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©Pip Rolls
Dist:0.2km<br/>One of the many old gravel pits along the lower Colne Valley.
©Des Blenkinsopp
Dist:0.2km<br/>Access to this spot is via a derelict area described as "works" its was the plant area for the gravel pits.
©Jack Hill
Dist:0.3km<br/>Part of the London Loop.
©Des Blenkinsopp
Dist:0.4km<br/>Taken from the London Loop/Colne Valley Trail footpath.
©David Kemp
Dist:0.4km<br/>Prior to the major extraction of gravel in the 1950s and the subsequent flooding of the gravel pits on the west side of the canal here the area between the canal and the River Colne was farmland known as Harefield Moor. This bridge, which is now blocked so that no one can use it, afforded access to this agricultural area, to the left, from Broadwater Farm, which is to the right.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.4km<br/>A foot only accommodation bridge, namely one keeping access from one side of the canal to the other. When the canal was built this would have formed a barrier to east-west routes. People could cross at locks, but this is rather a long pound between locks so this bridge fills the gap.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.4km<br/>The Grand Union Canal heading under a blocked over bridge
©Shaun Ferguson
Dist:0.6km<br/>Narrowboat "Baron" first started work in 1915 for Fellows,Morton & Clayton, the famous canal freight company based in Tipton, who also built many of their own boats. Baron was the first boat in their fleet to be converted from steam power. Refitted in 1989 she is now based at Denham and is used for retailing diesel fuel. Info on FM&C and fleet, including Baron, on http://models.bipolar4all.co.uk/fmc motors.htm
©Des Blenkinsopp
Dist:0.6km<br/>On the day this photo was taken, a Birmingham to London run was taking place. The runners had this series of canal mileposts to mark their progress.
©Mike W Hallett
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©Des Blenkinsopp
Dist:0.6km<br/>This is the Broad Water reach of the canal, upstream of Wide Water lock. The towpath forms part of the London Loop and is also the route of National Cycle Network 61.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.7km<br/>These Almshouses were founded by the will of Lady Alice, Countess of Derby, to provide for six poor women of the parish of Harefield. The Countess, who lived as the Lady of the Manor at Harefield Place, died in 1637. The almshouses are on Church Hill, and are Grade II* listed.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.7km<br/>Church Hill, Harefield, Uxbridge, UB9 6DX close to the Grand Union Canal
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©Pip Rolls

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