Wharfs (14) : Abbott

Now a mooring.

Canal maintenance (19)

Near Bow Locks.

Railway Bridge No. 2

After No. 1 of course.

Boats on the canal (137)

In Limehouse.

Along the Limehouse Cut

This week's theme is the Limehouse Cut which stretches between Limehouse Basin and Bow Locks and a junction with the Lee Navigation.

Burdett Road Bridge

On the Limehouse Cut.

London-Southend Railway Bridge

Crossing the Limehouse Cut on a wet day.

Canal Maintenance (13) : Waterwitch 7

The weeder Waterwitch 7 at Bow Lock.

DLR over the cut

A DLR train crosses over the Limehouse Cut near Limehouse Basin.

Moorings (10) : Abbott Wharf

Abbott Wharf on the Limehouse Cut.

Britannia Bridge

In Limehouse.

Basins (5) : Limehouse

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

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.

New and old

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

Signposts (2) : Limehouse Cut

Where the Limehouse Cut meets the Regent's.

Boats on the canal (89)

At Limehouse.

Bridge over canal and river

At the end of the Limehouse Cut where it merges with the river are a number of bridges which cross both.

Sheltering from the rain

Many a canal walker has been grateful for the shelter of a bridge from heavy rain!

Doing the Limehouse Cut

The Limehouse Cut is a short canal that runs from Limehouse Basin (the terminus of the Regent's Canal) up to the River Lea near Stratford. In terrible weather (you can see the rain in the photos!) i walked this canal on Saturday and here you can see the photos. Its an interesting little canal that i'll revisit one day (when its not raining!) Here are my photographs.

Limehouse Cut

The Limehouse Cut is a fairly short canal that links the Regent's Canal at Limehouse Basin to the River Lee navigation.