We're walking all the towpaths in London, from east to west along 25 miles worth of canals, to explore and see what we can find. This is the first of four videos in this series.
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@philrabe9105 жыл бұрын
Wow, Thanks! Most Americans don't know London's watery history. I got exhausted just watching you walk so far!
@Postdog9 жыл бұрын
Love London, love these memories and insights....memories on canals because I spent many Sundays biking from Chingford to Camden Lock using the canals. Brilliant series all round...thank you Londonist
@8ballphoenix4 жыл бұрын
That comment about the lock ladder enabling fish to swim through the lock. Quality! :)
@neilpavett34135 жыл бұрын
I lived in Bow years ago and could never walk past "Bow Locks" without sniggering.
@oc2phish074 жыл бұрын
I have walked the stretch of canal beside Victoria Park many times, and relaxed in the Chinese Pagoda. You video brought back some great memories. Thanks, a lovely presentation.
@sophiecat21614 жыл бұрын
Me too! Valentines Park too.
@empressmarowynn4 жыл бұрын
I lived in London about 15 years ago just a few blocks from Mile End Park. I used to love walking along the canal there.
@alanlake52205 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your videos, and learn something new each time , thanks and keep up the good work .
@TheSheepKnowThings9 жыл бұрын
I had no idea London had such an extensive network of canals.
@ednuttah9 жыл бұрын
TheSheepKnowThings Massive, it was the original railways if you think about it, and the best method of freight transportation in London by early 19th century. Let's not forget Thomas Telford stated "the only thing railways should be used for is delivering coal to provide fuel for canal barges"! Honest!
@TheDicamillo5 жыл бұрын
That's because you're ignorant.
@rax8165 жыл бұрын
What things did you know
@Coltnz14 жыл бұрын
i. rob There are quite a few things that I know I don’t know, there’s a huge amount of things that I don’t know that I don’t know.
@angusmeigh51413 жыл бұрын
There used to be a canal in south London that went all the way from Surrey docks in Rotherhithe, over Crystal Palace to Croydon.
@andrewholloway2319 жыл бұрын
An enjoyable video Geoff, looking forward to the next part.
@Dangoldmedia8 жыл бұрын
Outstanding series Geoff.
@GedUK9 жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable! Thanks! I go around the 3 Mills/Bow Locks area regularly, so it was great to find out something new about the Euston Arch.
@michaelbruchas66636 жыл бұрын
A London that I never knew of! Great start of a series!
@HenrysAdventures5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video! I'll look forward to the rest of the serices!
@voxer995 жыл бұрын
Great stuff! I lived in London for a year many years ago but I don't know it like Geoff. I love these little urban nooks and crannies.
@sixftsenpai61729 жыл бұрын
This is great!
@AndrewTGreen9 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Thanks!
@chrish.9509 жыл бұрын
Looks like a very nice spot to relax - I'll keep that in mind for my next trip to London!
@CommunistLenin9 жыл бұрын
I love this video!
@zachb42687 жыл бұрын
"I like trains". "District line". You just have to.
@helenae33216 жыл бұрын
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@alexleo1723 жыл бұрын
"I like trains" *asdfmovie train noises*
@blchamblisscscp8476 Жыл бұрын
Great series, appreciate the little tidbits of info. My family and I tool a walking tour from Little Venice to Camden a few years ago. It was a very pleasant walk along the Regents Canal and some side trips.
@OfficialBobCorp9 жыл бұрын
Geoff, have you ever read The Lost Rivers of London by Nicholas Barton? It's a great book that looks at London's many lost and disused waterways. Great read!
@michaeloconnor71334 жыл бұрын
BobCorp Sure, The Lost Rivers of London is a fascinating book. I got onto it by reading the fiction of Ben Aaronovitch, beginning with Rivers of London
@ih82r83 жыл бұрын
I would love to see more on the canals as well as the railways. Canals and locks are so cool!
@GariSullivan6 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@gunner6784 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@fotoautomatmusic9 ай бұрын
I have a weird obsession with the canals, lived right in front of the one near Camden road back in 2004/5/6. Aunty lived on one beside fish island 2007-2016. Since moving back to australia ive gotten really into them and cant wait to come over in a weeks time and stay at air bnbs on kingsland basin and in hackney wick and do multiple of these walks over the course of a few weeks.. :)
@simonfoster64304 жыл бұрын
Love these videos
@valentinemcguire87725 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed that..just won't I needed 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👌👌👌👌👌
@lc39096 жыл бұрын
I remember when I went past the Olympic Stadium on my dad's narrowboat when it was being built.
@ip57994 жыл бұрын
Leah Clevett ok
@ui17 жыл бұрын
Thanks it was great
@usernametentwo3 жыл бұрын
love these canals! i cycle here all the time for leisure :")
@Harveysart9 жыл бұрын
Opposite the Pink Olympic Sign was the house that was used by Many years as The Big Breakfast House
@kerrychaney144 жыл бұрын
Love your video
@KlunkerRider8 жыл бұрын
They should breed huskies & labradors so blind people can go faster
@jelletje87 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@antifugazi4 жыл бұрын
Fbat neas was my fav
@Mr33445554 жыл бұрын
They should also breed Belgian Malinois and Czechoslovakian wolfdogs so cuckolds can man up and respect those who aren't as fortunate as them. Also breed squids because cuckolds can't problem solve a simple solution of going around, so the squid will assist in problem solving.
@Elitist204 жыл бұрын
@@Mr3344555 There are two types of people: those who got the word 'cuckold' from Shakespeare and those who got it from Pornhub.
@denelson834 жыл бұрын
Say _what?_ 2:52
@cedricklyon4 жыл бұрын
Merci pour la visite ! :)
@user-ky6vw5up9m5 жыл бұрын
Geoff, thanks for mentioning the pedestrian priority rule.
@kr18865 жыл бұрын
Not that it will make a blind bit of difference. I gave up walking the canals because of those inconsiderate buggers.
@Sequoia2046 жыл бұрын
Great video! You're probably familiar with the 'Battle of Wolverton' in 1834, when Robert Stephenson instructed LBR to build an illegal railway bridge over a canal at Wolverton overnight after they failed to reach an agreement with the canal company - interesting bit of history right up your alley!
@zennor_man4 жыл бұрын
Itchycoo Park.....Love it...
@LucasFGodoy3 жыл бұрын
London is wonderful
@jsma99999 жыл бұрын
thank you keep then coming
@thebuzzah9 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to Parts 2-4.
@motorheadmalc6 жыл бұрын
Hi Geoff, with both Islington and Maida Hill tunnels on the Regent's Canal, I guess you have the best of both worlds. Waterway, and underground. ;)
@user-ky6vw5up9m5 жыл бұрын
Walking would take a few days depending on how you want to break it up. Some of it is grim and industrial but some is unexpectedly beautiful. The canals of London are Regents Canal, Paddington Branch Grand Union Canal River Lea Navigation
@Dovietail3 жыл бұрын
Freaking LOVE canals. MOREMOREMORE!!!!!
@PinkThorn2429 жыл бұрын
Guess the Battersea Park got a fair bit of exposure when the London round of the Formula E world championship took place there.
@oludotunjohnshowemimo4343 жыл бұрын
Geoff, I have done the long walk of the Regent's Canal from Warwick Avenue to Limehouse Basin. I was exhausted after that walk.
@camilocuervo60466 жыл бұрын
I do enjoy cycling up north by Hackney marshes ending at cheshunt. Its a great experience.
@WowzersNoWay6 жыл бұрын
Why am I watching all these videos? I have never even been to london
@archstanton61025 жыл бұрын
Am 2 mins into the video and it's far more entertaining than I expected
@sophiecat21614 жыл бұрын
Is anyone from Downsell Rd in the 70s? I lived at 78, the Randall family. Trying to find my family on dad's side...
@DuanLeadingham6 жыл бұрын
Very nice in some places especially near stratford and the football stadium with some activities like the pedal geese boats
@chrisstephens66739 жыл бұрын
Now you have gone and spoiled it, everybody will want to go there now. :>) Looking forward to the rest of the series.
@framedman3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Geoff likes Victoria Park and Battersea Park because they both have Chinese Pagodas in them? Also, disappointed you went past Old Ford Lock and didn't talk about the Big Breakfast being filmed there. Also Masterchef is now filmed at Three Mills Studios, right by the old gin distillery. Great video, this one. Only just found these.
@indianweddingphotographerbipin4 жыл бұрын
This summer canal walks are going to be done very early in the morning. This is the best wayto see London
@paulsengupta9717 жыл бұрын
3:07 - what a load of Bow Locks! Ahem, sorry...
@TransportCambs4 жыл бұрын
Please more!
@aucourant99984 жыл бұрын
You skipped out on showing us the views along one of the most beautiful stretches of canal, the part of the Hertford Union Canal (just after the Growing Concerns Garden Centre) that runs alongside Victoria Park, past the bridge at Gunmakers Lane to eventually meet with the Regents Canal. I've cycled and walked along the whole canal system from the Thames to Regents Park in one direction and along the River Lea to Waltham Abbey in the other direction, and this is my favourite stretch of all.
@TrainDriverSparky9 жыл бұрын
Surprised you didn't mention the Channel 4 Big Breakfast House.
@dragosd4609 жыл бұрын
Ive been at the three mills just 2 weeks ago seemed like an interesting building didnt get to visit it though
@GLENHARTSHAMAN4 жыл бұрын
love to cycle the canals
8 жыл бұрын
"I like trains"... still waiting for the train...
@thelatenightgamer26245 жыл бұрын
........ STAND BACK .TRAIN APPROACHING .................
@yux.tn.36412 жыл бұрын
the local govt should utilise the canals and thames river for passenger transport as a new alternative for travelling in london might also helps alleviate the tube
@jeremyblatherwick37944 жыл бұрын
Those lock gates in the water were to stop boats going onto another company's water without paying the appropriate fee: hence stop-lock.
@rafaelstevens97209 жыл бұрын
cool
@Kub50085 жыл бұрын
I like trains. Could be a reference to ADSF
@Chrnan67104 жыл бұрын
3:39 dodged a bullet there
@tommcglone28675 жыл бұрын
The back gate at my home opens out onto the worlds first industrial canal. The Bridgewater Canal predates the more well known Manchester Ship Canal which still does see the odd ship sailing down from Liverpool
@chancer24 жыл бұрын
Who built the Fossdyke then??
@jacksearle54858 жыл бұрын
did I see a s stock at 4:11? best trains ever
@b5ndy2 жыл бұрын
You passed the Olympic stadium, with no mention of the Big Breakfast house, which is just beyond the pink sign you spoke about.
@PlanesTrainsFan7 жыл бұрын
Geoff in the 8:57 that toe path a little closer to haggerston i think the TFL Rail runs over the canal
@BomberFletch314 жыл бұрын
I visited London a year and a half ago and stayed in Hayes, right by the Grand Union Canal. I didn't walk 25 miles along it, though, that's only for crazy people like Geoff :)
@Tsass05 жыл бұрын
New series, new series - All The Lock in England - travelling by barge of cause. Vicky can do the great C19 'castles' the Mills.
@jacksugden81904 жыл бұрын
Only ever go on the Regents Canal at Baring Street (Hoxton) or Danbury Street (Islington) once a year, as scared of those very deep locks.
@simonprice87377 жыл бұрын
how many hours did it take you to walk the whole length, they look a lot nicer and accessable than they were in the mid sixties when. knew them, nice video, keep up the good work, cheers....
@andyelliott80272 жыл бұрын
3.29 A load of Bow locks !
@bulman079 жыл бұрын
ArcelorMittal Orbit sneaking in there at 5:48. Still think it looks like a roller helter coaster skelter.
@tileajb19 жыл бұрын
I have been meaning to look at this video since I first saw it appear on your channel as I am a subscriber. I have few stories I could tell regarding what is in this clip as I was born in 1947 in Lichfield road Mile End and moved away in 1970, did you know for instance that there was a medium sized factory occupying the stretch of land running from Grove Road to the canal bank at the beginning of your clip, I worked there (twice) and my father worked there for many years and received a 25 year long service award during his time until retirement. If you would like me to relate them I would be only too pleased to do so.
@ninjagoggles4 жыл бұрын
Wee Geoff...😅❤️
@alizaerom10194 жыл бұрын
took this walk yesterday
@AdriLeemput3 жыл бұрын
03:40 Geoff suprises the viewers
@goodwood-rc4nx5 жыл бұрын
read somewhere that they might put back the euston arch as part of the HS2 redelovopment of the station
@jamie28665 жыл бұрын
I read that on a toilet wall as well, do you live around Hammersmith?
@davidgriffiths15633 жыл бұрын
I LIKE TRAINS - Geoff Marshall
@Tabukium2 жыл бұрын
I live in tower hamlets, ive seen all of these canals.
@jonathanlinseed58586 жыл бұрын
“I like trains, district line” hehehe
@richardgriffiths6947 жыл бұрын
Hi, we are focusing on Regents Canal as a topic with my Year 4 class for the first two weeks of the new school year. It would be great if you could direct me to which of your videos focuses the most on Regents Canal. Thanks
@SeverityOne5 жыл бұрын
What are those cylindrical lattice frames like you can see around the 3:55 mark? You see them all over the UK and I haven't a clue what they are, because I doubt I've ever seen them elsewhere.
@spinba119 жыл бұрын
That's not the only pink sign left, if you get off the Jubilee line at Straford head to the steps down to the subway, there is one in the lift next to the steps.
@leylamaxamed1076 жыл бұрын
7:42 this is right near my house
@tph25588 жыл бұрын
When you have scaled up the chimney at 01.50 and had a sniff don't strike a match cos itll blow your socks off
@ailaG6 жыл бұрын
How long does a walk like this take? And do you have an approximate map by any chance?
@harryturner87014 жыл бұрын
That tower... My local area
@stephenhookings19854 жыл бұрын
... I said Bow Locks Davina!!!
@DJWerkz4 жыл бұрын
Looks like a load of old Bow Locks to me 😂
@ednuttah9 жыл бұрын
Oh do I sense another series coming on? PLLLLLEEEEASSE GEOFF don't make me beg!
@moviepenguin7 жыл бұрын
at 5:31 there is a caption noting a ladder for fish, how do fish use ladders exactly? Assuming its not a conventional ladder but still confused how fish can swim up an incline that needed a lock
@WardyLion7 жыл бұрын
Daniel Bennett If I recall correctly, fish ladders are "steps" made up of enclosures arranged like a flight of stairs which fish can jump up / down. They're provided so fish that migrate up or down river to spawn can get round man-made obstructions, such as locks or flood gates.
@huxby4 жыл бұрын
You mentioned the Big Brother house, but not the Big Breakfast house which was the old lock keepers cottage at Old Ford Lock.
@saharelsadig46485 жыл бұрын
1:28 a ha I caught you one Canada square.
@PlanesTrainsFan7 жыл бұрын
4:18 i saw a D stock train
@watchmemv8 жыл бұрын
What video editor do you use?
@HROM19089 жыл бұрын
For the sake of us older ex-Londoners please slow your delivery to a more normal rate of words. Your videos are wonderful.
@handbuiltinengland5 жыл бұрын
Nic Maennling He does speak quickly but it's possible to slow down the playback speed in the video's options.