Date
Sun Oct 6th
Organiser
Joan M
Cost
Free to members, £10 supplement for attendees from Meetup
Activity
8-mile walk along Regents Canal from Little Venice to Victoria Park. The Regents Canal was a late addition to the canal network, completed in 1820. Its objective was to link the Grand Union Canal at Paddington with the Thames at Limehouse. It is now a very popular walking and cycling route with a great variety of features on route. After coffee at the café barge we head east through the villas and stuccoed terraces of Maida Vale and Lisson Grove. Then onto Regents Park and the Georgian mansions of Decimus Burton. Then via Camden to the Kings Cross quarter with its canalside cafes and new developments. From Islington we enter the quieter second half, full of historic Victorian factories and wharves being converted into "luxury housing" and artists' studios. There are independent cafes and pubs alongside, including several barges converted into shops and cafes. We pass the towering monument to Alfred Hitchcock on the site of his film studios. Also passing the houses of Joe Orton and David Lean amongst many others. We will explore Victoria Park and can stop for lunch at the famous Pavilion Café by the boating lake.
Refreshments
Cafe at start. Lots of choice on route.
Travel
Nearest stations to start are Warwick Avenue (Bakerloo line) and Paddington (Hammersmith and City, Circle, District and Elizabeth lines). Use canalside exit at Paddington. End point is near Bethnal Green station (Overground and Central line).
Start
10:00am prompt at tables at Waterside Café Boat, Little Venice, W2 6NE
Finish
Around 3:00pm at Victoria Park, Hackney, E9 5HT
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