canute – and the earliest London canal that never was? The story of Canute’s Canal that was supposedly built to by pass London Bridge…
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