Westminster / Camden · managed by Canal & River Trust
Regent's Canal: Little Venice to Camden Lock
3.2 km · linear · easy
Off-lead rules
Off-lead rules unverified
We could not find an official source stating the off-lead position here, so we are not stating one. Public Spaces Protection Orders are enforceable and carry fixed penalties — check the borough council’s current order before letting your dog off the lead.
The Canal & River Trust imposes no lead mandate on its towpaths but requires close control. Borough PSPOs may also apply to sections of the towpath, and Westminster's and Camden's schedules could not be confirmed for the towpath.
On-lead areas: Canal & River Trust advises keeping dogs on a short lead around busy spots like locks and bridges. Dogs are not permitted to swim in the canals.
Seasonal: Canal & River Trust advise keeping dogs on a lead in winter when a frozen canal can be mistaken for solid ground.
The walk itself
- Start point
- Blomfield Road, Little Venice W9 2PF
- Nearest station
- Warwick Avenue
- Terrain
- canal towpath through cuttings and Regent's Park
- Surface
- surfaced towpath
- Accessibility
- level but narrow and unfenced at the water's edge
- Mud
- low
- How quiet
- low
- Suits a reactive dog
- poor
- Water access
- Yes
- Swimming allowed
- No
- Livestock
- No
- Wildlife
- medium
- Stiles
- Not stated
- Gates
- No
- Lighting
- Not stated
- Toilets
- Yes
- Waste bins
- Not stated
- Parking
- No
- Café on site
- Yes
“Not stated” means our source did not cover it. We leave gaps rather than fill them.
Notes
Distance of two miles (3.2 km) stated on the Canal & River Trust's own Little Venice to Camden walk page. Narrow unfenced towpath shared with cyclists - poor for reactive dogs. Public toilets at Rembrandt Gardens.
Rules changed?
PSPOs get renewed and amended. If the signage on the ground disagrees with what is here, the signage is right and we are wrong — please tell us.
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