Limehouse Basin
A tranquil marina where the Regent's Canal meets the Thames, free, full of yachts and narrowboats ringed by old Docklands warehouses turned apartments.
The lowdown
Limehouse Basin is the point where the Regent's Canal, having crossed the whole of north London, finally drops down into the River Thames. Once a thunderously busy dock transferring coal and cargo between seagoing ships and canal barges, it is now a calm, sheltered marina.
Today the basin is full of yachts and narrowboats, ringed by converted warehouses and modern apartments, with a lock still connecting it to the tidal river. It is free to wander, and the waterside walkways make a peaceful spot to watch the boats and the reflections.
It works beautifully as the eastern bookend to a Regent's Canal walk, or as a quiet detour from the Thames Path. A free, watery pause in a part of east London thick with Docklands history.
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