2015

TQ0491 : The Royal Quay at Harefield

taken 9 years ago, near to Harefield, Hillingdon, England

The Royal Quay at Harefield
The Royal Quay at Harefield
On the right is the Watermill next to the Grand Union Canal.
The Grand Union Canal

The Grand Union is a 137 mile (220km), 166 lock, 2 tunnel canal running between Brentford in London and Birmingham. It is the longest canal in Britain, and has 11 main arms and junctions. It takes over a week to navigate.

The Leicester arm branches off at Norton Junction and runs 66 miles long through 59 locks (including 2 staircase locks at Foxton) and 2 tunnels to Leicester where it continues into the River Soar.

Read more at Wikipedia LinkExternal link


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Geographical Context: Canals Former: Watermill Primary Subject: Canal other tags: Canal Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Royal Quay [2] Other Photos: · Grand Union Canal, water outfall below Royal Quay ·
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TQ0491, 132 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Mat Fascione   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 18 August, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 12 February, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 040 911 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:36.5800N 0:29.9186W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 040 911
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Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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