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A lovely park with friendly ducks. The pavilion sells ice cream.
©David Bradbury
'In 1839, William Farr, the famed sanitary reformer said that: "A park in the East End would diminish the annual deaths by several thousands, and add several years to the lives of the entire population." Good, fresh air was the answer then, and it would also stop the unwelcome cockneys coming up West to take the air in Regents and Hyde Park.' From A Pictorial History of Victoria Park
©David Bradbury
Police bikeriders taking a break at the Pavilion in Victoria Park, London E9
©John Davies
Looking north up Regent's Canal from below the Roman Road bridge. Ahead is the Old Ford Road bridge and to the right the towpath climbs over the entrance to the Hertford Union, the link to the Lee Navigation at Hackney Wick
©Pierre Terre
View NE along the Hertford Union (aka Hackney Cut) from the Regent's Canal towpath bridge
©Pierre Terre
To the left between the trees is a 'winding hole' enabling narrow boats to be turned round
©Pierre Terre
Narrow boats moored on Regent's Canal between Old Ford Lock and Bonner Road Bridge, Victoria Park
©Pierre Terre
Crossing the regent's Canal to form the original formal entrance to Victoria Park, the bridge is named after Elizabethan bishop Bonner.
©Pierre Terre
©mr ken
It has often been said that canals 'poke green fingers' into the heart of cities. Here we see the surprisingly rural western approach to Old Ford Lock in what is otherwise a heavily urban area.
©Dr Neil Clifton
This shows the roving bridge that carries the towpath of the Regent's Canal over the western mouth of the Hertford Union. The area is between Bethnal Green and Hackney in East London.
©Dr Neil Clifton
The short Hertford Union Canal connects the Regent's Canal with the Lee Navigation, forming a useful cut-off by which boats can avoid entering the River Thames. There are three locks, falling from the Regent's Canal. Here the Hertford Union is seen from its western junction with the Regent's, looking east. The bridge in the distance carries Grove Road (A2105), and the skew bridge just visible beyond it carries Old Ford Road (B118).
©Dr Neil Clifton
Regent's Canal, looking southeast from the Bonner Hall Bridge.
©I M Chengappa
Regent's Canal, looking north-west from the Bonner Hall Bridge.
©I M Chengappa
The southern carriage road in Victoria Park, between Bonner Hall Bridge and the Crown Gates, with the rose beds on the left and the lake on the right.
©I M Chengappa

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