{"id":32204,"date":"2024-09-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=32204"},"modified":"2024-09-20T00:31:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T23:31:34","slug":"in-photos-a-walk-along-the-regents-canal-from-central-london-to-paddington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-photos-a-walk-along-the-regents-canal-from-central-london-to-paddington\/","title":{"rendered":"In photos: a walk along the Regent&#8217;s Canal from central London to Paddington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-01.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was a lovely summer&#8217;s walk.<\/p>\n<p>I started off at Warren Street tube station, and walked through Regent&#8217;s Park to connect with the Regent&#8217;s Canal at the northern end of the park.<\/p>\n<p>I then followed the canal to Paddington, which had changed considerably since my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/regents-park-canal-walk.html\">last walk along this stretch in October 2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-02.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Heading towards Regent&#8217;s Park.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-03.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The elegant semi circle of stuccoed Regency terraced houses at Park Crescent, created by architect John Nash between 1812 and 1821.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-04.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walking through the tree lined passage in Regent&#8217;s Park. In late October, this scene is transformed into a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-glorious-sight-of-autumn-in-regents-park-london-in-20-photos\/\"> dazzling display of autumnal yellows, browns and oranges,\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-05.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-06.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walking along the canal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-07.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-08.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-09.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Regent&#8217;s Canal was built to link the Grand Junction Canal&#8217;s Paddington Arm with the River Thames at Limehouse, and was opened in two stages, from Paddington to Camden in 1816, with the remainder following in 1820.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-10.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;L&#8217;art pour l&#8217;art&#8221; &#8211; Art for Art&#8217;s Sake.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-11.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-12.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A glimpse of one of the lavish Regency mansions overlooking the canal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-13.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-14.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-15.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-16.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-17.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A full living room had created by the side of the canal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-18.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-19.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Passing berthed barges.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-20.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-21.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-22.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-23.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-25.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no pedestrian access through Maida Hill tunnel, so you have to walk up to street level and pick up the canal a few hundred metres west.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-26.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last time I passed here in October 2009, this building was the closed Crockers Folly pub.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-27.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walking into Little Venice.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-28.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-29.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-30.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-31.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-32.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-33.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-34.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-35.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-36.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last part of the walk follows the path of the Paddington Basin, which has substantially changed in recent years, turning into something of a &#8216;destination.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-37.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-38.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-39.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-40.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-41.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-42.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-43.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Art Deco offices of the glorious Great Western Railway at Paddington railway station.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by P E Culverhouse and completed in 1935, the building faces London Street W2 and is now called Tournament House.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/canal-walk-regents-pk-paddington-44.jpg\" alt=\"A walk along the Regent's Canal from central London to Paddington\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Other London canal-side walks<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/london-canal-walk-kings-cross-to-camden-to-regents-park-sept-2020\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">London canal walk: King\u2019s Cross to Camden to Regent\u2019s Park with 40 photos and route map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/bow-to-hackney-wick-canalside-walk-barges-street-art-buildings-and-twilight-feb-2019\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bow to Hackney Wick canalside walk: barges, street art, buildings and twilight, Feb 2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/kings-cross-development-march-2012.html\">A walk around Regent\u2019s Canal and the King\u2019s Cross redevelopment, 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/regents-park-canal-walk.html\">Regent&#8217;s Canal walk, October 2009<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/little-venice-paddington-basin.html\">Little Venice to Paddington Basin, October 2009<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was a lovely summer&#8217;s walk. 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