Canal Guides

Aileen, Charlie, David, Flora, John, Mike G., Naomi, Richard and Roger all have many years' experience of the Inland Waterways and have explored them extensively by narrowboat (and, in Roger's case, canoe). They're all active members of the Inland Waterways Association, which works in partnership with us to provide the towpath walks in the London Walks programme.

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The Regent's Canal – King's Cross to Hitchcock's Hackney
The Regent's Canal – King's Cross to Hitchcock's Hackney

Sunday, 02 April 2023 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)

out of the chrysalis of old 19th-century industrial London into the buzz of a new London

Limehouse - Thames - Docklands
Limehouse - Thames - Docklands

Sunday, 16 April 2023 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)

"part gentrified, part solidly working class"

The Regent's Canal – River Tyburn to Little Venice
The Regent's Canal – River Tyburn to Little Venice

Sunday, 30 April 2023 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)

"we step into a different world here, a different world bouquet’d with incidental delights – 'The Upside Down House', for example..."

The Regent's Canal – Mile End to Limehouse
The Regent's Canal – Mile End to Limehouse

Sunday, 07 May 2023 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)

"from the Age of Canals to cutting edge, 21-st century London"

The Regent's Canal:   King's Cross-Granary Square-Camden
The Regent's Canal: King's Cross-Granary Square-Camden

Sunday, 21 May 2023 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)

The London of a couple of centuries ago. A London of tunnels and bridges and narrowboats and locks.

Royal Victoria Dock to East India Dock Towpath Walk
Royal Victoria Dock to East India Dock Towpath Walk

Sunday, 04 June 2023 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)

A new towpath walk created by the London Walks team of Regent's Canal guides (in conjunction with the IWA – Inland Waterways Association)

The Regent's Canal - King's Cross, Granary Square, St. Pancras
The Regent's Canal - King's Cross, Granary Square, St. Pancras

Sunday, 02 July 2023 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)

"unseen, untrodden, unexplored, unknown London beckons"

The Regent's Canal – Mile End to Haggerston
The Regent's Canal – Mile End to Haggerston

Sunday, 16 July 2023 @ 2.30 pm

"Welcome to an English rainforest of different types of trees and plants. Then a POW! of a contrast..."

The Grand Union Canal – Kensal Green to Little Venice
The Grand Union Canal – Kensal Green to Little Venice

Saturday, 29 July 2023 @ 2.30 pm

"the Cinderella of London's canal network"

The Regent's Canal – Islington to Kingsland Road
The Regent's Canal – Islington to Kingsland Road

Sunday, 27 August 2023 @ 2.30 pm

"ankle power, water power, horsepower, steam engine power, electric power, internal combustion engine power – the walk, er, runs the gamut"