Limehouse Cut

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The Limehouse Cut canal section of the London Ring shown in green

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The Limehouse Cut was built in 1766 which makes it London's oldest canal.

It connects the Lee Navigation to Limehouse Basin thus allowing craft to enter the River Thames by avoiding the tidal Bow Creek.

The canal is only 2 miles long and dead straight.

Limehouse Cut