City Road Lock repairs (Nov 2025)

Let's Walk - City Road Lock Open Day
2pm Tuesday 18th November 2025 Duration: 2 hours
Start point: Blu Ivy Cafe, Block C, 24 Stoneway Walk, Globe Town, London, E3 5SH (What3Words: ///answer.gasp.formal)
End point: City Lock onto City Road, N1 8HB. The buses that go north or south are on that road.
The walk, run by Canal & River Trust, will be led by volunteer walk leaders who are full of interesting information about the local area.
Please join us for a fun leisurely walk along the canal. You'll learn a lot and meet new people!
We'll meet at the Blu Ivy Cafe (Stop D Haverfield Green/Grove Rd on Bus route 8 is the closest to Blu Ivy Cafe) past Lock #8 on the Regent's Canal with its new top gate. We'll stop here to go through the basics of a "standard" lock pound, gates, windlasses, paddles, chamber, gates, lower pound. Then we'll go past Acton's Lock and recap of the "naming of parts" of a lock. We will then go on to City Road Lock, where you can see our charity’s current work to replace the lock gates - a once-in-a-generation piece of maintenance to keep the Regent’s Canal safe and navigable. The new gates are handmade at our specialist workshops and transported down to site before being carefully fitted, using traditional skills to preserve this historic waterway for everyone to enjoy.
The great thing about walking is that you do not need any fancy equipment. Please just wear comfortable shoes and bring a jacket if raining. However with all the fallen leaves the tow path (even if it is not raining) it can be muddy/slippy so stout shoes are really required (stronger than recommended).