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.…
Continue ReadingRegent's Canal – Mare Street to Limehouse
Gasometers near Mare Street, Hackney. Busy summer scene by Northiam Street. Boats and cyclists by Bonner Hall bridge in Victoria Park. Old Ford Lock –…
Continue ReadingRegent's Canal – King's Cross to Acton's Lock
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…
Continue ReadingRegent's Canal – Camden to St Pancras
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…
Continue ReadingRegent's Cumberland Turn to Pirate Castle
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…
Continue ReadingRegent's Canal – Maida Hill to London Zoo
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…
Continue ReadingLondon's Three Canal Tunnels – Maida Hill photo gallery
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…
Continue ReadingLondon's Three Canal Tunnels – Islington Tunnel
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…
Continue ReadingLondon's Three Canal Tunnels
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
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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