Between June, July & August we didn’t do much in terms of cruising, below an entire summary of the journey made in several cruises from Uxbridge in West London all the way up to St Margarets.
Summary
This is a trip of 46 miles, ¾ furlongs and 25 locks from Uxbridge Boat Centre to Stanstead Abbots Bridge No 59A.
This will take 20 hours and 32 minutes which is 2 days, 6 hours and 32 minutes at 7 hours per day.
From Uxbridge Boat Centre travel southeast on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford) for 5 miles, ¾ furlongs and 1 lock to Bull’s Bridge Junction, then travel east on the Grand Union Canal (Paddington Branch) for 13 miles to Little Venice, then travel east on the Grand Union Canal (Regent’s Canal) for 6 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 8 locks to Hertford Union Junction, then travel northeast on the Grand Union Canal (Hertford Union Canal) for 1 mile, ¾ furlongs and 3 locks to Hertford Union Canal Junction, then travel north on the Lee and Stort Navigation (River Lee: commercial section) for 11 miles, ¾ furlongs and 7 locks to Waltham Town Lock No 11, then travel north on the Lee and Stort Navigation (River Lee) for 8 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 6 locks to Stanstead Abbots Bridge No 59A.
Route
| Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford) | |||
| From Uxbridge Boat Centre (Also known as Uxbridge Boatyard Dock) to: | |||
| The Malt Shovel PH
Vintage Inns<BR>Braunston 83 miles
|
7¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Cowley Sanitary Station
Also known as Cowley Services
|
a few yards, 0 locks | ||
| Toll House Bistro | ¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Cowley Lock No 89
Towpath crosses over lock gates
|
a few yards, 0 locks | ||
| Cowley South Visitor Moorings
7 day moorings (£25 per day for overstaying)
|
½ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
| The Water’s Edge Bar
Bar and Restaurant
|
4¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| High Line Yachting Chandlery (Cowley) | ¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Packet Boat Marina Service Wharf | ¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Cowley Peachey Junction
Junction with Grand Union Slough Branch
|
1¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Tesco Yiewsley Moorings | 1¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| The Woolpack PH | 2 miles, 0 locks | ||
| The Old Crown PH | 4¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Bull’s Bridge Junction
Junction with Grand Union Paddington Branch. Opposite is a dry dock.. Also known as Bull’s Bridge Wharf, Bull’s Bridge Dock
|
4½ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Grand Union Canal (Paddington Branch) | |||
| From Bull’s Bridge Junction (Junction with Grand Union Paddington Branch. Opposite is a dry dock.. Also known as Bull’s Bridge Wharf, Bull’s Bridge Dock) to: | |||
| Uxbridge Road Visitor Moorings
7 day moorings
|
1 mile, 1¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Willowtree Marina | 6½ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Willow Tree Open Space Moorings
Also known as Site of Yielding Dock
|
1¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Engineer’s Wharf Moorings
Residential Moorings
|
3¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Northolt Boatyard
High Line Yachting (Northolt). Also known as High Line Yachting (Northolt)
|
1 mile, 1 furlong, 0 locks | ||
| Greenford Visitor Moorings
14 day moorings (£25 per day for overstaying). Also known as Black Horse Visitor Moorings
|
7¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| The Black Horse PH (Greenford)
Fuller's
|
½ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Piggery Bridge No 12
Alperton
|
2 miles, 1¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Sainsburys Alperton Moorings [see navigational note 1 below]
Also known as Alperton
|
¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| North Circular Road Aqueduct | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Grand Junction Arms Visitor Moorings
7 day moorings (£25 per day for overstaying). @Disraeli Road, Harlesden, London Borough of Brent, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
|
7¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Grand Junction Arms
Young’s
|
½ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Kensal Green Visitor Moorings
14 day moorings (14 days in one year – £25 per day for overstaying)
|
1 mile, 7¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Kensal Green Stop & Shop Moorings
4 hours moorings
|
2 furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Kensal Green Bridge No 4
B450
|
¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| The Union Tavern
Fuller’s
|
6 furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Harrow Road Bridge No 3
@Harrow Road, Paddington, City of Westminster, Greater London, England, United Kingdom (A404). Also known as Westbourne Green Bridge
|
3 furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Little Venice Services
Also known as Little Venice Sanitary Station
|
3½ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Paddington Stoplock | ¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Little Venice
Junction of Grand Union Regents Canal and Paddington Branch. Also known as Browning’s Pool, Brownings Pool, Little Venice Lagoon, The Lagoon
|
¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Grand Union Canal (Regent’s Canal) | |||
| From Little Venice (Junction of Grand Union Regents Canal and Paddington Branch. Also known as Browning’s Pool, Brownings Pool, Little Venice Lagoon, The Lagoon) to: | |||
| Maida Hill Tunnel (Southwest end)
Edgeware Road crosses here. Also known as Edgeware Road
|
2¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Cumberland Basin
Junction with Cumberland Market Branch. Also known as Cumberland Market Branch
Having passed through Maida Hill Tunnel. |
1 mile, 2½ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Camden Visitor Moorings
Max. 7 days mooring (£25 per day for overstaying)
|
1 furlong, 0 locks | ||
| Hampstead Road Locks No 1A & 1B [see navigational note 2 below]
Only remaining double locks on the Regent’s Canal. Also known as Camden Lock
|
2¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| St Pancras Basin [see navigational note 3 below]
St Pancras Cruising Club
|
7 furlongs, 3 locks | ||
| St Pancras Lock Winding Hole [see navigational note 4 below] | 1¼ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
| Battlebridge Basin
London Canal Museum. Also known as Horsfall Basin, Maiden Lane Basin, Albert Wharf
|
2 furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Islington Tunnel (West end) [see navigational note 5 below]
Muriel Street crosses here. Also known as Muriel Street
|
2 furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Islington Tunnel (East end) [see navigational note 6 below]
Colebrook Row crosses here. Also known as Colebrook Row
Having passed through Islington Tunnel [see navigational note 7 below]. |
4¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| City Road Lock No 5 [see navigational note 8 below] | 1¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Wenlock Arms Pipe Bridge [see navigational note 9 below] | 1¾ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
| Hertford Union Junction
Junction of Regent’s and Hertford Union Canals. Also known as Hertford Union Canal and Regents Canal Junction
|
2 miles, 3¼ furlongs, 3 locks | ||
| Grand Union Canal (Hertford Union Canal) | |||
| From Hertford Union Junction (Junction of Regent’s and Hertford Union Canals. Also known as Hertford Union Canal and Regents Canal Junction) to: | |||
| Hertford Union Top Lock No 1 [see navigational note 10 below]
Also known as Old Ford Upper Lock, Homerton Footpath Lock
|
5½ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Hertford Union Bottom Lock No 3 [see navigational note 11 below]
Also known as Old Ford Lower Lock
Having passed through Old Ford Three Locks. |
2 furlongs, 2 locks | ||
| Hertford Union Canal Junction
Junction of Hertford Union Canal and River Lee. Also known as Hertford Union Canal and Lee Navigation Junction
|
1¼ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
| Lee and Stort Navigation (River Lee: commercial section) | |||
| From Hertford Union Canal Junction (Junction of Hertford Union Canal and River Lee. Also known as Hertford Union Canal and Lee Navigation Junction) to: | |||
| Tottenham Lock No 17 [see navigational note 12 below] | 4 miles, ¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Stonebridge Lock No 16 [see navigational note 13 below] | 5¼ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
| Enfield Lock No 13 [see navigational note 14 below] | 4 miles, 7½ furlongs, 3 locks | ||
| Rammey Marsh Lock No 12 [see navigational note 15 below]
BW key needed to operate the gates / windlass for the paddles
|
6½ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
| Waltham Town Lock No 11 | 5 furlongs, 2 locks | ||
| Lee and Stort Navigation (River Lee) | |||
| From Waltham Town Lock No 11 to: | |||
| Aqueduct Lock No 8 [see navigational note 16 below] | 2 miles, 5 furlongs, 2 locks | ||
| Rye House Junction
Junction of Rivers Stort and Lee
|
4 miles, ½ furlongs, 4 locks | ||
| Rye House Bridge No 58
With Pipe Bridge alongside
|
4 furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Stanstead Abbots Bridge No 59A
Village on east bank. B181. Also known as Abbots Road Bridge No 59A
|
1 mile, 5¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
Totals
Total distance is 46 miles, ¾ furlongs and 25 locks. There are at least 6 small aqueducts or underbridges and 2 tunnels (Maida Hill Tunnel and Islington Tunnel [see navigational note 7 below]. ).
This is made up of 26 miles, ¾ furlongs of broad canals; 11 miles, ¾ furlongs of commercial waterways; 8 miles, 7¼ furlongs of small rivers; 18 broad locks; 7 large locks.
This will take 20 hours, 32 minutes which is 2 days, 6 hours and 32 minutes at 7 hours per day. For initial calculation purposes (before adjusting for such things as overnight stops) this is taken as 3 days of 6 hours and 50 minutes each.
Overnight stopping places
This is calculated based on 3 full days travelling starting at Uxbridge Boat Centre.
Each full day will be approximately 6 hours and 50 minutes travelling.
- First full day of trip
- On the Grand Union Canal (Regent’s Canal), at Hawley Lock No 2 (half way between Hampstead Road Locks No 1A & 1B and St Pancras Basin). This is 20 miles, 1½ furlongs and 2 locks of broad canals and will take 6 hours 50 minutes. Today’s journey involves at least 4 small aqueducts or underbridges and 1 tunnel. You will pass through Maida Hill Tunnel.
- Second full day of trip
- On the Lee and Stort Navigation (River Lee: commercial section), at William Girling Reservoir Cable Bridge No 31 (nearly at Enfield Lock No 13). This is 5 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 10 locks of broad canals, and 7 miles, 4½ furlongs and 3 locks of commercial waterways; a total of 13 miles, 3¾ furlongs and 13 locks and will take 6 hours 51 minutes. Today’s journey involves at least 1 small aqueduct or underbridge and 1 tunnel. You will pass through Islington Tunnel [see navigational note 7 below] and through Old Ford Three Locks.
- Last day of trip
- On the Lee and Stort Navigation (River Lee), at Stanstead Abbots Bridge No 59A. This is 3 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 4 locks of commercial waterways, and 8 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 6 locks of small rivers; a total of 12 miles, 3½ furlongs and 10 locks and will take 6 hours 51 minutes. Today’s journey involves at least 1 small aqueduct or underbridge.
