2018
TQ0879 : The Grand Union Canal at Stockley Park
taken 6 years ago, near to West Drayton, Hillingdon, England
The Grand Union Canal at Stockley Park
This section of the Grand Union Canal from the River Thames at Brentford was opened in 1794. It was the first section of what was originally called the Grand Junction Canal. Its purpose was to provide a new, shorter and quicker transport route between London and Birmingham by connecting with a network of canals at Braunston near Daventry. When the canal reached Braunston in 1805 it cut 60 miles off the shortest alternative route.
The London LOOP follows the towpath here, having passed through Stockley Country Park and Stockley Business Park, after leaving the towpath at West Drayton and rejoining it behind where I am standing on its way to Kingston Bridge.
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