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    Regent's Canal intro & Little Venice – Maida Hill

    Regent's Canal intro & Little Venice – Maida Hill

    November 8, 2022April 11, 2023

    The Regents Canal Following on the success of the Grand Union’s Paddington Branch, the Regents was opened to exploit the potentialities offered by water transport.…

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    Regent's Canal – Mare Street to Limehouse

    Regent's Canal – Mare Street to Limehouse

    February 3, 2010April 10, 2023

    Gasometers near Mare Street, Hackney. Busy summer scene by Northiam Street. Boats and cyclists by Bonner Hall bridge in Victoria Park. Old Ford Lock –…

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    Regent's Canal – King's Cross to Acton's Lock

    Regent's Canal – King's Cross to Acton's Lock

    February 3, 2010April 10, 2023

    London’s hidden canal aqueduct! Goods Way – where the unknown aqueudct is sited. Canal at left, railway at lower right. The location at which the…

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    Regent's Canal – Camden to St Pancras

    Regent's Canal – Camden to St Pancras

    February 3, 2010April 10, 2023

    The canal at the top of Camden Market. On the left is the Pirate Castle. The entrance 2 the disused Dead Dog basin is on…

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    Regent's Cumberland Turn to Pirate Castle

    Regent's Cumberland Turn to Pirate Castle

    February 3, 2010April 10, 2023

    Towpath walkers and a waterbus at St Marks Gate bridge, near the junction from which the old Cumberland Arm began. At the end of the…

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    Regent's Canal – Maida Hill to London Zoo

    Regent's Canal – Maida Hill to London Zoo

    February 3, 2010April 10, 2023

    London Waterbus Perseus at the eastern end of Maida Hill Tunnel. Marylebone Wide from Lisson Grove Road with Beauchamp heading westwards. East Portal of Lisson…

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    London's Three Canal Tunnels – Maida Hill photo gallery

    London's Three Canal Tunnels – Maida Hill photo gallery

    January 19, 2010

    The Regents Canal’s two western tunnels, Maida Hill and Lisson Grove are without a doubt the most well known of the London canal tunnels. A…

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    London's Three Canal Tunnels – Islington Tunnel

    London's Three Canal Tunnels – Islington Tunnel

    January 19, 2010April 10, 2023

    The western portal of Islington Tunnel. This location is just a stone’s throw from the very busy central London locations of Kings Cross, Caledonian Road…

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    London's Three Canal Tunnels

    London's Three Canal Tunnels

    January 19, 2010April 10, 2023

    Three canal tunnels exist in London. Two of them are on the popular western end of the Regents Canal between Little Venice and Regents Park,…

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    The Hertford Union (or Ducketts) Canal

    The Hertford Union (or Ducketts) Canal

    January 14, 2010April 10, 2023

    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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