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Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking north towards Baber Bridge. This is the north west corner of the present extent of Hounslow Heath.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.3km<br/>The London LOOP follows the River Crane for some considerable distance from Hounslow Heath to the Grand Union Canal at Southall. This is looking upriver and approaching Baber Bridge which carries Staines Road over the river
©Ian Yarham
Dist:0.3km<br/>The River Crane here is followed for some considerable distance by the London LOOP path. This is looking upriver, not far from Baber Bridge. I am not sure of the purpose of the twin tunnel in the distance here.
©Ian Yarham
Dist:0.3km<br/>This bridge together with a weir, sluices and mill race are the remains of Brazil Mill, one of the many mills along the Crane which up until the 20th century by all accounts was a very industrial river with sword works, copper and paper mills, dye works and gunpowder factories all in what is now West London suburbia. The mill here was recorded as making paper in 1671. By 1721 it was a dye works, making pigment from Brazil wood, hence the name. It burnt down around 1862. The surrounding woodland is still called Brazil Mill Wood. Article on River Crane Mills on http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22278
©Des Blenkinsopp
Dist:0.3km<br/>The London LOOP follows the River Crane for some considerable distance from Hounslow Heath to the Grand Union Canal at Southall. This is approaching Baber Bridge which carries Staines Road over the river.
©Ian Yarham
Dist:0.4km<br/>These are on Hounslow Heath, by the River Crane near Baber Bridge.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.4km<br/>The London Loop path goes alongside the River Crane for most of the length between Hayes and Whitton. This is on the edge of Hounslow Heath where it crosses a drainage channel entering the Crane.
©Des Blenkinsopp
Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking north-east, near a bridge over the River Crane on the edge of the golf course.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.4km<br/>This has recently been refurbished for use by the Home Office, whose web pages indicate it is concerned with asylum seekers and immigration. Please note: the photographer and publishers of this photograph have no connection with any Home Office, immigration or asylum seeker organisation. The United Kingdom Border Agency website about ways of getting in touch is http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/contact/. The Refugee Council has help lines listed on http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/contactus/advice_lines . We have no other information about ways of getting in touch with the organisations in this building.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.4km<br/>Just north of the bridge taking the LOOP over the Duke of Northumberlands River http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Northumberland's_River is this broken mill stone lying by the path, a remnant of one of the many mills on the River Crane http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22278
©Des Blenkinsopp
Dist:0.4km<br/>Following the London Loop northwards beyond Baber Bridge can be a little confusing. It is easy to follow the Duke of Northumberland's River westwards, and to confuse matters even more, the Crane splits into two. This is the western channel which leaves the main River Crane for about 300 metres.
©Ian Yarham
Dist:0.5km<br/>In the woods beside the River Crane are a few remains of a former gunpowder mill. There is not much in the way of masonry left, but very obvious on the site are the old blast mounds, big heaps of earth and stones to act as a shield in case of explosions, which apparently were all too frequent. http://www.oldindustry.org/ShotTowers/local_history_river_crane.pdf
©Des Blenkinsopp
Dist:0.5km<br/>A man made water course dating from Tudor times, the river is in two sections with opposite functions. The upper part brings water from the River Colne to augment the River Crane. Until the early 20th century the Crane was quite industrialized, with water mills needing a greater flow than the river could provide on its own. The Duke's river provided this top up. The lower section does the reverse and diverts part of the Crane away from the natural course to a confluence further down the Thames. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Northumberland's_River
©Des Blenkinsopp
Dist:0.5km<br/>The appropriately named Parasol Mushroom, Macrolepiota procera, is a reasonably common variety of edible fungus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrolepiota_procera These are growing beside the London Loop path as it goes beside the River Crane on the edge of Hounslow Heath.
©Des Blenkinsopp
Dist:0.5km<br/>An alternative use for a public house.
©Steve Fareham

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