33 Linton Street  

51.536119, -0.093395 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

The Hanbury Arms pub
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Historical background

Regent’s Canal
Hidden behind the local houses this 14-kilometre canal is a real gem of central London. It links London City Docks and Birmingham in the Blomfield Road area and was called Little Venice by poet Robert Browning who used to live here. Arched bridges, slow floating narrow boats lavishly painted and decorated with colourful potted flowers and watering cans on their roofs reminds of Venice. Some of the narrow boats are inhabitable and some used as a displays for paintings and art objects.
For over 150 years, since fully opened in 1820, the canal was used for the transporting of goods mainly timber, coal and other materials. But around the 1960’s almost all cargo was shipped by rail and other land transport. The canal faced an uncertain and grim future. However it survived and in 1979 the government found a new purpose for the canal, its water being used for cooling down the underground high-voltage cables of The Central Electricity Generating Board. The quiet and picturesque embankment is Londoners’ favourite place for walking, jogging and cycling.

Present in routes of categories Lion-Pro, Lion-Light, Angel, Horseman

Passed by: 67/83 (81%).

By categories:

  • Angel: 9/14 (64%)
  • Horseman: 1/1 (100%)
  • Lion-Light: 24/25 (96%)
  • Lion-Pro: 33/43 (77%)