Little Venice - London Walk

Over the coming summer months we’re planning to do a few London Walks http://london.walks.com/ and so we started today with Little Venice.

Yes, that’s right there is such a place in central London.

In fact it has been described as the “prettiest and most romantic spot in town” with the "loveliest inland waterway in England"- Regent's Canal.

This canal was once the main goods passage way from Birmingham to London; not with motorboats but horse pulled canal boats.In fact, even today you can reach Liverpool from London solely using the canals.

However, it may well take six weeks to get there!Most of Little Venice was built between 1810 & 1870 and boasts a beautiful picturesque combination of white stucco, broad tree-lined streets, and waterways.
As our guide pointed out, you can find here some of the finest examples of early Victorian domestic architecture in London.

This small spot (north of Paddington) has become a popular haunt for many artists, writers and entrepreneurs over the years with Joan Collins, Annie Lennox, and Sir Richard Branson once living here.
Part of our guided walk followed the canal footpath, which surprisingly to this day is still studded with fragments from the past that help you imagine how the ‘Age of Canals’ was like.

After the tour Grigoria and I headed to the local cafes to discover their specialties before heading home.