Victoria Underground station, London (outside Wilton Road exit, opposite Apollo Victoria Theatre)
Guided by Canal Guides
Day | Walk Type | Start Time | End Time | ||
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19 May 2024 | Tour du Jour | 2.30 pm | 4.30 pm | Summer | Reserve Online |
And as long as we’re at it: here’s the full menu of Regent’s Canal & Inland Waterways Walks this winter and on into spring (and a bonus, an additional “reason why”).
On Sunday, February 18 at 2.30 pm: Grosvenor Canal & Battersea Power Station
On Sunday, March 3 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – King’s Cross – Granary Square – Camden
On Sunday, March 17 at 2.30 pm: Limehouse – Thames – Docklands
On Sunday, March 31 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – Little Venice to Camden
“walking is the perfect way of moving if you want to see into the life of things” Elizabeth von Arnim
On Sunday, April 7 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – King’s Cross to Hitchcock’s Hackney
On Sunday, April 21 at 2.30 pm: The Royal Victoria Dock to East India Dock Towpath Walk
On Sunday, May 5 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – River Tyburn to Little Venice
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Short read: Combines the hidden byways of London’s least known, most secret canal and the Thames’ mightiest cathedral. What’s not to like?
Interlude read: Yes, say hello to a new walk from the shop floor of the Inland Waterways Association team of guides.
Long read: Starting at a place made famous by Oscar Wilde – “A handbag ???” – the walk’s core is The Canal which built Belgravia. The timber and stone and much else to build the celebrated squares arrived in sailing barges. After passing a duelling ground frequented by the Duke of Wellington – next is the iconic Art Deco masterpiece by the designer of a cathedral. When completed, Battersea was the third-largest power station in Britain. Now, it’s transformed – Arcade and many other restaurants make it a gastronomic hub, as well as a retail centre.
Feel good read: N.B. this is one of our sundry* “doubly good cause” walks. Goes without saying that we think supporting London Walks is a good cause (helping to keep us afloat, holed beneath the waterline as we were by the pandemic); but this one’s a “double good cause” walk because Roger and his team of canal walks guides donate their fee – all of it – to the Inland Waterways Association, whose work, we’d say, is of inestimable importance. London’s canals – its “inland waterways” – are one of the capital’s most important amenities. The IWA preserves them, improves them, spreads the word about them. You go on this – or any of our canal walks – you’re assisting in that hugely important endeavour. Nothing else to add except the pro forma but nonetheless genuinely meant big thanks from us to you.
*Now closing in on 35 London Walks in total.
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