The Regent’s Canal – Mile End to Limehouse

Mile End tube station, London

Guided by Canal Guides

Walk Times

Day	Walk Type	Start Time	End Time
4 February 2024	Tour du Jour	2.30 pm	4.30 pm	Winter	Reserve Online

And as long as we’re at it: here are our other Regent’s Canal & Inland Waterways Walks this autumn and winter (and a bonus, a couple of additional “reasons why”).

On Sunday, October 15 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – King’s Cross, Granary Square, St. Pancras

On Sunday, November 5 at 2.30 pm: The Royal Victoria Dock to East India Dock Towpath Walk

On Sunday, November 19 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – River Tyburn to Little Venice

On Sunday, December 3 at 2.30 pm: Grosvenor Canal & Battersea Power Station

On Sunday, December 17 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – King’s Cross, Granary Square, St.

Pancras

“walking is man’s best medicine” Hippocrates

On Monday, January 1 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – Little Venice to Camden

On Sunday, January 7 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – Islington to Kingsland Road

On Sunday, January 21 at 2.30 pm: Regent’s Canal – King’s Cross – Granary Square – Camden

On Sunday, February 4 at 2.30 pm the Regent’s Canal – Mile End to Limehouse

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

NOW AS FOR THIS CANAL WALK…

Short read: To get to know the Regent’s Canal is to tap into a completely different London – a London most people never see.

Longer read: It’s old, back-door, far from the madding crowd London. It’s a London where time slows right down – to the pace of the horse-drawn canal barges. Or I suppose you could say it’s a London where time stopped – nearly 200 years ago! At one time the Regent’s Canal’s Limehouse Dock was the gateway to the whole of the UK canal network. And what a gateway: it’s an impressive 10 acres of water and four acres of quays and wharves –- plus the entry lock into the Thames, two miles below London Bridge.

And it’s not just what you see – it’s how you see it. Because guided as they are by members of the IWA, the Regent’s Canal walks show you special bits and bobs – tiny details that open up an age and an era, that explain the workings of the canals. N.B. The walk ends near Limehouse station. It’s part of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) system, which, if you think about it, makes for an almost dizzying transformation: from the Age of Canals to cutting edge 21st century London! The DLR is a completely automated, elevated whoosh – with lots of Wow! factor – through the largest urban redevelopment in Europe. And if you’ve got a 2-Zone Travel Card, well it’s a “ticket to ride” on the DLR.

LONDON WALKS PRACTICALS

Regent’s Canal – Mile End to Limehouse takes place at 2.30 pm on Sunday, February 4.

The meeting point for the Regent’s Canal – Mile End to Limehouse walk is just outside the exit of Mile End Tube.

LONDON WALKS HORS D’OEUVRE

The Regent’s Canal – Mile End to Limehouse walk is one of a series of Regent’s Canal and other Inland Waterways walks that we conduct in partnership with the IWA (Inland Waterways Association). There are getting on for a dozen different canal and Inland Waterways walks in their repertory. The Canal Walks’ regular slot is the 2.30 pm Tour du Jour offering on the first and third Sunday of every month. And there are usually a handful of “guest appearance” canal walks that run as “Specials” on selected dates in any given Summer or Winter London Walks programme.

There’s more. The guides are all members of the IWA. They have some formidable expertise – know the canals better than “ordinary mortals” And – how special is this – they donate their fees to the IWA. So you’re supporting a good cause – doing a seriously good turn – when you go on one of our canal walks.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]