Regent's Canal Walking Tour

Learn about the importance of the Regent’s Canal and how its fortunes have changed over the centuries.

Join Susan, your qualified guide, for a 90 minute guided walk along this probably lesser known stretch of the canal. Hear about its history as an industrial area with slum housing. Find out how it has been rejuvenated over the last 20 years with boaters, tasteful canal side conversions, floating gardens, street art.

See where greats of the entertainment business Marie Lloyd and Alfred Hitchcock made their breakthrough. Finish your walk with some shopping or a bite to eat in vibrant Broadway Market. With high quality independent food shops, bookshops, pubs, restaurants and cafés, there is always a buzz and on Saturdays there’s a street market including street food to tickle everyone’s taste buds.

• Authentic different walk on overlooked stretch of the Regent’s canal
• Get to know new places and the history behind them
• Ends at Hackney food market in time for lunch
• 90 mins linear walk
• Not step-free
• Start: Angel Tube Station, Islington

What people have said about our Regent’s Canal Walk:

“Good walk, I live local to canal and discovered more than expected” Stephen

“Very nice walk, knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide. A great a way to discover new London gems.” Eden

“A wonderful guided tour with a lovely guide, we learned so much and got to enjoy all these perks along the canal, also venturing towards the streets when something else was worth discovering – perfect, couldn’t recommend it enough!” Sabine

At the end of my Regent's Canal walk you can enjoy the delights of Broadway Market and especially the Saturday outdoor market with its many stalls offering artisan food, craft products and delicious street food.

Here are some of my favourite places to indulge in food shopping - it gives you a taster of what to expect. Read Susan's blog post: https://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/indulge-yourself-at-broadway-market/

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Angel Station, Islington High Street, London, United Kingdom

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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