Canals · London
Kensington Canal
In or near City of Westminster.
Kensington Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Imperial Wharf · 0.3 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Kensington Canal, the nearest railway station is Imperial Wharf, located 0.3 km away. Entry to the canal is free. The postcode for sat-nav is SW10 0FA.
About
Kensington Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 51.4772°, -0.1844°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Kensington Canal was a canal, about two miles long, opened in 1828 in London from the River Thames on the parish boundary between Chelsea and Fulham, along the line of Counter's Creek, to a basin near Warwick Road in Kensington. It had one lock near the Kensington Basin and wharves on the Fulham side, south of Lillie bridge. It was not commercially successful, and was purchased by a railway company, which laid a line along the route of the canal on the Fulham side. A second railway line followed in the filled-in littoral of the canal; thus one became London Underground's Wimbledon branch and the other, the West London Line.
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Background
History
Counter's Creek was a minor tributary of the Thames running south from Kensal Green to join the main river west of Battersea Bridge. Lord Kensington, William Edwardes, seeing the success of the Regent's Canal, asked his surveyor William Cutbush in 1822 to draw up plans to convert the creek into a canal, with the object of bringing goods and minerals from the London docks to the Kensington area, then a rural district isolated from London. After some modifications, Cutbush's plan obtained sanction in the (5 Geo. 4. c. lxv), and the Kensington Canal Company was incorporated in that year. William Edwardes and a group of his friends, including Sir John Scott Lillie, the second largest…
Visiting
After considerable difficulty in the construction, the canal finally opened on 12 August 1828. The Times newspaper reported that "Witnessed by an immense number of persons the Right Hon. Lord Kensington and a number of friends to the undertaking, embarked in a stately barge at Battersea-bridge and proceeded up the canal ... The whole party entered the basin amidst the cheers of the multitudes assembled, the band on board playing 'God Save the King'. This was followed in the evening by a 'sumptuous dinner' with Lord Kensington in the chair and by his Lordship's command, and chiefly at his expense, a substantial dinner with a butt of porter was also given to about 200 of the workpeople." The…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4772, -0.1844
- District
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Parish
- Hammersmith and Fulham, unparished area
- Postcode
- SW10 0FA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham
- Phone
- +44 20 7349 9876
- Nearest railway station
- Imperial Wharf — 0.3 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q6391434 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Kensington Canal (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: 010-brompton-cemetery-15c and Kensington Canal by William Cowen.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Kensington Canal?
- Kensington Canal is in London, United Kingdom (postcode SW10 0FA), in the parish of Hammersmith and Fulham, unparished area.
- What is Kensington Canal?
- Kensington Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Kensington Canal?
- The nearest railway station is Imperial Wharf, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode SW10 0FA.
- Is Kensington Canal free to visit?
- Yes, Kensington Canal is free to enter.
- How do I get to Kensington Canal?
- The nearest railway station is Imperial Wharf, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SW10 0FA.