Regent's Canal

The Regent's Canal is a 14 km long canal in the north of central London. It connects the Paddington arm of the Grand Union Canal in the west to the Limehouse Basin and the River Thames in East London.

History

1802 suggested the London Thomas Homer before a west-east connection between the 1801 - opened Grand Junction Canal and the River Thames at Limehouse. A few years later the canal was included in a master plan. On October 14, 1812, the construction began, the first section between Paddington and Camden Town was opened in 1816. In this section of the canal passes under two hills, the longer tunnel is 251 meters long. Four years later, in 1820, the second section was opened to Limehouse. Here the canal leads into a 886 -meter-long tunnel under the borough of Islington throughout.

The channel equipped with a towpath was used until the 1960s commercial for the transport of goods (eg coal and wood). Today houseboats moored ( narrowboats ) on both banks and the channel is now an urban recreation area for walkers and cyclists become.