Regent's Canal

Regent's Canal
West portal of the Islington tunnel
Map
Specifications
Length8.6 miles (13.8 km)
Maximum boat length78 ft 0 in (23.77 m)
Maximum boat beam14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Locks13
StatusOpen
Navigation authorityCanal and River Trust
History
Principal engineerJames Morgan
Date of act13 July 1812
Construction began14 October 1812
Date of first use1816; 208 years ago (1816)
Date completed1 August 1820
Geography
Start pointPaddington Arm
(Grand Union Canal)
End pointRiver Thames
(Limehouse)
Branch(es)Hertford Union Canal
Limehouse Cut
Route map
Map
Regent's Canal
Grand Union Canal
Little Venice, Maida Vale
 A404  Harrow Road
 A40  Westway
 A4206  Bishop's Bridge
Paddington Basin
 A5 
Maida Hill Tunnel
272 yards (249 m)
Eyre's Tunnel
53 yards (48 m)
Chiltern Main Line bridge
 A41  Chapel Bridge
Macclesfield Bridge
Cumberland Basin
 A5205  Water Meeting Bridge
West Coast Main Line bridge
1
Hampstead Road Locks
 A502  Hampstead Road Bridge
2
Hawley Lock
3
Kentish Town Lock
 A400  Kentish Town Bridge
northbound
 A400  Camden Bridge
southbound
 A503  Camden Road
 A5202  College Street Bridge
northbound
 A5202  Gray's Inn Bridge
southbound
Midland Main Line bridge
St Pancras Basin
4
St Pancras Lock
East Coast Main Line tunnel
 A5200  Maiden Lane Bridge
Battlebridge Basin
 A5203  Thornhill Bridge
Islington Tunnel
960 yards (880 m)
5
City Road Lock
City Road Basin
Wenlock Basin
6
Sturt's Lock
 A1200  New North Road Bridge
Kingsland Basin
 A10  Kingsland Bridge
East London line bridge
Laburnum Basin
7
Acton's Lock
West Anglia Main Line bridge
 A107  Cambridge Heath Bridge
8
Old Ford Lock
Hertford Union Canal
Great Eastern Main Line bridge
9
Mile End Lock
 A11  Mile End Bridge
10
Johnson's Lock
London, Tilbury & Southend line bridge
11
Salmon Lane Lock
 A13  Commercial Road Bridge
12
Commercial Road Lock
DLR bridge
Limehouse Basin Marina
Limehouse Cut
13
Limehouse Basin Lock
River Thames

Regent's Canal is a canal across an area just north of central London, England. It provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, 550 yards (500 m) north-west of Paddington Basin in the west, to the Limehouse Basin and the River Thames in east London. The canal is 8.6 miles (13.8 km) long.[1]

  1. ^ "Regent's Canal".