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LN 1063

Hertford Union Canal walk

1.3 miles (2.1 km), linear. Hertford Union Junction to Carpenters Road Bridge. Published by Canal & River Trust.

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History

The walk follows the towpath of the Hertford Union Canal, also known as Duckett's Cut or Duckett's Canal after Sir George Duckett, its promoter. An Act authorising it was passed in 1824, and it opened in 1830, a short link of just over a mile, with three locks, between the Regent's Canal and the Lee Navigation. It saved boats the longer way round by Limehouse and the semi-tidal Limehouse Cut. It was never a great commercial success and was unnavigable from the late 1840s to the mid 1850s; in 1851 it was advertised for sale but no buyer wanted to invest in it. The Regent's Canal company bought it, and from 28 October 1857 it became a branch of the Regent's Canal and from 1929 part of the Grand Union system. The Canal & River Trust now describes the canal as used by commuting walkers and cyclists, running beside Victoria Park to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

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Facts

Code
LN 1063
Distance
1.3 miles (2.1 km), as the publisher gives it
Published by
Canal & River Trust
Type
Linear
Region
London
Total ascent
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Sources

Checked against canalrivertrust.org.uk on 12 October 2026.

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  • Published by Canal & River Trust: canalrivertrust.org.uk

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