Kayaking in London, Grand Union Canal Paddington Arm

Let's Go Paddling
Let's Go Paddling
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Published 2023-05-15
When Thames flows fast for an inflatable kayak, there are still alternative waterways in and around London.
One of them is Grand Union Canal, which starts from Paddington Station and goes all the way up to Birmingham. The Paddington arm is a convenient kayaking route as it is lock-free until Cowley near Uxbridge.
We took our Gumotex inflatable kayaks to Grand Union Canal and traveled from Paddington Station to Hayes & Harlington Station, in vicinity of which we had parked earlier.
A certainly great day spent on the water.
I hope you enjoy.

Let's go paddling!

Private gear used on this trip (non-affiliate links for reference):
Gumotex Rush 1 inflatable kayak:
gumotexboats.com/product/rush-1/
Gumotex Swing 1 inflatable kayak:
gumotexboats.com/product/swing-1/
Brača VII 725 paddle:
paddles.braca-sport.com/paddles/kayak-flatwater/br…
All Comments (4)
  • @Forestowo
    Super vid. It's nice to see the area where I used to live from the perspective of a kayak. In addition, the commentary is a nice enrichment of the video. Best Regards Mike
  • @kristaps2010
    The Collective old oak in West London used to be my put in spot. Used to do similar route up to Lake farm county park (few minutes after Bull's bridge) and back. Or up to Victoria park return. Recently did Lime house basin up to Pickett's lock. Take Regents canal up to Victoria park and take right on Hertford Union canal what leads on to river Lee. It had 5 or 6 locks to carry over. Before Tottenham Hale or just after Markfield park river Lea splits in two. Navigable and right side. If you take right you're in for a treat. proper jungle. You can only get up to green metal wall. you can get out before metal wall (after bridge), climb steep bank and carry kayak about 20 meters over to navigable side.