London Canals

LONDON CANALS - THE CAPITAL CITY'S WATERWAYS

'Baron' passes the newly restored Macclesfield Bridge, Regents Canal. April 2012

Features: Around Little Venice & Paddington: History and transport systems / Canute's 'Canal': The mythological waterway that wasnt / Croydon Canal: London's shortest-lived waterway, closing completely by 1837 / Cumberland Arm: From the Regents Canal to Euston / Fleet River & Canal: The former Thames - Kings Cross waterway / Grand Surrey: The canal with ambitions to reach Portsmouth / Grosvenor Canal: A link from Victoria to the Thames / Hertford Union Canal: A short cut with a nice flight of locks between the Regents Canal and the Lee Navigation alongside Victoria Park / Isle of Dogs (City) Canal: The Isle of dogs canal, where Canary Wharf now stands / Kensington Canal: The canal that became a railway and an underground route / Limehouse Cut & the Lee Navigation: The 28 mile route from London to Hertford / London's Canal Tunnels: There are three canal tunnels in London / Paddington Arm: The route from Bulls Bridge to London / Pudding Mill River: Requiem for London's lost waterway / Regents Canal: London's main canal from Little Venice to Camden & Limehouse / Romford Canal: The penultimate, canal to be built in London / Ruislip Feeder: The former waterway that fed the canal / Westbourne River: The old waterway from Kilburn to the Thames / Woolwich's secret waterway: The Royal Arsenal Canal

Attractions near the London canals: Abbey Road / Bayswater / Crockers Folly / Derry and Toms / Edgware Road / Marylebone Goods / Nash Villas / Spitfire Works / St Pancras

[London Canals is not associated with Canal & River Trust, BW, Thames 21 or their cohorts.]