Grand Union Canal (Regent's Canal)
The Grand Union Canal (Regent's Canal) is a broad canal and is part of the Grand Union Canal.
It runs for 8 miles and 4¾ furlongs through 13 locks from Limehouse Basin Entrance (where it joins the River Thames (tidal section)) to Little Venice (where it joins the Grand Union Canal (Paddington Branch)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 14 feet wide. The maximum headroom is 9 feet and 2 inches. The maximum draught is 4 feet and 10 inches.
It has junctions with the Lee and Stort Navigation (Limehouse Cut) at Limehouse Basin and with the Grand Union Canal (Hertford Union Canal) at Hertford Union Junction.
Notable features of the waterway include Maida Hill Tunnel and Islington Tunnel
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 50M - Grand Union Canal (All) Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 52M - Grand Union Canal (South) Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Limehouse Basin Entrance Entrance to the Grand Union Canal (Regent's Canal) |
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| The Narrow PH Gordon Ramsay Restaurants and Riverside |
¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Narrow Street Bridge | ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Limehouse Lock No 13 | 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Limehouse Basin Visitor Moorings | 1½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Limehouse Basin with Lion Wharf, South Quay, Medland Quay, Regent's Canal Wharf, Liverpool Steam Wharf, East Quay and North Quay |
1¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Limehouse Basin Footbridge | 2½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Docklands Light Railway Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Commercial Road Lock No 12 | 2¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Commercial Road Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Brunton's Wharf | 3 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Salmon's Lane Wharf | 3¼ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Salmon Lane Pipe Bridge | 3½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Salmon Lane Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Stonebridge Wharf | 3¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Parnham Street Footbridge | 4 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Salmon Lane Lock No 11 | 4¼ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| c2c Railway Bridge No 60 London Fenchurch Street - Shoeburyness |
5 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Regent's Wharf | 5 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Mile End Sewer Vent Chimney | 5¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Rhodeswell Wharf | 5¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Ben Jonson Road Bridge You can moor here to visit The Ragged School museum. |
6¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Johnson's Lock No 10 | 7 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Newcastle Wharf | 7¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Riga Wharf (Stepney) | 7¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Devon Wharf | 1 mile and ¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Solebay Street Bridge | 1 mile and ½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Mile End Road Bridge No 56 | 1 mile and 1¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Mile End Lock No 9 | 1 mile and 1¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Liverpool Street to Stratford Railway Bridge | 1 mile and 3 furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Meath Gardens Footbridge No 55A | 1 mile and 3½ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Palmer's Wharf | 1 mile and 3¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| The Palm Tree PH | 1 mile and 4 furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Victoria Wharf (Globe Town) | 1 mile and 4½ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Roman Road Bridge No 55 | 1 mile and 4¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Twig Folly Wharf | 1 mile and 5 furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Advance Wharf | 1 mile and 5¼ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Hertford Union Junction Junction of Regent's and Hertford Union Canals |
1 mile and 5½ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Bridge Wharf (Tower Hamlets) | 1 mile and 5¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Old Ford Road Bridge No 54 | 1 mile and 6 furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Old Ford Lock No 8 | 1 mile and 6½ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Victoria Park Services | 1 mile and 6½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Victoria Park Visitor Moorings 14 day moorings |
1 mile and 7¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Bonner Hall Bridge No 53 | 1 mile and 7¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Belmont Wharf | 2 miles and 1 furlong | 6 locks | |
| Cambridge Heath Wharf | 2 miles and 2 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Victoria Wharf (Hackney) | 2 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Lime Wharf | 2 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Mare Street Bridge No 51 | 2 miles and 3 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Great Eastern Main Line Bridge No 50 Cambridge Heath to London Fields Railway |
2 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Alexandra Wharf | 2 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Red Star Wharf | 2 miles and 4½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Broadway Market Visitor Moorings 7 day moorings |
2 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| London Wharf (Regent's Canal) | 2 miles and 5 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Cat and Mutton Bridge No 49 | 2 miles and 5 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Acton's Lock No 7 | 2 miles and 5½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Talavera Moorings Long term moorings - permit holders only |
2 miles and 6 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Site of Haggerston Basin Infilled and built upon |
2 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Adelaide Wharf | 2 miles and 7½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Queensbridge Road Bridge No 48 | 2 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Kent Wharf | 3 miles | 7 locks | |
| Columbia Wharf | 3 miles | 7 locks | |
| Brunswick Wharf | 3 miles and ¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Haggerston Road Bridge No 47 | 3 miles and ½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Laburnum Basin | 3 miles and 1 furlong | 7 locks | |
| Shoreditch to Dalston Railway Bridge No 46 | 3 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Kingsland Road Bridge | 3 miles and 2 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Baltic Wharf (Haggerston) | 3 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Medway Wharf (offside) | 3 miles and 2½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Kingsland Basin C.H.U.G. - Canals in Hackney User Group |
3 miles and 2½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Tuscany Wharf | 3 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Riga Wharf | 3 miles and 3½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Red Lion Stone Wharf | 3 miles and 3½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Whitmore Road Bridge No 43 | 3 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Southgate Road Bridge No 42 | 3 miles and 5½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Royal Standard Pipe Bridge | 3 miles and 5½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Gainsborough Wharf Private moorings |
3 miles and 6 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Crown Wharf (city) | 3 miles and 6½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| New North Road Bridge No 41 | 3 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Times Wharf | 3 miles and 7 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Eagle Dock | 3 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| City Wharf | 3 miles and 7½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Sturt's Lock No 6 | 3 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Blenheim Wharf (offside) Union Wharf |
4 miles | 8 locks | |
| Shepherdess Walk Bridge No 40 | 4 miles and ¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Wenlock Arms Pipe Bridge | 4 miles and ¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Britannia Wharf | 4 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Wenlock Basin Branch and Union Wharf |
4 miles and 1½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| The Narrowboat PH Young's |
4 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Wharf Road Bridge No 39 | 4 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| City Road Basin Branch Harris Wharf, City Wharf and Bridge Wharf |
4 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| City Road Lock No 5 | 4 miles and 2½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| City Road Service Mooring | 4 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Danbury Street Road Bridge No 38 | 4 miles and 3 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Islington Visitor Moorings | 4 miles and 3½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Islington Tunnel (eastern entrance) Colebrook Row crosses here |
4 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Islington Tunnel (western entrance) Muriel Street crosses here |
5 miles and ¼ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Bridge Wharf (Islington) | 5 miles and ¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Thornhill Bridge | 5 miles and 1 furlong | 9 locks | |
| Thornhill Bridge Wharf | 5 miles and 1 furlong | 9 locks | |
| Pembroke Wharf | 5 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Battlebridge Basin | 5 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Kings Place Arts Building Arts venue and offices of the Guardian newspaper and RailTrack - also Home Mooring of n.b. 'Tarporley' |
5 miles and 2½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| York Way Bridge No 36 | 5 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Kings Cross Railway Aqueduct Winding Hole | 5 miles and 3 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Kings Cross Railway Aqueduct | 5 miles and 3 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Goodsway Bridge No 35 | 5 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| St Pancras Lock Winding Hole | 5 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Camley Street Nature Park | 5 miles and 4½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Somers Town Bridge No 34B | 5 miles and 5 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| St Pancras Lock No 4 | 5 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| St Pancras Dry Dock | 5 miles and 5½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| St Pancras Basin St Pancras Cruising Club |
5 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| St Pancras Railway Station Bridge No 32 | 5 miles and 6 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Oblique Bridge No 31 | 5 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Star Wharf Built upon |
6 miles and ¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Knowles Wharf (offside) | 6 miles and ½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| The Constitution PH | 6 miles and ¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Gray's Inn Bridge No 29 | 6 miles and ¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Bangor Wharf | 6 miles and 1 furlong | 10 locks | |
| Eagle Wharf Basin infilled and built upon |
6 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Royal College Street Bridge No 28 | 6 miles and 1½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| College Wharf Built upon |
6 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Devonshire Wharf Built upon |
6 miles and 2 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Camden Road Bridge No 27 | 6 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Bayham Wharf Built upon |
6 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Camden Bridge No 26A | 6 miles and 2½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Kentish Town Wharf Built upon |
6 miles and 3 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Kentish Town Bridge No 25 | 6 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Kentish Town Lock No 3 | 6 miles and 3½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Hawley Lock No 2 | 6 miles and 4 furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Camden High Street Bridge No 24 | 6 miles and 4½ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Site of Bridge Wharf Infilled and built upon |
6 miles and 4½ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Hampstead Road Locks Nos 1A & 1B Only remaining double locks on the Regent's Canal |
6 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Dingwall's Wharf Bridge | 6 miles and 5 furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Dingwall's Wharf Northwestern Stone Wharf (Offside) |
6 miles and 5 furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Chalk Farm Wharf | 6 miles and 5 furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Semple’s Wharf LNWR goods interchange warehouse |
6 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Ice Well Wharf Basin infilled and built upon |
6 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Southampton Bridge No 20 | 6 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Gilbey's Wharf | 6 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Euston Station Railway Bridges Nos 17, 18 and 19 | 6 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Fitzroy Bridge No 16 | 6 miles and 6½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Camden Visitor Moorings Max. 7 days mooring (£25 per day for overstaying) |
6 miles and 7 furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Regent's Park Road Bridge No 15 | 6 miles and 7½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Prince Albert Road Bridge No 14 | 6 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Cumberland Basin Junction with Cumberland Market Branch |
7 miles | 13 locks | |
| Outer Zoo Bridge No 12 | 7 miles and ¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Inner Zoo Second Footbridge | 7 miles and ½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| London Zoo Landing Stage Only for the waterbus |
7 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Inner Zoo Footbridge No 11 Snowdon Aviary |
7 miles and 1½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Primrose Hill Bridge No 10 | 7 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Macclesfield Bridge No 9 | 7 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Avenue Road Bridge No 8 | 7 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Park Road Bridge No 7 | 7 miles and 6½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Marylebone Station Railway Bridge No 6 LU Metropolitan & Jubilee Lines |
7 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Marylebone Station Railway Bridge No 5 | 7 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Marylebone Station Railway Bridge No 4 | 7 miles and 7 furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Marylebone Station Railway Bridge No 3A | 7 miles and 7 furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Casey Close Footbridge No 3 | 7 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Marylebone Wide | 8 miles | 13 locks | |
| Lisson Grove Bridge No 2 This is actually a tunnel (53 yards or 48 metres) |
8 miles and ¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Maida Vale Pipe Bridge | 8 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Maida Hill Tunnel (northeastern entrance) | 8 miles and 1½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Maida Hill Tunnel (southwestern entrance) Edgeware Road crosses here |
8 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Blomfield Road Moorings | 8 miles and 3½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Warwick Avenue Bridge No 1 | 8 miles and 4½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Little Venice Junction of Grand Union Regent's Canal and Paddington Branch |
8 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
- Youtube — associated with Islington Tunnel
- The Islington Canal Festival and a trip through the tunnel
- Camden Canals & Narrowboats Association — associated with Kings Place Arts Building
- Camden Canals & Narrowboat Association - ‘Tarporley’ Community Narrowboat Trips
- The Macclesfield Bridge disaster | Royal Museums Greenwich — associated with Macclesfield Bridge No 9
- In this blog we recall a Victorian explosion on London’s inland waterways which conferred an unusual nickname on the bridge which stood in the way of the blast. The Macclesfield Bridge disaster of 1874 resulted in death and destruction and the passing of an Act of Parliament.
- The Narrowboat | Young's Pub in Islington, London — associated with The Narrowboat PH
- Limehouse Basin Marina, London — BWML — associated with Limehouse Basin
- Interchange Warehouse - CRHT Web site — associated with Semple’s Wharf
- Camden Railway Heritage Trust
- The Narrow Public House — associated with The Narrow PH
- Public House
- Gainsborough Wharf — associated with Gainsborough Wharf
- The Constitution — associated with The Constitution PH
Wikipedia has a page about Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. Its main line starts in London and ends in Birmingham, stretching for 137 miles (220 km) with 166 locks. It has arms to places including Leicester, Slough, Aylesbury, Wendover and Northampton.
The Grand Union Canal was also the original name for part of what is now part of the Leicester Line of the modern Grand Union: this latter is now generally referred to as the Old Grand Union Canal to avoid ambiguity.
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