Primrose Hill is one of London's most desirable areas but it was born with the noisy grimy railway in the early 19th century. The streets show industrial solutions by brilliant Victorian engineers and the hard labour of tough 'navvies' who built them. On this walk you'll see railway-industry landmarks and pastel-painted streets that came later, in one of which lives Paddington Bear. Also a beautiful stretch of the Regent's Canal, and from the top of the hill itself great views over London.
Chalk Farm Station or your hotel
Meeting point
View of Camden Goods Yard/Railway history
View south over London
The towpath from Prince Albert Road
Ironwork bridge, floating restaurant, houseboats
Leaving the canal
Stationary Winding Engine Vaults, Horse Tunnel
Pastel-painted houses including the one where Paddington Bear lives
End of the walk
Regent's Park Road - the High Street of Primrose Hill
Guide fee
Anything else but the guide fee
I'm a guide for walking tours; I don't have a car.
Wear good walking shoes
This is a walking tour, wear shoes with good soles to walk on grass and possible mud as well as streets.