This is a lovely way to spend an afternoon, getting off at Warren Street tube and then heading through Regent’s Park, before following the canal into King’s Cross.
The walk is around 3-4 miles (5-6.5km) long, depending on how much you’re inclined to wander around the park.
Turning west from the station, and walking through Regent’s Place Plaza.
The stunning and elegant stuccoed terraced houses designed by the architect John Nash can be seen in Park Crescent opposite the entrance to the park.
Built in the 1820s, the semi-circular development is now Grade I listed.
The private gardens outside are linked to Park Square via The Nursemaids’ Tunnel, which runs under Euston Road.
Rarely open to the public, it’s one of the earliest surviving pedestrian subways in London.
Come November and The Boardwalk in Regent’s Park is filled with influencers and selfie stick obsessives, all keen to capture their faces in front of the magnificent autumnal shades.
By the boating lake.
The Holme Green Bandstand hosts regular live music in the summer months.
Moved to Regent’s Park from Richmond Park in the 1970s, the bandstand is associated with tragedy after it was the target of a IRA terrorist attack on 20 July 1982, killing seven bandsmen and injuring 24 people.
Bandstand detail.
Seen rising up above the park is the 189m tall BT Tower (formerly known as the GPO Tower, Post Office Tower and Telecom Tower).
I’ve been lucky enough to have visited the top twice!
The London Central Mosque looks out over the football games taking place in the park.
The Triton fountain depicts a sea god or triton blowing on a conch shell with two mermaids at his feet.
Heading north east out of the park through Camden Town, the Regent’s Canal then turns south east into King’s Cross.
It can get very busy around Camden, but there’s plenty of places for food and drink if you’re in need of refreshment.
The Regent’s Canal provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal to the Limehouse Basin and the River Thames in east London.
The 8.6 miles (13.8 km) long canal was completed in 1820.
The footpath follows the canal under several bridges.
Old and new.
Arriving at King’s Cross.
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