Basins (5) : Limehouse

At the end of the Regent's Canal and Limehouse Cut is Limehouse Basin.

River boats (20)

Matrix Island at St Katharine Dock.

Oh Christmas tree

Merry Christmas to all canal enthusiasts and folk, here are some Christmas trees alongside the Grand Union Canal near Shrewley.

Moorings (2) : Blomfield Road

On the Regent's Canal by Little Venice.

Arms (1) : Moor Lane

Arms are branches off the canal, they can vary in length quite a bit but do tend to be rather short, as is the case with the Moor Lane Arm of the Tame Valley Canal which is just long enough for the average narrowboat to enter (though they would have to clear the rubbish out that usually collects in the arm first).

Macclesfield Bridge

On the Regent's Canal as it heads West.

Basins (4) : Typhoo

Typhoo Basin of the Digbeth Branch Canal.

River boats (19)

MV Lucia at St Katherine Dock.

Ball's Bridge in the mist

An atmospheric shot though slightly ruined by the roar from the nearby M40.

Boats on the canal (101)

Pamela May at Droitwich Spa.

River boats (18)

Tideway on the Thames.

Gray's Inn Bridge

On the Regent's Canal in Camden.

Old Ford Road Bridge

On the Hertford Union in Bow.

Basins (3) : Coventry

Also the terminus of the canal is the fine basin at Coventry.

Canal side tower

One of the more striking canal side buildings around, this one in Nottingham.

Boats on the canal (100)

At Hatton.

Both Ends (5) : Limehouse Cut

The Limehouse Cut is a short canal in East London that connects the Lee Navigation to the Regent's Canal at Limehouse Basin. The canal begins (or ends depending on your point of view) at Bow Locks.

It then travels 2 miles through Tower Hamlets until it meets the Regent's Canal at Limehouse Basin which is where the canal joins the Thames. Originally the Limehouse Cut connected directly onto the Thames but that was changed in 1968 because of the need to replace the river lock. Instead a new short length of canal was built to connect the Limehouse Cut to Limehouse Basin allowing traffic to use the river lock there instead.

Royal College Street Bridge

On the Regent's Canal in Camden.

Tunnels (9) : Curzon Street

With many of the railway lines heading into Birmingham New Street on top.

Return to Hatton

Its been a while since i've visited the Grand Union Canal at Hatton, which is strange as its so easy to get to from the railway station (literally crossing a road) and there is a lot to see. I went up the towpath as far as Shrewley tunnel, so ground covered before but somewhat haunting in the mist and fog that was plaguing Warwickshire yesterday. You can see my photos here.

River Boats (17)

Former light ship Planet at the Albert Dock in Liverpool.

No gas

A gas holder that overlooks the Regent's Canal in King's Cross.

Cranes (4) : Canal Museum Wharf

In Nottingham.

Toll Islands (3) : Albion Junction

On the Birmingham Main Line near Albion Junction (and the Gower Branch Canal).

Tram over waters

A Nottingham Tram over the Nottingham Canal in ..er.. Nottingham.

Boats on the canal (99)

The waterbus is now red not pink.

Nottingham Canal

Its always nice to visit a canal i haven't been to before. Today it was the Nottingham Canal, a short canal which is part of the River Trent navigation these days and flows through the town. Now it is just over a mile long and links the Trent to the Lenton Chain though originally the canal went up to the Cromford Canal at Langley Mill. You can see my photos here.

Electric Wharf Footbridge

Funky modern bridge just outside Coventry Basin.

Narrows (1) : Hazelmere Way Narrows

At Banbury.

Less mud more tarmac

The towpath upgrade of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal in Erdington continues.

Romteskip

Romteskip on the river Thames in London.

Rainbow Hill Bridge

In Worcester.

Towpath upgrade

Work on upgrading the towpath on the Birmingham & Fazeley canal in Birches Green.

Both Ends (4) : Coventry Canal

The Coventry Canal is a 38 mile canal that stretches from Fradley Junction near Lichfield where it is connected to the Trent & Mersey Canal.

As you might imagine the other end of the canal is in Coventry, and indeed the canal terminates here though before that there are connections to the Lichfield (originally the Wyrley & Essington), Ashby, Birmingham & Fazeley and Oxford canals.

One complication with the Coventry Canal is that while in reality it is a continuous stretch of waterway some maps treat it as two separate sections connected by part of the Birmingham & Fazeley. This confusion dates from the days of private ownership of the canals, but now the canals are all owned by British Waterways the canal should really be treated as it physically is.

River boats (16)

On the river Lee in East London.

Boats on the canal (98)

East London Canal Tours on the Regent's Canal near Limehouse.

Wye

The River Wye at Hereford.

Signposts (5) : Coventry Basin

From the terminus of the Coventry Canal you can head off to these destinations among others.

River Boats (15)

Lily Pad on the river Lee in East London.

Toll Islands (2) : Tame Valley

Near the Tame Valley Canal / Rushall Canal junction.

New and old

A scene familiar on many urban canals, old buildings and new build side by side. On the Limehouse Cut.

Coventry Basin

While ideally i'd like to walk every metre of a canal's towpath that isn't always possible (walking the entire Grand Union would be a mean feat for example) but if i can visit both ends of a canal then i can cross it off in my imaginary abc spotters book of canals... Today i visited Coventry Basin which is the ..er.. Coventry end of the Coventry Canal and as i've already visited the other end of that canal up at Fradley Junction that means i can cross off the Coventry too...

Though it is a bit complicated as a middle stretch of the Coventry is sometimes listed as being part of the Birmingham & Fazeley and the Coventry Canal consists of two separate canals. Well that is splitting hairs a bit, its a continuous waterway so i'm crossing it off! You can see the photos i took here.

Geese armada

An armada of geese on the Birmingham & Fazeley in Erdington.

River boats (14) : Ouse boats

Boats on the river Ouse in York.