Tag: Grand Union Canal
Notting Hill (Part Three) – From Pigsty to Posh
By the 1830s, there already existed a little hamlet in Notting Hill known as the “Potteries and Piggeries”. But it wasn’t quite designer earthenware and gourmet sausage shops as I’d […]
Nottinghill (Part Two) – The Grand Union Canal to Kensal Green Cemetery
What a difference a few minutes makes in London. One moment I’m in scrubs infested by snakes in Saxon times. And the next, I’m on a canal from the industrial […]
Notting Hill (Part One) – Westway, Wormwood Scrubs and the Mitre Bridge
As the Hammersmith Line makes its way overground to Ladbroke Grove, a busy dual carriageway known as [1] Westway dominates the view. Built in the 1960s, it writhes through North […]
The Grand Union Canal to Osterley House
The [1] Grand Union Canal is a 137 mile liquid motorway that connects London to Birmingham. It is no plain sailing, for it has in total, 166 locks from start […]
Osterley House to the Grand Union Canal
The arrival of spring cannot be personified any better than cheery clumps of bright yellow daffodils. To date I’ve spotted them under trees, along banks and at my local florist. […]