The Grand Union's Paddington Arm
Part six - Harlesden to Acton Lane
A slightly scruffy looking stretch of canal belies these factories and their service bridges east of Acton Lane
The canal enters a lengthy cutting from Acton lane to Old Oak Road. This semaphore signal is one of just a few left in the London area and as far as I know, the only one that can be seen next to any of the London canal network
Another landmark visible from the same cutting is the new Wembley stadium
The new Powerday depot at Old Oak which recieves spoils delivered by canal, rail and road
N/B Festina Lente passing derelict warehouses at the Hogarth Industrial Estate, Old Oak
Railway sidings can be seen for miles from the canal at Old Oak. The disused Eurostar depot is visible on the far side
Boats and trains galore near the North Pole. This quaintly named part of London actually exists! The freight train is on the North London line. The Kensal Green gasometers make their appearance as one enters the long straight section from Old Oak to Acton Lane bridge
Paddington Arm - Part seven
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: A branch off the Regents Canal to Euston / Fleet River & Canal: The former Thames - Kings Cross waterway / Grand Surrey: The canal with an ambition to reach Portsmouth! / Grosvenor Canal: The Grosvenor linked Victoria to the Thames / Kensington Canal: The canal that became a railway and an underground route / London's Canal Tunnels: There are three canal tunnels in London / Paddington Arm: The Grand Junction/Grand Union from Bulls Bridge to London / Pudding Mill River: Requiem for London's lost waterway / Regents Canal: This runs between Little Venice, Camden Town & Limehouse / Romford Canal: The penultimate, yet unfinished, 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