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Hertford Union Canal

1.1 miles (1.7 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap Enjoy an easy, waterside walk or cycle along this canal in Tower Hamlets. It runs for about a mile, linking the Regent's Canal and the Lea Valley Walk. You'll pass a series of locks and bridges along the way. It runs alongside Victoria Park so there is scope for continuing your walk through the park or along the Regent's Canal.
The canal also visits the ,Olympic Park where you can pick up the Lea Navigation and the Limehouse Cut Canal.

Hertford Union Canal OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Hertford Union Canal Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

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Photos

Hertford Union Canal - geograph.org.uk - 2248864

Hertford Union Canal

Hertford Union Canal, approaching the top lock - geograph.org.uk - 953358

Approaching the top lock. Looking west. The canal joins the Lee Navigation with the Regent's Canal, and is very useful for boaters making for the Lee from the main system. There are just three locks, quite close together.

Middle lock, Hertford Union Canal - geograph.org.uk - 2193766

Middle lock.

Hertford Union Canal - geograph.org.uk - 112860

This is a cycle path, however it seems only an unlaiden bicycle of standard design can fit though the barrier. It seems non-standard bicycles and luggage is forbidden.

Regent's Canal, jct. with Hertford Union Canal - geograph.org.uk - 2380855

Regent's Canal, jct. with Hertford Union Canal

The Hertford Union Canal from Three Colt Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1326185

From Three Colt Bridge. The photograph is looking towards the Lee Navigation. Victoria Park is on the left, alongside the canal, and the new housing on the other side of the canal replaced old industrial premises and warehouses.

The junction of Lee Navigation and Hertford Union Canal - geograph.org.uk - 1128499

The junction of Lee Navigation and Hertford Union Canal. The 2012 Olympic Park construction can be seen by the canal in this photo from 2009.

Hertford Union Canal, Bow - geograph.org.uk - 91184

Bow

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GPS Files

GPX File

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Memory Map Route

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