Paddington Arm

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Starting from Bull's Bridge Junction the canal passes through the following places of interest:-

North Circular Road Aqueduct This dual carriageway canal passes over one of London's busiest roads. There is nothing nicer that to cruise over here about 5pm on a Friday evening with a drink in your hand and look down on the chaos below!
Old Oak Common The ancestral home of the Great Western Railway maintenance. The picture shows the North Pole Depot that was originally the home to the Eurostar trains but became redundant in 2007 when Eurostar moved from Waterloo to St. Pancras.
Wormwood Scrubs It was built between 1874 and 1891 using convict labour.
Kensal Green Cemetery It was founded in 1833 by barrister George Frederick Green. There have been over 250000 burials there of which over 1500 are deemed to be of famous or infamous people. among the more notable are Sir Marc Isambard Brunel the French born father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel who is also buried there. Churchill's daughter is buried there as is also William Makepeace Thackeray the famous author. There is also a crematorium on the site and many famous people have been cremated there including Freddy Mercury of Queen and the actress Ingrid Bergman.
Little Venice Little Venice was given its name by Robert Browning who lived there from 1862 to 1887. The central pool is named Browning's Pool after him. Little Venice has a distinct character of its own. The are many residential boats here, some moored 2 abreast and gardens have grown up onto the towpath.
Paddington Basin Paddington Basin is the London terminus of the Paddington Arm and has been extensively redeveloped over the years. It is now surrounded completely by modern offices, flats and shops. The famous roll up bridge was designed by Thomas Heatherwick of London and is operated every Friday at 1pm to the delight of the many numerous Japanese tourists who come to watch it. for some unknown reason Thomas Heatherwick's work is greatly admired in Japan! There is also a retractable Helical bridge at the end of the basin designed by Marcus Taylor. Please click on the image to the right to see pictures of both bridges.