Grand Union Canal Walk Little Venice to Alperton 22 Dec 2007

A walk along the towpath of the Grand Union Canal between Little Venice and Alperton in West London. The walk took place during the afternoon of Saturday 22 December 2007.

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Travel & Events

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• Grand
• Union
• Canal
• walk
• walks
• London
• Little
• Venice
• Alperton
• narrow
• boats

[gdholmfirth]

Is this a dangerous walk for a woman? It looks rather deserted, but I am interested in walking the canal paths and Thames Path. Are there any areas you would warn me about ?

[voxley19]

@gdholmfirth If you want to do this walk I would suggest you do it on a fine Saturday or Sunday. On these days there are loads of cyclists and joggers on the path. Obviously, don't do it late in the evening. Choose a nice sunny day and there will be even more people about on the path, The same advice applies to the Thames Path from Tower Bridge westwards. Exercise caution on the stretch of the Thames Path from the Thames Barrier to Tower Bridge. If you want any more advice message me.

[TheKosnians]

Just out of interest, what did you have to eat and drink on your picnic?

[voxley19]

I took several bars of chocolate and a plastic bottle of tap water.

[renzdon99]

haha the sainsbury part in perivale, many a night spent there drinkin n causing trouble haha

[longdragon3]

oh yeah towpath beyond sainsburys is really bad.

[longdragon3]

how long did it take to reach alperton from meanwhile gardens?

[liam664]

-_-

[wendalboy]

funny vid, although i am not sure if you meant it to be funny or not..... on a serious note you should have carried on and walked to greenford as you would have walked through/ past horesden hill, sudbury hill golf course and the old IBM fields which are all really nice

[plstrom]

nice vid, I would have liked to see better the aquedute(sorry if i got it wrong), it must be very interesting and we hardly see it. But very interesting videom congrats

[voxley19]

The towpath- as you must know- is completely paved between Little Venice and Alperton. I walked this route a few days ago and there were no problems. I have no idea what the towpath is like beyond Alperton at the present time.

[stephsdad1]

Hi, i used to be the maintenance contractor for british waterways from ladbroke grove to bulls bridge, cutting grass and hedges i stopped in june 2008. just out of interest how are the towpaths along this section being maintained?.