The Regents Canal - Camden Market - the Horse Tunnels
The market at Camden Lock has lost some of its old character. Plans for major redevelopment were approved despite opposition and work began in 2007. By December 2007 a large swathe of the market to the north of the railway viaducts had been swept away. One small consolation is the retention of the Horse Tunnels, which were actually planned for demolition, but their historical significance saw a late change of plans and they have been saved for prosperity, although perhaps not in the way that would have been best in keeping with canal tradition.
These pictures show the older areas of the market.
The view looking towards the Horse Hospital - the new development to the west had only just begun construction
The new development to the west of the Horse Hospital which leads down to the lower level of tunnels
Above and below - quite faithful reproductions of the working horses that populated the area
Attention to historic detail has been paid - the name W&A.Gilbey refers to Gilbey's Wharf on the Regents Canal by the Pirate Castle
Next: Camden Horse Market 2
THE REGENTS CANAL PAGES:
intro / blomfield rd~maida hill / marylebone / regents park / marks crescent / camden town / camden market / st pancras~city rd / hackney~old ford / mile end~limehouse
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 / 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