Kings Langley to Brentford London Locks and Bridges Grand Central Canal Photos


M25 Roadbridge Kings Langley	North Grove Lock 71	North Grove Lock 71	Hunton Bridge 162	Hunton Bridge Lock 72

Hunton foot bridge	Hunton Bridge Lock 73	Lock Gates at Lock 73	Road Bridge	Foot and Road Bridge

M25 bridge	Lady Capel's Lock 74	Lady Capel's Lock 74	Bridge 163	The Grove Bridge 164

Bridge 165 and Pipe	Bridge 165	Bridge 166	Bridge 166	Cassiobury Park Lock 75

Cassiobury Park Lock Gates 75	Lock 76 Cassiobury Park	Lock House Cassiobury Park Lock	Gates - Lock 76 Cassiobury Park	Iron Bridge Lock 77

Iron Bridge Lock no.77	Bridge 167	Bridge 168	Bridge 168	Cassio Bridge Lock 78

Cassio Bridge Lock 78	Cassio Bridge Lock 78	Railway Bridge	Bridge 169 and Pipe	A412 Roadbridge

Bridge Works Railway	Common Moor Lock 79	Bridge 170	Railway Bridge	Lot Mead Lock 80

Lock Gates Lot Mead	Ebury Trail and Pipe Bridge	Bathworth Locks 81	Bathworth Locks - River Chess	Batchworth Locks 81 (Grand Union)

Bridge 173	Batchworth Sidings	Bridge 174	Stockers Lock 82	Bridge 175

Springwell Lock 83	Springwell Lock 83	Bridge 176 and Pipe Bridge	Sluice and Bridge 176	Pipe Bridge

Pipe Bridge (3 pipes)	River Colne sidebridge	River Colne Moorings	Copper Mill Lock 84	Copper Mill Lock Gates

Bridge 177	Troy Cut sidebridge	Black Jack's Lock 85	Black Jack's Lock 85	Bridge 178

Bridge 179	Widewater Lock 86	Widewater Lock Gates	Bridge 180	Widewater Moorings

Denham. Denham Deep Lock is particularly impressive especially when you stand beside the huge lock gates - it is the deepest lock on the Grand Union Canal - changing the level by 11 feet 1 inch.


Railway arches near Denham	Denham Railway Bridge	Denham Bridge 182	Denham Deeplock 87	Denham Deep Lock Gates

Denham Bridge 2 - Bridge 183	Denham Bridge 2 - Bridge 183	A40 Roadbridge	A40 Roadbridge	Pipebridges at Denham

Uxbridge Lock 88	Uxbridge Lock 88	Bridge 184	Bridge 184	Entrance to Denham Marina

Uxbridge Bridge 185	Uxbridge Bridge 185	An old Mill House at Uxbridge	Dolphin Bridge 186	Dolphin Bridge 186

Covered Pipebridge	Another covered Pipebridge	Mill Road Bridge 187	Mill Road Bridge 187	Pipes at Mill Road Bridge

Iver Lane Bridge 188	Iver Lane Bridge 188	Cowley Lock 89	Lock Gates at Cowley Lock	Bridge no.189

Bridge 189	Canal Bridge 190	Bridge 190	Canal side bridge	Bridge 190 and Side Bridge

Cowley Peachey Junction Bridge 190b	Cowley Peached GU Canal junction	Cowley Peachey Junction Bridge 190b	Cowley Peachey Junction Bridge 190b	Bridge 191 and a Pipebridge


Bridge 191	Bridge 192	Bridge 192	Horton Bridge 193 and Pipe	Horton Bridge 193

Canal Bridge 194a	Bridge 194a	Stockley Bridge 195	Stockley Bridge 195	Stockley Roadbridge

Southall's impressive Sikh Temple seen from the Canal

One of the best parts of this final run into London and the Thames are the 6 locks that comprise the Hanwell Flight which run through really nice countryside. The towpath is generally in good condition for walkers and cyclists however you should be aware that - especially between Bridges 192 and 196 - some idiots are using the towpath to race up and down on small and of course un-licenced/un-insured motorbikes. Whilst in this area from the towpath if you look between the hedgerow you can easily spot the huge Sikh Temple at Southall with it's dome glinting in the sunshine (photo on the right).


Stockley Roadbridge	Bridge 196	Bridge 196	Dawley Bridge no.198	Dawley Bridge 198

Anchor Bridge no.199	Anchor Bridge 199	Bridge no.200	Bridge no.200	Shackles Dock Bridge

Shackles Dock Bridge	Railway Bridge 200d	Railway bridge 200d	Bridge 200c	Pipebridge and Bridge 200c

Bridge 200a	Bridge 200a	Bulls Junction - Bridge 21	The Paddington Canal Arm	Bulls Junction Bridge 21

Cluster of Houseboats near Bulls Jc.	Bridge 201	Bridge 201	Bridge 202	Bridge 202 and Pipebridge

Adelaide Docks Entrance 202a	Adelaide Docks	Adelaide Docks Entrance 202a	Bridge 203	Bridge 203

Footbridge 203a	Footbridge 203a	Norwood Toplock 90	Norwood Toplock 90	Lock gates at Norwood Toplock

Slade Lane bridge 204	Slade Lane bridge 204	Chubby swan seen near Hanwell Lock	Hanwell Lock 91	Hanwell Lock 91

Lock gates at Hanwell Lock 91	Three Bridges - 205	Three Bridges - 205	Three Bridges - 205	Brunel's Three Bridges - 205

Three Bridges - 205	Hanwell Locks - Lock 92	Hanwell Locks - Lock 92	Hanwell Locks - Lock 93	Hanwell Locks - Lock 93

Three Bridges (also known as Windmill Bridge). This particularly interesting bridge(s) was built in Victorian times (1856) by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Windmill Lane - supported by huge guirders - crosses over the Grand Union Canal and the canal in turn goes over a single track railway line. The canal is encased in an 8 foot deep cast iron trough and other parts of the bridge have really nice brick arches.
Hanwell's six locks drop the Grand Union Canal by around 53 feet - the whole area around Hanwell lock flight is really pleasant. As you pass Hanwell Lock (Lock no.92) you then walk for ages alongside a really nice wall on the left of the towpath - bordering the extensive grounds of what was once the County Asylum (known as Hanwell Asylum) and what is now Ealing Hospital. There is a bricked up entrance into the grounds via which at one time boats would deliver coal for the Asylum's boilers and take away vegetables, fruit and animal products produced in the huge market gardens. Many years ago when the canal was used commercially the boatmen called the dock Asylum Dock and the lock itself was known as Asylum Lock.


Hanwell Locks - Lock 94	Hanwell Locks - Lock 94	Hanwell Locks - Lock 94's Gates	Hanwell Locks - Lock 95	Hanwell Locks - Lock 95

Hanwell Locks - Lock 95	Hanwell Locks - Lock 96	Hanwell Locks - Lock 96	River Brent joins The Grand Union Canal here.	Hanwell Locks - Lock 97

Hanwell Locks - Lock 97	Ontario Bridge no.205a	Ontario Bridge no.205a	Large Syphon near Osterley Lock	British Waterways barge

Syphon by Osterley Lock	Osterley Lock 98	Bridge 205d and Osterley Lock	Another syphon by Bridge 206	Grand Union Bridge 206

Bridge 206	Railway Bridge 206a	Railway Bridge 206a	Gallows Bridge 207	Gallows Bridge 207

Weirs close to Gallows Bridge	Clitheroe Lock 99	Clitheroe Lock no.99	Clitheroe Lock Gates	Footbridge 207a

Footbridge 207a	A4 Bridge 208	A4 Bridge 208	Bridge 208a	Bridge 208a

Lock 100 and Bridge 208e	Brentford Gauging Locks no.100	Bridge 208e	Brentford Gauging Locks no.100	Brentford Weir - Bridge

High Street Bridge 209	High Street Bridge 209	Bridge 209a	Bridge 209a	Bridge 209b

Views by the canal - Brentford	Bridge 209b	Canal Views	Bridge 209d	Bridge 209d's weir

Thames Lock - 101	Bridge 209c at Thame Lock	Thames Lock - 101	Thames Lock - single and double	Thames Lock - Gates

Bridge 209c at Thames Locks 101	Brentford boatyard	Entrance to the Grand Union at Brentford	Muddy at Low Tide around The Thames - Brentford	The Thames - Kew on the opposite bank

Towards the end of the Grand Union Canal Main Line from Brentford Gauging Locks on down to the River Thames the canal is affected by tides and therefore boaters should consider the amount of headroom during a rising tide. Thames Lock itself has a permanent Lock Keeper and the lock can only be used at certain times - these times do change from time to time but as of Mid September 2008 the Lock was available either side of high tide 0800-1800 between 1st April and 30th of September and - subject to tide and pre-booking - 0800-1600 between 1st October and 31st March. The Grand Union Canal ends at Thames Locks and the remaining few hundred yards down to the Thames is on the River Brent.

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Kings Langley to The River Thames in London Grand Union Canal Lock and Bridge Photos.

Also pictures of other canal features which can be seen along the Grand Union Canal Main Line as it makes it's way south via Denham, Stockley and Hanwell Locks to finish it's journey at Thames Lock 101 in Brentford, London.

These Canal Lock and Bridge pictures were mostly taken during November 2007 and some in June and July 2008 - they are in order as if travelling South towards London.