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The Limehouse Cut - first navigable canal ever built in London

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Remains of older industry that utilised the Limehouse Cut/Lee Navigation barges before commercial traffic ceased in the 1980's. The blue bridge next to it is the Docklands line

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British Waterways' award winning floating towpath at Bromley By Bow

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British Waterways' award winning floating towpath at Bromley By Bow looking westwards where the Limehouse Cut leaves the straight section and curves through the A102M Blackwall Tunnel approach road bridge to meet the River Lea at Bow Locks. The Docklands rail bridge (blue) can be seen in the far distance

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The floating towpath on the east side of the Blackwall approach road bridge

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The floating towpath joins the Lee Navigation's towpath at Bow Locks

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The end of the Limehouse Cut where it joins the River Lea at Bow Locks. The route from Limehouse to this point is generally considered part of the Lee and Stort Navigations, and to continue the journey we follow the Lee Navigation from Bow Locks to Old Ford and northwards to Hertford

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