City Road Basin

City Road Basin from Graham Road Park

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Coordinates: 51°31′52″N 0°05′50″W / 51.531140°N 0.097321°W / 51.531140; -0.097321 The City Road Basin is a canal basin and part of the Regent's Canal in London, owned by British Waterways. There are currently several large-scale residential developments in progress.

This section of the canal was built after the Camden Town to Paddington arm, in 1820. This basin, the nearest to the City of London soon eclipsed the Paddington Basin in the amount of goods carried, principally for coal and building materials. Goods that were being shipped locally, in contrast to the canal's original purpose of transshipping imports to the Midlands. The opening of the London and Birmingham Railway in 1838 actually increased the tonnage of coal carried by the canal. However, by 1929, with the Midlands trade lost to the railways, and more deliveries made by road, the canal – and this basin, fell into a long decline.^[1]

See also

UK Waterways portal

• Canals of the United Kingdom
• History of the British canal system
• List of canal basins in the United Kingdom

References

1. ^ Islington: Communications, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 3-8 accessed: 22 July 2008

External links

• Islington Council Website: City Road Basin Masterplan
• British Waterways: Exciting new future secured for City Road Basin- London Borough of Islington adopts masterplan
• Waterscape: Full public access a step closer for City Road Basin