Regent's Canal

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Regent's Canal
West portal of the Islington tunnel
Specifications
Length	8.6 miles (13.8 km)
Maximum boat length	78 ft 0 in (23.77 m)
Maximum boat beam	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Locks	13
Status	Open
Navigation authority	Canal and River Trust
History
Principal engineer	James Morgan
Date of act	13 July 1812
Construction began	14 October 1812
Date of first use	1816; 208 years ago (1816)
Date completed	1 August 1820
Geography
Start point	Paddington Arm (Grand Union Canal)
End point	River Thames (Limehouse)
Branch(es)	Hertford Union Canal Limehouse Cut
Route map

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Legend
Grand Union Canal Little Venice, Maida Vale  A404  Harrow Road  A40  Westway  A4206  Bishop's Bridge Paddington Basin  A5  Maida Hill Tunnel 272 yards (249 m) Eyre's Tunnel 53 yards (48 m) Chiltern Main Line bridge  A41  Chapel Bridge Macclesfield Bridge Cumberland Basin  A5205  Water Meeting Bridge West Coast Main Line bridge 1 Hampstead Road Locks  A502  Hampstead Road Bridge 2 Hawley Lock 3 Kentish Town Lock  A400  Kentish Town Bridge northbound  A400  Camden Bridge southbound  A503  Camden Road  A5202  College Street Bridge northbound  A5202  Gray's Inn Bridge southbound Midland Main Line bridge St Pancras Basin 4 St Pancras Lock East Coast Main Line tunnel  A5200  Maiden Lane Bridge Battlebridge Basin  A5203  Thornhill Bridge Islington Tunnel 960 yards (880 m) 5 City Road Lock City Road Basin Wenlock Basin 6 Sturt's Lock  A1200  New North Road Bridge Kingsland Basin  A10  Kingsland Bridge East London line bridge Laburnum Basin 7 Acton's Lock West Anglia Main Line bridge  A107  Cambridge Heath Bridge 8 Old Ford Lock Hertford Union Canal Great Eastern Main Line bridge 9 Mile End Lock  A11  Mile End Bridge 10 Johnson's Lock London, Tilbury & Southend line bridge 11 Salmon Lane Lock  A13  Commercial Road Bridge 12 Commercial Road Lock DLR bridge Limehouse Basin Marina Limehouse Cut 13 Limehouse Basin Lock River Thames

Regent's Canal is a canal across an area just north of central London, England. It provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, 550 yards (500 m) north-west of Paddington Basin in the west, to the Limehouse Basin and the River Thames in east London. The canal is 8.6 miles (13.8 km) long.^[1]