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Walking Londons Canals at Camden Lock

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

For our next stage of walking the canals of London we leave behind the picturesque Primrose Hill and Regents Park and continue east towards the a part of London that couldn’t be more different, Camden Lock Market. As we get … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Travel | Tagged Camden, Camden Market, London, London Canal Walking Tour, Pirate Castle, Regent Canal, Ye Olde England Tours | Leave a comment

Meeting the Sun atop Primrose Hill

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

One of the highlights, literally, of walking along Regents Canal is the chance to journey up Primrose Hill. I’d never been here before and so thought it was as good an opportunity as any to walk up and see one … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London, Travel | Tagged Canals, London, outdoors, Primrose Hill | 1 Comment

Walking Londons canals…. Warwick Avenue to Regents Park.

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

My pictorial series of blog posts on my new London Canal Private Walking Tour continues eastwards along Regents Canal. Part one was about Canals in general and then we started off in the Paddington Basin and then on Monday were … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Canals, Little Venice, Lords Cricket, mosque, Paddington Basin, Regents Park, Star Wars | 2 Comments

Walking Londons canals… Little Venice

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

If you haven’t read my recent posts on canals in general and the Paddington Basin in particular then do feel free to go back and take a peek before coming back here. It’s amazing how much the scenery changes once … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Travel | Tagged Canals, Little Venice, London, outdoors, Robert Browning, Travel, Waterways | 8 Comments

Walking Londons Canals…. the Paddington Basin

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Having created a new London Canals Walking Tour with Ye Olde England Tours I thought it was a good excuse to make good use of some of the many photos I took whilst working out my new tour. As mentioned in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Heritage, Life, London, Science and Engineering, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Canals, London, Paddington, Paddington Basin, Travel, walking tours | 4 Comments

The age of the Canal

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

During February I have spent some time exploring some of Londons canals and I thought I would do a short series of posts about canals. They are are great place to enjoy some leisure time as I often do at … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Canals, Industrial Revolution, Industry, Maps, Victorian, Waterways | 10 Comments

Samphire Hoe – The newest part of England

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

There are almost countless things to see in the county of Kent from Chartwell House in the north, Leeds Castle, Canterbury Cathedral and all manner of Roman sites. Of course what is perhaps more famous than them all are the … Continue reading →